russian arsenals. ronald reagan said, trust but verify. we can't verify right now. in prt because as a consequence to the reset between the united states and russia, we have received enormous help from the russians in instituting sanctions on iran that are tougher than anything we've seen before. we have agreements with russia that allows us to supply our troops. there are a range of security interests in which we are cooperating with russia. and it would be a pro phone mistake for us to -- profound mistake for us to slip back into mistrust as a consequence of our failure to rat the third reason is that with the cold war over, it is in everybody's interests to work on reducing our nuclear arsenals. which are hugely expensive and contain the possibilities of

great damage. if not in terms of direct nuclear war, then in terms of nuclear proliferation. so, we've got our european allies saying this is important. we've got the u.s. military saying this is important. we've got the national security advisers and the secretaries of defense and generals from the reagan administration, the bush administration, bush one and bush two, as well as from the clinton administration and my administration, saying this is important to our national security. we've got the republican chairman of the foreign relations committee saying this is in our national interests to get done now. this is an issue that traditionally has received strong bipartisan support. we've gone through 18 hearings. we've answered 1,000

questions. we have met the concerns about modernizing our nuclear stockpile with concrete budget numbers. it is time for us to go ahead and get it done. my hope is that we will do so. there's no other reason, not to do it than the fact that you know, washington has become a very partisan place. this is a classic area where we have to rise above partisanship. nobody is going to score points in the 12 -- 2012 election around this issue. but it is something we should be doing because it helps keep america safe. my expectation is that my republican friends in the senate will ultimately conclude that it makes sense for us to do this. karen deion?

there's a mic coming. >> thank you mr. president. i wonder if you could talk a bit about your conversation with president karzai? he has made some complaints recently, part of a long line of complaints. did he raise those with you? did you address them directly? has he stepped back from his call to reduce the military footprint there? >> the president: well, karen, i want to put your question in the context of what has taken place this weekend here in lisbon. president karzai is the head of a government of a sovereign nation that has gone through 30 years of war. and understandably, he is eager to reassert full sovereignty, including control of security operations within

his country. at the same time, the united states and all of our allies have every interest in wanting to turnover responsibility, security responsibility to afghan forces, as soon as is practical. in that sense our interests align. the 2014 date that was stated in the document coming out of this summit and was widely agreed to. didn't come from us it wasn't an arbitrary date this is a date that president karzai identified as an appropriate target for when afghans could take over full responsibility. now, between now and 2014, our constant effort is going to be to train up afghan security forces so they can take more

and more responsibility. that's what transition is all about. during that time, president karzai in his eagerness to accelerate that transition is gonna be interested in reducing our footprint, finding ways that afghans can take more responsibility, and those are things that we welcome. we want him to be as assertive as possible in moving towards afghan responsibility. in that transition there are also going to be a whole series of judgment calls and adjustment that are necessary to make that effective. so for example, president karzai raised concerns about private security contractors and what he perceived as heavy handedness on the part of

these contractors in afghanistan. i think that concern is perfectly appropriate. on the other hand what i've told him in the past and i repeated in our meeting today, i can't send u.s. aid workers or civilians into areas where i can't guarantee their safety. so, theoretically, it would be nice if i could send them in and they could help build a road or construct a school or engage in an irrigation project without a full battalion around them. i have to think practically. so we have to balance the issues of being sensitive to our footprint with the need to get certain objectives done. now, i listened to ongoing conversations with president karzai. i've talked to him by video conference once every six weeks or so. secretary clinton, secretary

gates are in constant communications with him. general petraeus, carl ike berry are in constant communications with him. two things, number one, we have to make sure we understand our objectives are lined. the end point we want to reach is the same. and number two, we have to be in good enough communications with each other that when issues company up, that raise sensitivities about afghan sovereignty that may alienate afghan populations, we should you be sense i have to them and we will be listening to him. at the same time he's got to be sense i have to our concerns about the security of our personnel. about making sure that taxpayer dollars from the united states or other partners aren't being wasted as a consequence of corruption. that sacrifices that are being

made by our military to clear out areas are reinforced by good governance practices on the part of the afghans. so that we are not just clearing an area, but unable to hold it because people have no confidence in for example, the administration of justice in that area through, you know, afghan government structures. that's gonna be a constant conversation. i don't think it is going away immediately. what we are trying to do is make sure that our goals are aligned. then, work through these problems in a systematic way. i will say for all the noise that has existed in the press. over the last year we've made progress. i expect that we are going to make more progress next year and it will not be without occasional controversies and occasional differences. "wall street journal"?

adam is back there. >> to follow up on the last question. mr. karzai is the president of the country. if he makes a request, why isn't that good enough and why wouldn't there be a change of course? on -- just to -- on -- we're getting close december, excuse me, do you think the strategy the search strategy is working? do you think at this point you will be able to make a substantial troop reduction in july? >> the president: let me take the second question first. when i went through a rigorous and sometime painful review process, as you remember, last december, our goal was to make sure we had blunted the taliban. the whole point of ramping up our troop presence was not because we wanted to maintain a long term, large presence in

afghanistan. it was to immediately blunt the momentum that we were seeing from the taliban. and create the space for the training of effective afghan security forces. on both those fronts, i think the objective assessment is we have made progress. you have fewer areas of afghan under taliban control. you have the taliban on the defensive in a number of areas that were their strongholds. we have met or exceeded our targets in terms of recruitment of afghan security forces. our assessments are the performance of afghan security forces has improved significantly. so, thanks to the hard work of people like dave petraeus, mark sidwel and others and obviously, the incredible

sacrifices of troops on the ground from the forces we are in a better place now than we were a year ago. as a consequence, i'm confident we are going to be able to execute our transition starting in july of next year. general petraeus is in the process now of planning and mapping out where those areas where we feel there's enough security that we can begin thinning out our troops, in those areas. where are areas that need further reforcements as certain areas get thinned out. so we can continually consolidate the security gains and back fill it with the effective civilian improvements that are going to be needed. we have made progress. the key is to make sure that we don't standstill, but we keep accelerating that

progress. that we build on it. the contributions of our coalition forces around trainers is particularly important. i've already said this but, when countries like canada, which had originally said they were going to pull out at the end of next year, say we are willing to supplement the training forces, a very difficult political decision. when countries like italy are willing to come in and step up on the trainers. that's a testament to the confidence they have in general petraeus' plans and the fact they are much more unified and clear about how we're going to achieve our ultimate end stage in afghanistan. to the point about president karzai. we are there at their invitation. you are absolutely correct. afghanistan is a sovereign nation.

