this is about zardari's own domestic politics.here was a calculation made if the president sat down with zardari, he would use that moment frankly to show that he was standing up to the americans and as some sort of domestic political play and they didn't want to be used as a prop. >> the bottom line is that the u.s. and pakistan has done downhill the last five or six months. >> compare the relationship with karzai which is as good as it's probably ever been in this president's administration considering karzai wasn't a big fan of obama at first because of press bush and now everything has flipped. >> this notre dame lawsuit a big challenge coming right after secretary sebelius was booed when she gave a commencement speech at george two. there still is this catholic issue. political problem? >> it depends on how quickly this advances in the courts. you and i aren't lawyers but play it on tv. this feels like one of those cases that in order to fully resolve it, it might have to make its way all the way to the supreme court a year,

we begin this evening with bilawal bhutto zardari, the son of president zardari of pakistan and also the son of minister bhutto, former prime minister and very active in politics until she was assassinated in 2007. >> my mother did not sacrifice her life for pakistan to be told we are not doing enough. we play our part and it's not just my mother. we've lost 37,000 of our own civilians to this war. as i said, 6,300 security forces have died which is six times the casualties in nato and afghanistan. we have more forces on the border than they have in all of afghanistan. we are doing our part. we don't like the will, we lack the means. >> rose: we conclude with evgeny lebedev, the son of the one of the richest men in russia. he is now a british citizen and chairman of two british newspapers. the "evening standard" and the independent. >> yes, i think what you have to do these days when everybody is saying that the product printed product is dying and all the viewers and reading on-line what you have to do in order to survive in print media is you have to look inwardly and imaginatively

president obama has not served himself well by holding the president zardari off. he has this kind of small meeting with him. we have killed pakistani civilians, and dylan, you and i both know, we talked about that off the air, i am all for holding pakistan more agressive, but you have to be diplomatically astute of what you do. we need pakistanis to maintain stability and we're not doing a good job of getting them to understand that. >> how would you handle the diplomacy in pakistan right now? >> i would get us out. seriously. >> what does that look like? when you say we're going to get out of pakistan, then you have all this managed security risk with iran and all the rest? is that a likely option? >> the troops are gone in 2014. 2013 afghan is taking the lead in terms of security. karzai is the best nominated mayor in kabul. that's new york parking. that's not what you want to look like in south asia. we are not going to have a constructive relationship with pakistan. their governance doesn't work, their military is effectively running pieces of the country that

president zardari is here. president obama is refusing to meet with him. the administration denies that it's because zardari has not agreed to open up the supply lines on the border of pakistan to afghanistan. still, the pakistanis feel a little bit snubbed, so to make them feel a little bit better, secretary clinton met with them a few hours ago. >> chuck todd, thanks. >>> overseas now. the only person ever convicted of the bombing of pan am flight 103 over scotland died of prostate cancer today at home in libya. abdel al megrahi provoked more outrage when he was released from a scottish prison three years ago on humanitarian grounds. we have more tonight from richard engel. >> reporter: this is what he'll be remembered for, lockerbie, scotland, december, 1988. the debris of pan am flight 103 bound for new york after it exploded mid-air, killing all 270 passengers and crew onboard. 189 americans were on the flight. the man convicted of one of the worst terrorist acts before osama bin laden was abdel basset al megrahi. he was a libyan intelligence agent wo

he's trying to get asif ali zardari to open important supply routes for nato-led forces in afghanistan. pakistani authorities closed them after a u.s. air strike near the afghan border in november accidentally killed 24 of their soldiers. >> president zardari shared with me his belief that these issues can get worked through. we didn't anticipate that the supply issue was going to be resolved by this summit. we knew that before we arrived in chicago. we're actually making diligent progress on it. >> the troops that will leave afghanistan by 2014 are members of the international security assistance force or isaf, led by nato. >> the force was established by the united nations, three months after the september 11th attacks in 2001. united states was already involved in a full-scale offensive against the taliban whom they accused of harboring osama bin laden. isaf is composed of 130,000 troops from 50 countries. 90,000 of them are from the united states. their mission has been to stabilize the situation in afghanistan and to help the government of president hamid karzai reconstruct the co

and will he be meeting with president zardari? >> he will have bilateral discussions in chicago. i don't have the full list right in front of me. some of that is still being scheduled. i don't know that he plans at this point for him to meet bilaterally with president zardari. yes? >> george, as you would know, mexico is facing an incredible nightmare with the balance of the drug cartels. >> yes. >> and they're waiting for a sign of hope. and would like to know recently u.s. and mexico participated in some joint operations. how these -- increasing cooperation and maybe stronger -- drug cartels. >> the issue of counternarcotics and elicit crime was a top issue as you know at the recent trilateral meeting in canada with the secretary and his canadian and mexican counterparts. we fully understand the problems that cartels are bringing to the people of mexico, and we condemn the violence. our counternarcotic efforts in the u.s. government are led primarily by the drug enforcement administration. and we're going to continue to do what we can to support their and other agency's efforts

