so mike baker, bad rap? why -- why him?f an organization who is either not well liked or, you know, not well respected. at the end of the day, you know, he gets the job done i suppose from an operational and strategic point of view. he's a very hard core individual, and, you know, regardless -- there's a lot of chatter that goes on in the world of punditry about al qaeda and about how the personalities blend and, you know, at the end of the day he was given also credit for in part operational planning of 9/11, the 2005 bombings in the uk, of even the african embassy bombings. he's been around a long time. has a lot of experience and whether they like him or not, you know, it's not a popularity contest to some degree in terms of al qaeda. you know, what they wanted also was they wanted continuity and, you know, not to make this sound too much a succession at a multi-national or fortune 50 company. >> that's exactly what it is. >> they are not unsophisticated. they know how, you know, the world works to some degree, and i thi

thank you to much mike baker. >> thank you. appreciate it. >>> live pictures here, live pictures of casey anthony. she's on trial in orlando for murdering her 2-year-old toddler caylee. so right now the defense team is consulting with this homicide detective from orange county sheriff's office. he's on the stand right now. we are keeping a close eye on this trial. folks in the cnn newsroom, and we'll be right back. ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ i work so hard at my job ♪ and then i bring it home to you ♪ ♪ i love money in my pocket >>> want to take you back down live to this casey anthony murder trial under way. just to set it up for you before we get back in, you have the defense attorney here questioning this detective, this officer with the orange county sheriffs office. the homicide unit. it is eric edwards in witness box. the detective has been testifying about a member of the search party. this woman. this woman had received some voicemails from some of the anthony family members. cindy anthony, spec

i want to go to mike baker. he's a foreign intelligence officer. i want to begin with isi.g to glean from these informants? >> well, "a," they're going to be looking to find out how they were managed, how they were handled, how they were developed and recruited. then they'll be looking for any operational information that that he, you know, gives them better insight into how this whole raid eventually took place. but, i think it's important to try to put this in context. >> yeah. >> because, you know, on the outset, obviously, we look at this and think, you know, how could they possibly do this, right? but our relationship with the pakistans with the isi with the government. it tends to range from all right, to testy to dysfunctional. we have to remember, we conducted an operational unilateral operation on their turf for perfectly good reason with obviously terrific outcome. but if you reverse this. and you say what if a foreign nation carried out that same type of operation on our turf. i guarantee you, we would do the same thing, we would try to identify if local citizens

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baker and reds. they were facing right-hander mike leak who earlier this year was picked up for shoplifting.e robbed the giants. leak brought his "a" game. struck out cody ross, one of eight punchouts and picked up plenty. tim lincecum did not get out of the fifth inning. joey votto with a run-scoring double to the opposite field as part of a four-run inng , and that's all she wrote. giants lose to the reds, 10-2. >>> back to friday night and despite the win, there was some bad news for the giants. second baseman freddy sanchez separated his right shoulder trying to field a ground ball in the fifth inning. sanchez had an mri on saturday, and there is no further word as to his condition or how long he will be out. but the giants acted quickly in filling the hole left by sanchez as they signed infielder bill hall to a contract. hall made an appearance in the game today at second base. he was 0 for 2 with a walk. hall had been released by the astros earlier this year. but last season he was productive for boston. and he has some pop in his bat, hitting 18 home runs for the red sox. >>> the athl

mike, poor air quality as well. >> that is what happens when the air stagnates. we vent pollution in central valley so fresno and bakersve high rate of asthma and other problems like that. for us, not going to happen today. we'll keep it here. the temperatures you see yesterday. most of them are in the 90s. will be warmer. we have 89 in oakland. 88 in san francisco yesterday. cool spot is santa cruz. spare the air in east bay valley where it hits 100 today. widespread low to mid-90s throughout the bay. mid-to-upper 80s in san mateo and richmond. head to coast, mid-to-upper 70s is where it's cooler. >> karina, we are fortunate to have mike checking on this, because today's heat means high fire danger around the bay area. it's also the first spare the air day of the season. abc7's amy hollyfield is live now in oakland hills with more. amy, i see the moderate sign behind you. >> get ready for it to change. they have a scientific method they use to calculate that. they get the burn index. that's how they decide what to change it. the reports come in starting at 10:00 in the morning. so go ahead and look for this to change