president karzai believes that it is very important for us to help him with security and development issues over not just the next couple of years, but over the long term. that partnership is obviously a two-way street. so, my message to president karzai is, we have to be sensitive to his concerns and the concerns of the afghan people. we can't simply tell hem what's good for them. we have to listen and learn and be mindful of the fact that afghans ultimately make decisions about how they want to structure their governance. how they want to structure their justice system. how they want to approach economic development. on the other hand, if we are putting in big resources. if we are ponying up billions of dollars. if the expectation is that our troops are going to be there

to help secure the countryside and ensure that president karzai can continue to build and develop his country, then he's got to also pay attention to our concerns as well. i don't think that's unreasonable. and i don't think he thinks that's unreasonable. these going to have to be a constant conversation to make sure we are moving in the right direction. sometimes that conversation is very . there are going to be strong disagreements. sometimes there are real tensions. the issue of civilian casualties. legitimate issue on the part of president karzai. he's the president of a country. you've got foreign forces who in the heat of battle despite everything we do to avoid it, may occasionally cause civilian casualties. that is understandably upsetting. i don't fault president karzai for raising those issues.

on the other hand, he's got to understand that i've got a bunch of young men and women from small towns and big cities across america who are in a foreign country being shot at and having to traverse terrain filled with ied's and they need to protect themselves. if we're setting things up where they are just sitting ducks for the taliban, that's not an acceptable answer either. we've got to go back and forth on all these issues. chuck todd? >> thank you mr. president. i want to follow-up on margaret's question. it sounds like you believe senator kyl's opposition is purely political or mostly political is that what are telling your fellow world leaders? do you think failure to ratify

is going to unmind your ability on the world stage. second, care to comment on the dust-up over tsa pat-downs? >> the president: i have spoken to send for kyl directly. -- i have spoken to send for kyl directly. i believe senator kyl wants a safe and secure america, like i do and is well motivated. what i spade in terms of partisanship is that the climate in washington is one war it is hard to get parties to cooperate, especially after a big election. that's understandable. folks are reorganizing. you've got a lame duck session. there's a limited amount of time. it has been a long year. we've done a lot of stuff. people are thinking about thanksgiving and then thinking about christmas. i'm sure that the republican

caucus in the senate is really focused on next year. we're going to have a republican house. what are the things we want to get done? what are our priorities? senator kyl has never said he does not want to see the treaty ratified. what he said is he just felt like he -- there wasn't enough time to get it done in the lame duck. i take him at his word. but, what i've been trying to communicate is that this is an issue of critical national security interest. that has been fully vetted. it has been extensively debated. it has received strong bipartisan support coming out of the foreign relations committee. it has received strong backing

from our u.s. military. it has received strong becoming -- strong backing from republican predecessors in the national security office, in the secretary of defense's office. secretary of state. and so in that context, i want to emphasize to everybody that this is important and there is a time element to this. we don't have any mechanism to verify what's going on right now on the ground in russia. six months from now that's a six month gap in which we don't have good information. so, even if you -- let me say it this way, especially if you mistrust russian intentions, you should want to get this done right away. i happen to think that president medicine --

president medvedev has made every effort to move russia in the right direction. if you agree with me on that front then it is also important that we don't leave a partner hanging after having negotiated an agreement like this that is good for both countries. there's another element to this. we've instituted iran sanctions. thanks to the work of the eu, the work of russia, thanks to the work of some you have our other parrers in these are the strongest sanctions we've implemented. but we have to maintain sustained pressure as iran makes a calculation about whether it should return to negotiations on its nuclear program. this is the wrong time for us to be sending a message that there are divisions. that there's uncertainty. so my point here chuck is, there are going to be a lot of

issues to debate teen democrats and republicans over the next two years. this shouldn't be one of them. with respect to the tsa, let me first of all make a confession. i don't go through security checks to get on planes these days. so i haven't personally experienced some of the procedures that have been put in place by tsa. i will also say that in the aftermath of the christmas day bombing, our tsa personnel, our -- are properly under enormous pressure to make sure that you don't have somebody slipping on a plane with some sort of explosive device on their persons. since the explosive device that was on mr. abdulmutallab was not detected by ordinary

metal detectors it has meant that tsa has tried adapt to make sure that passengers on planes are safe. that's a tough situation. one of the most frustrating aspects of this fight against terrorism is that it has created a whole security apparatus around us that causes huge inconvenience, for all of us. i understand people's frustrations. what i've said to the tsa is that you have to constantly refine and measure whether what we're doing is the only way to assure the american people's safety. and you also have to think through are there ways of doing it that are less entrust sieve? but, at this -- intrusive? but, at this point, tsa in

consultation with our counterterrorism experience experts have indicated to me that the procedures they've been put going place are the only ones right now, that they consider to be effective against the kind of threat we saw in the christmas day bombing. but i'm gonna -- every week i meet with my counterterrorism team. i'm constantly asking them whether is what we're doing absolutely necessary? have we thought it through? are there other ways of accomplish that meet the same objectives? bill plant? >> thank you mr. president. nato's commit to afghanistan extends through 2014. what about the united states? it is possible, given the circumstances that there may be a need for troops and

combat action after 2014. is the u.s. committed? if it is your decision will you keep troops committed in the combat role, if necessary? >> the president: your last point was, if necessary. let me start there. my first and most important job as president of the united states is to keep the american people safe. i will always do what is necessary to keep the american people safe. that's true today. that will be true for as long as i'm president of the united states. maybe that will be the case in 2014. what nato has committed to is that we are going to undergo a transition between 2011 and 2014. the united states is part of nato, so we are complete lay lined in what we're going to

be doing. our goal is that the afghans have taken the lead in 24 teen. in the same way that we have transitioned in iraq, we will have successfully transitioned so we are still providing a training and support function. there may still be extensive cooperation with the afghan armed services to consolidate the security environment in that area. but, our every intention that is -- is that afghans are in the lead many we are partnering with them as we do with countries around the world to make sure our country and their country is safe. the other thing that i'm pretty confident we will still be doing, after 2014, is maintaining a counterterrorism capability, until we have confidence that al-qaeda is no