it really doesn't look good for zardari at home either.didn't get to meet the president. it's a very troubled relationship. frenemies as people call it. >> and a lot of times you'd go to these summits and you don't really expect to get a lot out of this. it is a communique, it's a paper, an agreement or something like that that doesn't really have a lot of weight to it. when you see the summit, do you see any results? do you see something that's tangible here? >> i think with afghanistan you will get a signing off on the agreement to pull out. that's really what the focus was on here, on this particular meeting. and you saw from the invitees, there's 28 countries in tay tna there's more than 50 invited to be there. i think they'll get that loose agreement on withdrawal. look, president obama's worked out, he knows that afghanistan is not going to be different, 2 years, 4 years, 10 years fro now. a lot of concern about afghanistan. the taliban is resurgent in the south. i have the pakistan influence in the east. there's concern about irania

. >> asif ali zardari will discuss the future of afghanistan. the invitation comes a day after pakistan said it planned to lift the blockade. soldiers were killed in nato airstrikes. the fbi has begun a preliminary investigation into viet -- into the loss suffered by jpmorgan chase. they have started investigations into the cost of a loss. the fbi has not officially confirmed the probe. you are watching "newsday." a $10 million diamond, one of the world's oldest and famous gems goes under the hammer in geneva. >> welcome to the white house. president obama kansas host -- pays host. a quick look at what is making front-page news around the world. the first day of francois hollande with angela merkel on tuesday night. the wall street journal reports on the greek crisis. the top financial services regulator told the financial times of his plans to give shareholders in europe a binding vote on executive pay. the gulf news reports that american expatriate have been warned that should be scared of legislation. the paper says this has great ramificatio

president zardari says that he will stress the deal should be made. the g-8 is probably relatively satisfied after their meeting. >> this is gmt from bbc world news. i am george alagiah. stark warnings from the organization task with assisting governments with their economy. the euro zone risks falling into severe recession. the former sri lanka army to lead a campaign against the tamil tigers says his country must now cooperate with an international war crimes probe. the olympic torch is arriving in the english city of bristol later today as part of a store around the united kingdom. that is ahead of the 2012 games in london. athletes, including the world renowned long distance runners, will be placing themselves in the city to prepare for the competition. moment we will find out just what makes the kenyan runners so exceptional. we will be with our correspondent at a high altitude training camp. first, losing hawkins is in bristol waiting for the torch to arrive -- lucy hawkins. >> what a magnificent day for the arrival of the olympic torch. there's

the pakistani president asif ali zardari had been invited to the summit at the last minute, as the u.sd to negotiate the re-opening of vital supply routes from pakistan. they've been closed since last fall, when an american attack mistakenly killed 24 pakistani troops along the border. mr. obama met with zardari today on the summit's sidelines, but a new accord remained elusive. >> we're actually making diligent progress. i don't want to paper over real challenges there. there's no doubt there have been tensions between isaf and pakistan and the united states and pakistan over the last several months. i think they are being worked through, both military and diplomatic channels. the president had welcomed afghan president hamid karzai to the summit on sunday. >> the partnership that we signed a few weeks ago in kabul has turned a new page in our relations. and the new page is a page of two sovereign countries working together for the mutual interests-- peace and security >> reporter: the two men signed that longterm strategic agreement just three weeks ago, in kabul. the chicago summit

the president met briefly with president zardari about the dispute and expressed cautious optimism. the president is on his way to joplin, missouri, where he's scheduled to give the commencement address at the graduation ceremonies for joplin high school. it is expected to be pretty emotional. it's nearly one year to the day when those deadly tornadoes hit that -- what is turning into a resilient city. >> all right. chuck todd, part of our team at the summit in chicago. chuck, thanks. >>> overseas tonight, a horrifying attack today in a place so many of the experts have been saying for so many years represents the next big threat to the united states. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports on one of the most violent days in a long time in yemen. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the suicide bomber was disguised as a soldier. he tucked into a crowd at a rehearsal for a military parade in sanaa, detonated a bomb, and killed nearly a hundred people. yemen's defense minister narrowly escaped with his life. officials say it's likely the work of al qaeda in yemen. while the u.s. h