longer operative and no longer a threat to the american homeland and to american allies and personnel around the world. so, it is going to be important for us to continue to have platforms to be able to execute those counterterrorism operations. that's true in iraq as well. obviously, that is more true when it comes to core al-qaeda. we don't want, after having made these extraordinary efforts by so many countries, we don't want to have to suddenly find ourselves in a situation where they waited this out and they recon dated. but, my goal is to make sure by 24 teen we have transitioned after -- by 2014 we have transitioned, afghan are in the lead our footprint

will be reduced beyond that it is hard to anticipate what going to be necessary to keep the american people safe, as of 2014. i'll make that determination when i get there. last question is vitor of portugal. >> good afternoon mr. president thank you for answering my question. first, in what ways the recovery effort american economy can boost european economy? this is a matter of great concern here in europe. second there is your first trip to portugal, what are you taking from lisbon? thank you very much. >> the president: one of the things that we learned over the last several years, as we've dealt with this

worldwide economic crisis, is that every economy is interlinked. we can't separate what happens in the united states from what happens in portugal, from what happens in korea, from what happens in thailand, from what happens in south africa or brazil. we are all interconnected now in a global economy. obviously, as the world's largest economy, what happens in the united states is going to have a profound impact on europe. the same true in the reverse direction. our general assessment is that the trajectory of u.s. growth was moving at a stronger pace right before the issues of sovereign debt in greece came up in the spring of this year.

when that happened, not only did that cause a significant dip in our stock market, but a lot of companies contracted in terms of their investment plans, because they were uncertain. they stood what happens this europe could end up effecting what happens in the united states. the most important thing that i can do for europe is the same thing that i need to do for the united states. that is to promote growth. and increase employment in the united states. we have not grown for five consecutive quarters. we have seen private sector job growth for 10 consecutive months but the pace is too slow. my main task when i get back to the states and over the coming year is to work with republicans and democrats to move that growth process forward.

and to make sure that we are growing faster and that we are putting people back to work. it is a difficult task. historically what has happened is, when you have a financial crisis the recession that follows is more severe and long lasting than a normal business cycle crisis would be. we are, i think digging out of a hole of debt and deleveraging and severe fall in our housing market and all those things create a strong head wins when it comes to growth. -- head winds, when it comes to growth. but we've taken steps, that's why the economy is growing and not contracting. i want to take more steps to encourage business investment. to help small businesses hire. we think infrastructure development in the united states has the potential of boosting our

growth rates at a significant level. we have to do this at the same time as we are mindful of significant public debt that has to be dealt with. it would be nice if we didn't have the inheritance of big deficits and big debt, we could simply pump up the economy what we have to do now is make sure we are speeding up recovery, but still focusing on reducing our debts in the medium and long term. but, i think every european should have a great interest in making sure the united states is growing faster. one thing we talked about at the g-20 was the fact that for all of us to grow faster, we need to rebalance the world economy. before this crisis, you had a

situation where the world economic engine was u.s. consumers taking out huge debt, using credit cards, using home equity loans, to finance a lot of imports from other countries. other countries developing huge surpluses, a lot of money washing around the world finance system, looking for investments with high returns that all of which contributed to the instability of the system. what we said at the g-20 and what we will continue to push for is countries with big surpluses have to figure out how they can expand demand. countries with significant deficits we've got to save more and focus not just on consumption, also on production and on exports. the currency issue plays into this. there's gonna be an ongoing debate about making sure that surplus countries are not artificially devaluing the

currencies in a way that inhibits not only our growth, but world economic growth. in terms of portugal, everybody has been magnificent. i admit that the weather is better today than i was yesterday. everybody assures me lisbon is supposed to be beautiful this time of year. yesterday it was a little sad. but, i was indoors all day any way, so it didn't mary. but, the people of portugal have been unbelievably kind and generous us to. i want to thank again prime minister socrates and the entire governor for the excellent work that they've done. i hope that we're gonna be able to return the favor next year. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> president obama speaking live at the nato summit lisbon,

portugal announcing two major developments. first nato leaders agreeing to establish a missile defense shield, covering all of the nato member states. russia, long opposed that shield, may cooperate in the system's development. second, nato s agreeing to begin the reduction of troop levels in afghanistan, next year and hanover control of security to the afghans in -- hand over control of security to the afghans in 2014. though a residual force may remain to train and assist afghan forces. let's bring in major general, former deputy commander of special operations command. general, you have been talking with senior leadership in afghanistan. how are things going on the battlefield is the president's statement that he will proceed with his withdrawal plan, realistic and prudent? >> i think the situation on the battleground is going well.

interestingly, the president did not at any time mention pakistan. that's a significant part of the equation, of course. the surge is proceeding at pace and we are starting to see the impact of that. thousand strikes soreys attacks by our -- for sees attacks by our forces for october, high value targets taken out, special operations guys are working every night to make that happen. you are seeing other impacts. you are seeing the abrams tank introduced in theater that will have an impact. i think you are also seeing -- there was an agreement forged between the united states, the forces in pakistan to allow more cia agents into that

country. they denied expanding the predator strike area to include areas around question that. which means the afghan -- afghan taliban forces if you will. i think things are going well. the best news i heard today was they've driven a stake into that july 2011 date to get to the second part of your question. yes, they've honored it by saying that we'll start handing over and maybe we'll see some token reduction of forces in isef personnel. but the good news is we have kicked this can down to december of 2014. if you read the agreement closely. you will see there's wiggle room to do things beyond that date. >> getting word also from

defense secretary gates about as you put it kicking the can down the road to 2014. general, thank you. white house correspondent mike emanuel is in lisbon. mike, are the two agreements achieved here? the troop reductions in afghanistan and missile defense, ed -- regarded by the white house as a much needed foreign policy accomplishment, in a president say this many argue has seen precious few. >> you remember the headlines last week when president obama was in asia that trip came up empty because the president came back without a free trade deal with south korea. here the president is celebrating this missile defense plan. obviously, the bush administration tried to do a similar plan for nato. the russians were resistant. now the president says, with the new approach he's hopeful that it will work. it will protect europe, it

will protect the united states. also where we go from here in afghanistan laying out what i means between 2011 and 2014. the president talking about maintaining a counter terrorism capability after 2014. i thought it was also interesting when he talked about the friction between the u.s. and hamid karzai saying sensitivity is a two-way street. if we are investing tremendous treasure in afghanistan obviously, he needs to be sensitive to concerns of the united states. in the final point that i thought was interesting, the president weighing in on a controversy back home in the united states. which is the tsa situation being frank about how traditional screening wouldn't have caught the christmas day bomber. so he's been talking to tsa about sensitivity. bottom line is need to protect the american public that is the reason for the increased

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hello i'm kelly wright. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> topping the news hour, dramatic rescue. weeks after the chilean miners are pulled to safety, another amazing survival story. this one involves children. >> the air force reporting a disturbing discovery in the search for a missing pilot in alaska. >> time is running out in capitol hill if congress doesn't act fast your taxes could go way up. the top republican has a new message for the american people. molly henneberg brings us that live from washington.

republicans are saying democrats aren't moving fast enough on extending all the bush era tax cuts. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yes, because the end of the year is coming quickly. the end of the lame duck session is coming faster. republicans say preventing everyone's attacks from going up january 1st, should be the first order of business. here's more. >> americans don't think we should be raising tabs on anybody. especially in the middle of a recession. instead of giving american:fz what they want, democratic leaders plan to use the last few days that lawmakers expect to spend in washington this year, focusing on everything except preventing this tax hike. which will cost us even more jobs. >> reporter: there are a number of legislative items that democratic leaders said they may consider in the waning days of the 111th congress including the tax cuts, also a resolution to continue to fund government agencies has to be done in early december.

also the dream act which would mandate interstate tuition for children of illegal immigrants and ending don't ask, don't tell. >> democrats are firing back. gop isn't considering the cost of extending those tax cuts. what are they saying? >> reporter: specifically, they are talking about families making over $250,000. democrats do not want to extend cuts to those people. democrats argue the government needs the money from taxes on the wealthy. democrats say they are open to two votes on extending the tax cuts. >> as you know, my friend senator mcconnell has offered legislation to extend them all, costing four trillion dollars. if he wants a vote on that i will be happy to arrange that. he should around a vote on 250 period. >> reporter: they are willing to compromise, consider a compromise on how long the tax cuts are extended.

>> jamie: molly henneberg live in washington. >> kelly: dramatic rescue in chile after three children are pulled from a 50 foot deep hole. you can see rescue crews pulling the kids to safe. we are told they were gathering firewood when they fell into the hole covered by vegetable . the boys ages 8, 10 and 11 are said to be fine. police commander says they just have minor cuts and bruises. we are happy they are okay. >> jamie: troubling report. air forceçsú saying evidence found at a scene indicates pilot did not survive. parts of the flight suit and ejection seat have been found. if he ejected the seat would have gone with him. so far, no body has been located. the jet went down tuesday night. he's a married father of two. recovery operations are expected to last several weeks. >> kelly: new questions about

guantanamo bay detainee terror trials in civilian courts have a jury clears one of all but one charge. 224 people died in the '90 -- in the 98 taxes 12 americans. he was seen as one of the easiest of the gitmo detainees to prosecute. does this make it unlikely we'll see more civilian trials? here to join me, todd harrison former federal prosecutor. obama administration calling this case a victory. critics sega lanny away with murder. -- say he got away with mur. what did you say about the obama administration what is your prosecutorial opinion? >> at the end of the day at least they got a conviction on something. effectively it is a defeat for the prosecution. these are good attorneys, but fighting with one hand tide behind their back because the

judge excluded a witness they wanted to call because the government had originally found out about that witness through techniques they used on galani. >> kelly: let's talk about a military commission. are you of the opinion this should be a military commission as we move forward or is there another all turn government has not addressed? >> there should be a combination of military and civilian trials. anything that happens overseas on the battlefield or has direct links to an international terrorism group, those people are subjecting themselves to military commission's military tribunals. that's not your classic domestic criminal justice system case. for security reasons and two for evidentiary reasons. the type of evidence that you are going to collect on the battlefield or in some of

these international cases it is easier to use that type of evidence in military than in domestic. gal lanny probably wouldn't have been acquitted if the other evidence had been allowed to come in there are some cases that would be more appropriate to be tried in civilian courts. i tried a case in 2006 where two local individuals who had come from pakistan and egypt but grown-up in the united states were plotting to place a bomb in the new york city subway they no links to international terrorism groups although they would have liked to. cases like that can be handled well by our domestic criminal system. there arey a lot of cases the obama administration is trying to put in civilian courts that should be handled in military tribunals. >> kelly: coming up is khalid sheikh mohammed ham medicine one case they want to do the right thing on.

>> nato commanders agree to hanover power by 2014 is planning a timeline the right thing? is there too much work to be done in afghanistan?

a fox news alert. timeline now in place. nato leaders agreeing this morning to start reducing the amount of combat troops in afghanistan next year. with the aim of a full security hanover in 2014. joining me retired army general, also the author of the book don't miss it rogue threat. good to see you general. your thoughts on the new timeline. >> great to be with you jamie. timeline 2014 is enough time for us to do what we need to do and begin to hanover security to the afghans. president karzai an guess this timeline that's the most important thing about all of this. i wouldn't get wrapped around the timeline. let's look at what happened from '02 to '08 in military doctrine says you can do one thing well the main effort and sort of well which is the supporting effort. it is clear iraq was the main effort from '02 to '08. now afghanistan is the main effort. we are getting resources in

place. thanks to stan mcchrystal last year who published the plan gave it to the president saying we need these resources. finally in september, we got what general mcchrystal asked for. now with general petraeus in place you see the architect he implemented in iraq now implementing in afghanistan with counter insurgery -- counter insurgency, 34 provinces in afghanistan over 2/3 of the violence happens in three. >> jamie: interesting you say that the president said we are making progress with the taliban. there's a recent surge with new tanks, et cetera. are we on track to make these deadlines? >> i think so jamie. you always make progress when you have your foot on the enemy of the neck. what are seeing the taliban is come together table to talk. so this is sort of a peace through strength strategy that we have not been able to have