joining me is bhutto zardari, the chair of the people's party and the son of benazir bhutto. my mind in seeing what happened, your mother whom i knew and who was widely respected here in the united states, i recall her speech to a joint session of congress. your mother was killed by al qaeda according to the u.n. commission report. how do you feel when someone who helped track down osama bin laden is put in jail for 33 years? >> unfortunately, andrea, that anyone collaborating with foreign intelligence, even of a friendly country, anywhere in the world, that's a crime. look at the case of jonathan pallard here in the united states where a u.s. court convicted him for life imprisonment for spying for israel. >> at the same time, pakistan has suffered egregiously from these terror bombings, these killings. as hillary clinton says very often, pakistan has suffered from terrorism as much as the united states has suffered, so why wouldn't you view this man's work as something that's honorable and why wouldn't pakistan explain who are the people who helped cover up for bin laden be

wanted with president zardari of pakistan. what are you hearing? >> what happened during the summit is president zardari of pakistan came hoping for a president with president obama. he didn't get that meeting, what he got instead was a quick opportunity to exchange words for the president and then a quick photo with president obama and with president karzai later today. he did not get that big meeting for precisely the reason you point out. he and his country did not come to terms with the u.s. on an agreement to open the supply routs back up for the u.s. to bring both troops and supplies in and out of the pakistani country, in and out of pakistan, because pakistan simply as my sources are saying, asking too much money for this. and so this is not going to be negotiated, u.s. sources are saying at a presidential level, it's going to be negotiated before the presidential level back in the region and so there is no resolution here at the nato summit, so the two presidents did not have that sitdown meeting. the u.s. has insisted this will be resolved

according to president zardari's son. even though his own mother benazir bhutto was killed. >> anyone with foreign intelligence, even of a friendly country, anywhere in the world, that's a crime. >> reporter: pakistan has yet to explain how bin laden managed to hide in plain sight for years. >> and to find that the pakistanis now aren't trying to answer the question who was hiding osama bin laden, but who helped us find him? and that's outrageous. >> reporter: plus, pakistan has cut supply lines to u.s. forces in afghanistan. retaliating after the u.s. refused to apologize for killing 24 pakistani soldiers in a border raid last year. >> nbc's andrea mitchell reporting for us. pakistan, of course, still upset about the u.s. drone program used to target militants in that country's border region. just yesterday, eight suspected fighters were killed in an american air strike. >>> sill still ahead on "way too early," lebron james and dwyane wade do it again, putting together a huge night to bounce indiana from the playoffs on

the president canceled any meetings with president zardari, so president zardari of pakistan, there at the nato summit but certainly not being welcomed by other members. he met with secretary clinton, but he has not -- the president is giving him the cold shoulder, until this supply route, which is costing nato, i'll remind you, $38 million per month to go through the northern alliance and to reroute those goods into afghanistan, jon. jon: wow. jennifer griffin at the pentagon, jennifer, thank you. jenna: from the pentagon, we're taking you to chicago, where the city is preparing for another day of intense protests. steve brown is live in union park, where demonstrators 'have been gathering all morning long. steve. >> reporter: good morning jenna. yes, as a matter of fact, the demonstrators you see behind me, i'm going to step away so we can get a weather look, have already declared victory today a. gathering of some occupy-affiliated activists are planning on taking a walk down towards the center of the city, towards the headquarters of boeing, the big aircraft and military contractor

panetta i was briefed the middle of beautifully i determined that my direction i called president zardari those men are i. don't need to spike the football i said that. and i. suppose the navy seals on and they are supposed to have you down so i would be i the group behind that ad is calling itself the troops for a strong america so what more do we need to know about this group as it begins its ad assault on the president adam peck is here he's a reporter at think progress adam welcome thanks so much for having me great to have you here with us what exactly is veterans for a strong america so veterans for a start america is actually a fairly secretive group as best we've been able to discern it's a very small organization in fact some reports show that there is in fact only one employee payroll joel aarons who is the director of this organization however they've also hosted several fairly large events including those with very recent presidential candidates including new kitchen and rick santorum so they do seem to wield a moderate degree of influence among conservatives and republicans i

president karzai and today both leaders held a remarkable, impromptu meeting with pakistani president zardari. relations among the three are strained and u.s. and pakistan relations have especially deteriorated since u.s. navy seals killed osama bin laden on pakistani soil since a nato led air strike last november mistakenly killed 24 pakistani soldiers. >> we need to work through some of the tensions that have inevitably arisen after ten years of our military presence in that region. >> reporter: at issue is now a nato supply route that pakistan closed after those november air strikes. now, an agreement to reopen that route would help the relations, be the first step in repairing that relationship and tonight a senior administration official tells me they're very close to reaching an agreement. >> pelley: norah o'donnell, thank you very much. today's nato agreement comes as relations between u.s. soldiers and afghan soldiers are at an all-time low. the coalition began a study of afghan attacks on u.s. forces after six american soldiers were killed during a joint parole in 2010. the report wa

you know, zardari is trying to show that he's standing up to the americans, and he's going to extractto show folks back home before he opens up those supply routes. this all goes back to those pakistani troops that were killed by u.s. air strikes there on the border. pakistan wanted an apology, and the u.s. said no. >> and david ignatius, this pakistani relationship remains obviously one of the most complex for u.s. policymakers and also one of the most important. >> complex, deteriorating. there's just no way around it. if you talk to people in the white house, they'll say that this is worse than it was. that a policy that tried to put pakistan and pakistan's stability in the forefront, that was the whole idea of the president's review in 2009. let's focus on really the pakistan part of that. that just hasn't gone well. and this latest dickering over exactly what the payment per truck that's crossing the khyber pass into afghanistan will be. that's what they're negotiating, is sort of a sorry tale of this. at the time the invitation to karzai was made, the u.s. believed that this was

president zardari is still making up his mind on whether to attend.together on the sidelines of the g-20 summit that will be taking place in mexico in june and that will be their first face-to-face meeting since mr. putin became russia's president again. >> i don't remember a time, jill, i covered the first asia-pacific summit, the a.p.e.c. summit, i don't remember one where an american president didn't attend. >> i think you're right on that and you can interpret that in many ways. president obama says it's important to get to that -- to the democratic convention, but you could interpret it in another way, perhaps a counter snub to a snub by president putin. they should have had it after the election in november. putin thought the weather would be too rough knowing they probably would result in president obama's not coming and i think that's why putin is not coming to chicago. the tit for tat will continue. >> almost four pounds of weapons-grade uranium, why kodak could possibly need the nuclear material and you might not notice. you might not notice

president barack obama refusing to meet pakistan's president zardari one-on-one.re partners in the fight against extremism, but they certainly don't always act like it. >> reza sayah, thanks very much for that report. reporting from islamabad. >> bilwal bhutto zardari and head of the people's party and son of the president of pakistan, also son of the late prime minister benazir bhutto. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me, wolf. >> you understand the outrage that someone who helped the united states, killed bin laden who killed 3,000 americans, you understand the outrage of what's going on right now? >> yes, wolf, i do appreciate the outrage. he tried to kill multiple times to kill my mother and he was successful. as far as afridi is concerned, it is against the law in any country to cooperate with foreign intelligence. a u.s. court sentenced him to life imprisonment for spying for israel. we have an independent judiciary which they restored and i have no control over their outcome. >> you believe bin laden is responsible for killing your mo

later that day he did meet with president zardari and acknowledged very cautious optimism about reopening that supply line. >> i don't want to paper over real challenges there. there's no doubt that there have been tensions. i think they are being worked through, both military and diplomatic channels. >> finally, the president ended a day dominated by politics with a speech that was anything but political. president obama took on the role of consoler and chief at a commencement ceremony for joplin high school's class of 2012. it's been one year since the country's deadliest tornado in six decades. killed 126 people. told the graduating seniors it's their resilience the nation will never forget. >> by now i expect that most of you have probably relived those 32 minutes again and again. where you were, what you saw, when you knew for sure that are it was over. the first day that you woke up in a world that would never be the same. and yet the story of joplin isn't just what happened that d day. it's the story of what happened the next day. and the day after that. >> the president challenged

zardari flew to the united states in hopes for a meeting with president obama, refused after talks tocrossing, and he met with secretary clinton and expressed the blockade. no word of a breakthrough there. the blockade was put in place last november after a nato strike killed two dozen pakistani soldiers and is forcing the u.s. and nato to use ultimate routes to get fuel and food into afghanistan. a symbol between the rising tensions between pakistan and the united states. while nato discusses how to proceed in afghanistan, the fact is, if pakistan doesn't get on board, more time, more money, and possibly more lives. with me now, senator jeanne shaheen, conducting bilateral meetings herself at summit here in chicago and joins me. senator shaheen, nice to see you. >> nice to be here. >> nicer temperature. >> cooler and overcast. all this focus on afghanistan. a year ago our relationship, the united states' relationship with the karzai government was not good. now, it's pretty good there. the relationship with pakistan is a mess and there's an argument to be made the whole reason we've

darry, shuffling him off to meet with secretary of state clinton instead of with the president after zardarito the war zone. >>> while the president goes for