in afghanistan thus far. i think a thing that i just listened to the president's speech, he didn't talk about pakistan. that's key. -- that's key. i think there's security reasons why he didn't do that. we need to keep pressure on pakistan. we need to continue to keep the pressure on the end any afghanistan. keep our foot on his neck and bring him to the table and say, look it is either our way or the highway. meanwhile, we've got to begin to transition. there's some provinces that could transition right now. a province where we have the first female governor in afghanistan. the province where the northern alliance was where we first entered afghanistan. those two provinces could transfer today. there's going to be a process. going to be governance looked at. security looked at. all kinds of different conditions that need to be set before this transfer takes place. it is not gonna be i think

adhering to a specific timeline. it is gonna be event driven and process driven and the conditions must be in place. >> jamie: i have to thank you, general, not only for being with us but for watching and listening to what the president had to say. this is big news today to have this concrete timeline now with afghanistan. we thank you and all our folk there is for your service. thank you for being with us today, it means a lot. >> always a pleasure jamie. >> jamie: thank you for joining us, i'm jamie colby. >> kelly: next the news continues from washington, have a great day. >> jamie: go to foxnews.com if you want to learn more about what the president had to say. he took questions and talked about a lot of topics. you can keep it here on fox all day. all day. thanks again. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

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working there on the front line. headlines from the nation's capital starts right now. hello everyone, we begin in portugal, president obama is meeting with world leaders at the eu and n.a.t.o. summits this weekend. at this hour, lots of headlines are being made while the future of afghanistan and the military strategy. mike emanuel is travelling with the president and joining us live now from lisbon with much more. mike? >> hi uma, president obama and leaders laid out spendingsly the next four years of the war in afghanistan and hoping to transition some more peaceful provinces of afghanistan sometime next year and the hope is, as afghan forces are trained, that most ultimately combat operations will be over about four years from now. president obama also buying himself some wiggle room, if you will, in case it's a dangerous situation at that point, also, leaving open the possibility of more combat

operations. earlier, the president met face-to-face with afghan counterpart hamid karzai talking about the way forward in afghanistan. and karzai has been known to essentially sound off about the way things are going in afghanistan, and critical at some point about the u.s. efforts in afghanistan and president obama was asked about that a few minutes ago and the bottom line, the president says, sensitivity is a two-way street. here is president obama. >> at one point the big resources, and if we're ponying up billions of dollars in the expectation of our troops are going to be there to help secure the country side, ensure that president karzai can continue to build and develop his country, then he's got to also pay attention to our concerns as well. >> there was a lot of talk back in the u.s. about july 2011 being a critical date in

the afghan war. the president says there will still be a transition at that point, but the bottom line is, the u.s., n.a.t.o., are expecting combat operations to continue for about the next four years. uma. >> mike emanuel, thanks for the update very much. and an air force pilot is feared dead in a crash of his fighter jet in alaska, the pilot of the f-22 captain has not been find, but the discovery of the ejection seat shows that the pilot did not eject from the plane in time. the fighter plane crashed near anchorage alaska and 130 people are working in the recovery effort. braving temperatures that plunged 20 degrees below zero. effective today. airline pilots won't have to go through the controversial body scanners and patdowns. in a deal with the union which backs the new policy, pilots travelling in uniform or airline business will have to

show a photo i.d. and one from the government. as millions of americans prepare to take to the skies this holiday season plenty of questions remain about the state of those scanners and those intrusive patdowns. and a chance to speak with congressman john mica likely to become the next chairperson of the house transportation committee and also wrote the law that created tsa. congressman, thank you for joining us today. >> good to be with you. >> there have been so many disturbing reports about the enhanced procedures. i've seen videos of children as young as five years old being submitted to a patdown procedure where they're being touched in the groin area, one cancer survivor, for example, had to show her prosthetic breast to a tsa official. people put in compromising situations. i know that you're calling for a complete review of these procedures. what do you hope will come from this review?

>> well, i think there's probably a site for patdowns and screening technology, but the implementcation has just been horrible. and then, the focus of the-- these two techniques should be on the bat guys and shouldn't be used for random. there should be some thinking in the system by some of these individuals, and that there should be alarms, not primary screening technology and it has been used, also, in a random fashion. so, these things need to be eliminated and then use it to target those who posed a risk. >> so you think right now, the way it's being used is that most passengers are being treated as suspects? >> that's the problem, and we're treating millions of innocent americans in a very unfair, maybe even unconstitutional manner. that's not the way this is designed. i've been through the israeli system. i've been through some of the

european and i've been patted down, but again, it's the way you do this and who you do this to. the focus is wrong. and they're even bigger problems with tsa. this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> now, i know that you have called for perhaps private companies taking over these screening procedures. how do you think these private companies would make a difference? >> well, first of all, i helped write the tsa law and we've had private screening under federal supervision and the law i wrote in almost two dozen airports have either been in it or tried to get in that program. i think that they'll do, first of all, a better job because i've seen the results of their performance versus the old federal performance. now, we won't get rid of tsa, but they would operate under tsa and tsa won't be the administrator, operator, auditor and overseer. we would leave part of that to the private sector and then

they do the important role. so i think they can do a better job and then, wow, a bonus, if they could save money. i think you could get rid of half of the 67,000 army that's been created. it's totally out of control. >> now, some predictors saying you're pushing for some of the private contractors because some of the individuals contributed to your political campaign. how do you respond to na? >> well, i think they're trying to play a little bit with my junk on that one because they took a couple of florida corporations, i've been in office for 18 years and combined all contributions for 18 years and wow, this has only been in place since 2001 and added it to a couple of contributions from some of the screening, private screening firms. so they put all of this together and try to make it look like i don't know what i'm talking about. that, that's part of the game that's played here with tsa. even when they go into

airports that request screening like my own local airport and give them a hard time, too, i'm not happy with what they're doing to them or what they try to do to me. >> what about the body scanners themselves? do you, are you seeing, thinking that perhaps we should eliminate those machines as well because they're not as effective? because, for example, they would not be able to detect explosive material if it was hidden in somebody's underwear, because that's something that they're not capable of doing. so, what's the answer here? >> well, again, i think you need a better focus, first of all, have institute behavior officers-- we tried to model it off israel, behavior detection officers and that i think tsa messed that up, it's not done properly, it should be done by someone-- >> should we get rid of these machines altogether? should we get rid of these machines altogether? >> i think, first of all, tsa needs to be working with the

private sector that develops them, also, there should be a filter or screen, particularly over the private parts, that shows the dangerous material, but not the outline of the person, the person's body. that should have been done years ago and now they've ruled these out and they're causing embarrassment, also, not only for tsa and the passengers, but again for the whole process. >> so, as it stands now, you're calling for review and where do we go from here? >> well, there are much bigger questions. i intend in january to begin some hearings and some meetings. oversee-- again, the new congress doesn't take effect until then, but tsa has many problems. we have five administrators in eight years, mr. pistole came in after a void. we didn't get a nomination of a tsa administrator until eight months into the obama

administration. and then we had two rejected and we left a rudderless agency with no head for over a year and there are big problems that need to be sorted out with this agency and i intend to begin, beginning in the new year. >> all right, congressman, thank you so much for joining us. in the meantime, a lot of passengers are going to have to endure some uncomfortable screening procedures. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> the top republican in the senate says democrats are wasting time in the lame duck sessions focusing on issues other than the bush tax cuts set to expire the end of the year. the focus of this g.o.p. address. molly henneberg with more. >> they want democratic leaders to get to it to tackle the expiring bush tax cuts before the lame duck session of congress ends in a couple of weeks and the top senate republican says all other legislative priorities should come second. >> this should be an easy one.

the bill, out of work workers need us to pass is one that ensures taxes went go up, one that says that americans and small business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year. >> but the top senate democrat harry reid says he has several pieces of legislation to get to during the lame duck session, including the dream act, which would mandate in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants and wants to try to end don't ask, don't tell at the military and plus, congress has to pass a resolution to continue funding government agencies by december 3rd. senator mcconnell has proposed a measure to extend all of them, but democrats who have the majority, wants to vote on extending only some of the tax cuts, likely not the families making over $250,000. >> what we want to do, we want to give the republicans an opportunity to vote on mcconnell's legislation. and we want opportunities and maybe plural,to vote, we have to do it more than once,

twice, whatever it takes. >> democrats argue that the government, which is deeply in debt, needs the tax money from families making over $250,000, and senator reid puts that figure at 4 trillion dollars they would take in in those taxes, uma. >> molly, thank you very much. in ohio mrimry autopsy results are expected in about an hour in the deaths of tina herrmann, her son kody maynard and friend stephanie sprang. their remains were found in trash bags stuffed in a hollow tree. authorities are saying matthew hoffman, unemployed, had the daughter. the tree has been cut down out of respect for the family. well, the northwest is getting a taste of winter in weekend bringing snow and colder temperatures. meteorologist maria molina is

here with the weather forecast, it looks like a winter wonderland. >> yeah, a lot of snow and not just this weekend it's actually going to trickle into next week monday and tuesday, and guys, it's not looking too good for wednesday's big travel day right before thanksgiving. but, currently, we do have pretty wild weather out there across the west. big area of low pressure right now, spinning off the coast of california and what we call this is actually a big trough and several storms will be riding out this thing and that's why it looks so unsettled out there across the stop light and we also have also some rain across southern california and los angeles county, currently under a flash flood watch. so, it's not just the snow, guys, also some rain across the lower elevations. the next couple of days we'll continue to see the winter storm warnings and watches across the west, rockies, sierras and cascades and travelling across the mountain will be a problem through the rest of the weekend and that snow will continue to pile up basically through next week wednesday. >> looks like a tough

situation there, maria, thanks for the update. >> okay. >> much of the attention has been paid to the arrival of newly elected members of congress and equal number of lawmakers will be leaving capitol hill the end of the year and causing somewhat of a mess. julie kirtz is here in washington with much more to all of this, what can you tell us about this mess? >> the lame duck congress has work to do, but it doesn't look like if you sneak around the halls of capitol hill this weekend. honestly, it looks like the leftovers from a garage sale have been dumped outside off the shores. these are the offices of office holders who were defeated in the mid terms or folks who decided to leave on their own and retire and either way, some of the mess is recycled and some shredded and the rest, well, hill staffers have the mundane job of coating everything worth keeping in bubble wrap and sending it back home. now, we caught up with retiring congressman patrick kennedy who is not only packing up his office, but packing up a chapter in

american politics that dates back to 1946. that's when john f. kennedy won a house seat in massachusetts, each year since then, at least one member of the kennedy family had been in the white house or congress. patrick kennedy is taking a snuf near with him. john f. kennedy's old desk. >> he transferred that desk to my dad because it was all general services administration, government owned and then my dad transferred to me when i got elected to congress in '94 and now i was able to buy that, you know, to take it with me. >> by the way, the less than historic leftovers from outgoing members are fair game for new members and staffers who very much know that every two years there will be a so-called office resupply location. okay, a heap of junk, like old binders and papers dumped in the quarter. taxpayer financing stuff and free for the taking if you have a job in congress or just starting out there.

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been continuing in lisbon and nighto leaders meeting with dimitri medvedev to try to get him on a nato plan for missile shield over europe and nato said that russia was receptive. also in the spotlight afghanistan and the future of that country's security concerns. nato nations have agreed to start turning over afghan security to its military next year. and give local sources complete control by 2014. however, the u.s. and allies appear to be at odds on when combat operations there will end. is the 2014 security deadline realistic for afghanistan? joining us now with some thoughts and perspective, the former u.s. ambassador to nato. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. >> uma: the fact that the u.s. and allies disagree when combat operations will actually end, is this a signal

that the united states is not fft that afghanistan can actually secure its country and really take full control by that time? >> well, i think that disagreement, but different ways to talk about the same thing. the first thing we had to do is get rid of the july 20, 11 date. and understood we had to dump that and look further ahead. the second thing, instead of withdrawal we'll talk about transition to an afghan league, instead of nato taking the lead off 2014 it's supposed to be the afghan government. the problem with that we don't know what the situation is going to be like in 2014 and that's where the debates today about what it really means have come up again because some countries like the british have said very clearly, we're out by 2015. and making a commitment to that and yet if we don't know for sure if the afghan government going to be better, is security going to be better, can we really afford to hand over in 2014? i think basically what we need to convey is commitment that we're going to get it right.

>> the president's critics are still upset with him over the fact that he is starting to begin withdrawing troops by next year. what does it do when you put a deadline for 2014, and is this em boldening the taliban? >> anytime you set a time limit to your commitment, the taliban, even the afghan population have to consider the future. who is going to live with five years from now. they're going to be watching out for them. so you're sending a signal either we're in this to win or we're in this transition or we're in this to do something else, so that's why sending the right signal is so important to the commitment. >> uma: you feel the outcome of the afghanistan war is intrinsically tied to the future of the nato alliance? >> unfortunately i think it is. we could say that it's important. the security challenges we're

facing are outside the euro atlantic area, and can you help us with the growing security challenges around the world? if nato can that's great. if it can't and wants to look inward and that's what you hear from many europeans, they want nato to be focused on the european territories and we'll have divergent views and the europeans say it was a mistake to get involved with afghanistan. and americans say next time we won't go to nato the next time. >> are you optimistic. >> i believe in the fundamentals of our society. freedom, market, economy, we face the challenges in the world and learn to deal with those together. >> uma: ambassador, thank you for joining us with your perspective, we appreciate it very much. >> thanks for having me. >> uma: and pope benedict has changes in the catholic's position in artificial contraceptive in some cases. we'll go live to rome for this

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democrat's decision to take up issues including don't ask, don't tell and the environment before the expiring bush tax cuts. amid outrage over screening procedures, the tsa says that airline pilots will not be subjected to the controversial procedures in place. they will be allowed to pass the security by presenting two forms of i.d. she's been in the public for decades and singer and actress share left her mark on the walk of fame. left her hands and footprints in cement outside grommens chinese theater on thursday. less than a week before the opening of her new movie berlesque. those are the top stories, back to you. >> she's looking good and one of those living legends. >> everybody loves that. >> absolutely. thank you very much. well, it's been a long journey for ground zero workers who spend years fighting for support and compensation for

the major health problems and injuries suffered. while clearing up the world trade center site in the aftermath of 9/11. that painful journey is coming to an end. fox news correspondent rick leventhal has the story. >> workers exposed to toxic dust at ground zero. the cops, firefighters and construction workers agreeing to join a settlement worth 600 million dollars. the majority of the money will come from a 1 billion dollar fund set up by congress and paid for by the american people. >> we'll particularly have the 98% of the people who were-- have the most serious injuries or could be potentially linked to the conditions have chosen to opt into the settlement, that's an overwhelming response. >> it revolves a majority of lawsuits filed in new york city's failing to provide protective equipment who

cleared rubble from 9/11. 95% signed on to the deal and lawyers say it's a win-win situation for both parties. >> this is a settlement and a settlement, by definition, is a compromise. it's a resolution. there's no admission of liability at all by the city or by any of the contractors. . the more severe the illness, the greater the payout. up to 1 million dollars or more for each person. plaintiffs who have no injuries or symptoms fear getting sick will receive $300 and $100,000 insurance policy. >> it was our decision because i don't want the money. what i want, my medical that's more important than money. >> just over 500 workers chose not to take the deal and may file their own lawsuits, but attorneys say proving fault in this case could be very, very difficult. in new york, rick leventhal, fox news. >> uma: than that's first responders to converged on the smoldering wreckage of 9/11,

this will help and is long overdue. a firefighter who risked his life to search for the missing and as a result of his work at the 9/11 site, contracted thyroid cancer. thank you so much for joining us today. i really do salute the work that you have done. you have been living through a painful odyssey and for you and the hundreds of others of first responders who battled a host of health problems in the aftermath of that perilous time at ground zero. it's taken years, but do you feel this is a fair settlement. >> i'm not sure i feel it's a fair settlement, but i feel that unfortunately the-- the deck was stacked against us and it was the only show in town. i can't say that it was fair. i'll always believe that more could have been done and more should have been done done. however, at the end of the day, unfortunately, this was left with this was all we had left. >> well, you know, it's unbelievable to so many of us,

those on the front lines like yourself on the search for the missing and cleanup of the wreckage, when they became sick or injured that their pleas for help were side lined or ignored. how difficult has it been for you to receive medical benefits? >> well, fortunately for me, and i do say fortunately for me as a new york city firefighter, i do have medical benefits. however, the medical benefits that took care of my cancer treatment are my own personal private medical benefits. unfortunately, the city of new york had as never stepped up to assist me with my cancer treatment. so, again, fortunately, i had private medical insurance, however, the new york city fire department, they didn't step up and they're not the ones who-- they're not the ones who alleviated my medical treatment stress, that was done through my private medical insurance. >> what emotional impact on

you and your family? >> it's been terrible. it's been almost ten now long years. aside from fighting for this proper recognition with the settlement, you know, we're still fighting for the bill to pass and here we are almost like ten years later and we're going hat in hand to washington d.c., the battle doesn't end and yesterday's settling of the lawsuit doesn't stop us from doing the work that needs to get done to get this bill passed. as of today's date we're still begging for our lives. >> uma: quickly, you know, you're one of the heroes who made such a difference. do you believe you can now move forward in ways that can at least help you heal from the emotional scars, knowing that it took nine years to reach a settlement? >> this is-- this is one door that closes now. so, yes, absolutely, it allows me to move one more step forward. as i stated we only have a few

weeks let to get the bill done and the final door. i'll be able to move on with my life. i'd like to see success with this bill and i know that thousands of first responders ill and injured, would love to see success. i can't say that that success will be there, however, pass or fail, i've made a commitment to myself and to my family that whatever happens with this bill and whatever happened yesterday pass or fail with that lawsuit, i was prepared to move on with my life. it's been nine long years and that's exactly what i'm going to do e well, you're amazing individual. we wish you all the best as you try to move forward and heal. >> thank you. >> uma: thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, have a great day. thank you. pope benedict says the use of condoms may be used in the case of aids. this is a shift from the

vatican. hi, greg, quite a dramatic statement out of rome today. >> uma, it really is. the news out of rome was supposed to be making new cardinals which they did. but the real news with excerpts out of the pope's book to be released next week, a long interview with a german journalist and he talks about the aids crisis and use of condoms in the catholic church and the pope gave a possibility of moral use, it's limited in the case of a male prostitute it would be more illicit use of condoms, perhaps not a sea change, but certainly an opening and important one because of who it came from, the pope himself. now the cardinals, 24 new cardinals and of two americans, the archbishop from washington d.c., importance where he's bishop of course in the nation's capital and the other american, raymond burke, the former archbishop of st.

louis. in all 24 new cardinals around the world. what do they do? they consult with the pope and sort of his senate, but most importantly they elect a new pope, if they're under the age-- yes, two americans are currently, there are 121 cardinals from around the world under the age of 80. the eitalians have the biggest block. >> uma: it will be interesting to hear what comes of the pope's remarks. thank you. >> thank you. >> uma: well, much of the world has been buzzing over this week's announcement that prince william and long time girlfriend kate middleton is engaged and focus is turning to prince charles and his wife camilla parker bowles where she would become queen. it was rumored when the couple

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>> welcome back everybody. some people will do anything to get a good deal. it's not unusual when the people camped out in the early morning hours of black friday, the day after thanksgiving. two florida moms have taken it to the extreme. get this, they're leaning up nine days early. the two say they are making the most of their time together. >> this is a great time for lori and i to, you know, catch up because we don't get to see each other with the work schedule often and this is a great time for friendship and

fellowship. >> nine days? okay, the ladies are camped out in front of a best buy and it's already baying off. an added bonus the store gave both women free ipads. hyundai is expanding the line in the u.s. gary gastelu has a sneak preview in this week's car report. >> it's a sign of the times, one way or another. hyundai, the company that sells the cheapest car in america, now taking it to the likes of mercedes benz, bmw and jaguar with a full sized premium sedan with a game patrician pursuits. the korean auto maker is doubling down a with 60 grand land barge filled with a powerful v-8 engine and patch

york, leather and wood drem and enough leg room. >> what golfs you the confidence that americans with equate hyundai with luxury? >> with genesis, great successes 2009, north american car of the year and we think it speaks to our capability to make worldclass automobiles and this is a further step in that direction. >> rain repellent windows seemed to work pretty well and active cruise control system and lane departure warning system, sounding an alarm and tries to strangle you if you don't do anything about it. yes, master. it gives the pillowy road, enough to get you from thrown from the saddle. it's drop dead quiet in here and the seats are comfortable. i've never seen my cameraman so happy. slacker. and what it doesn't come with is an ipad loaded on it and it will have an app to let you schedule maintenance

appointments and hyundai will come to your house to pick up the car. if you're interested in buying one this'll bring it by and in some cases sell it to you there. on a day like today sounds like a pretty good deal. >> the hyundai equus, fox news. >> uma: and president obama's narsism, her take next. funny how nature just knows how to make things that are good for you. new v8 v-fusion + tea. one combined serving of vegetables and fruit with the goodness of green tea and powerful antioxidants. refreshingly good. [ man ] ♪ trouble

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>> vice-president joe biden is known to be a talker, but in a new interview with gq magazine the vice-president manages to top even himself. when asked why president obama isn't connecting with the american people, he says, quote, he think what it is, he's so brilliant. he's an intellectual. comment left tomorrow to wonder what the vp might have been implying about the rest of us. with his poll numbers stagnant and republicans about to assume power in the house, president obama has been taking it on the chin of late. liz trotta, author, journalist and fox news contributor and joining us now from new york. >> hi, liz. >> how are you.

>> what's your thoughts about vice-president biden's comments there? >> the first thing to came to mind was what valerie fitzgerald famously said about her boss, mr. obama. he's just too talented to do what ordinary people do. i mean, that's a bit mind-boggling and one does the impression that they've all drunk the kool-aid. but the whole question of obama's ego and what they're calling his real native narcissism, or one puts it psycho pathic narcissism is more and more a topic for writers, not much on broadcast, but see it in a lot of pieces on the internet and newspaper and not just right wing publications, but publications like politico and the boston globe. and most recently, however, the weekly standard had a really blazing piece by jonathan last, in which it's

sort of a compilation of all the times that obama had shown us his narcissistic side and he talks to one classmate, high school classmate, who says-- harvard classmate, rather and says you know, he always knew better than everybody else, including the teacher. so this whole picture has been built up of obama's narcissism ego and a picture of biden, saying, biden gasp. but this is what we have now and again one more example his trip to india, which is most recent, in which there were several occasions too long to go into now which obama seemed to be totally focused on himself rather than the indian people or the president of india. and went to a local school. and he and michelle from one to the other and talked the kids' ears off and never listened to what they had to

say and always, i, i, i, me, me, me. so this pattern is established in liberal and conservative media. >> uma: what impact on the american public if both sides, democrats and republicans are starting to point this out about the president? >> well, i think that we saw some, again, recent, the very fact, two days after this kind catastrophic election for the democrats, he took off for foreign parts didn't sit well and that's also grist for the mill and first after the election how it wasn't his policies that the people didn't like, but it was his lack of-- his inability to communicate. this is picked up by lots-- a lot of people in the media, because it was again another example of i, i, i, me, me,

me. and they begin to connect the narcissistic ego tissic side and it emerges a pattern starting way back in high school to again, this most recent reaction to the election. so, i think that's definitely a factor, i think it's going to be a factor in the next election and i think there's going to be a lot more pieces written about this, so, maybe he should avoid the perpendicular pronoun and my team, my national security team, my army, my this, my that and start talking about we, the people. >> uma: there you go. all right, liz trotta. great to have you here, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> uma: well, sometimes things don't go quite as planned, as during a live broadcast. what went wrong during this implosion that caused an unusual reaction from a pair of news anchors. stay with us. i love my curves.

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>> all right. a california traveler who recorded his tsa experience has created a viral video hit and a new catch phrase. quote, don't touch my junk" has become the chorus of angry americans against the new screening procedures. but a wisconsin t-shirt stop,

taking a different approach, it's okay to touch my junk. and the tsa bumper stickers giving a laugh on the internet. the bumper stickers, can't see london, can't see france unless we see your underpants. discounts available and if we did our job any better we'd have to buy you dinner first. everybody needs a good implosion, what if the live news conference misses the big moment. that's what happened at one chicago station and they spent several minutes waiting for it to happen. when they stopped watching for a second of course, it was all over. >> are you kidding me? >> are you kidding me? >> who did that? >> wow! >> are you kidding? >> wow! see, should have-- >> do you see? this is-- you know what. >> we missed it. >> and this is a metaphor for our show, another crash and burn. >> uma: po