afghan officials have said the british came up with imposter. london, the government sources say he was found by afghan intelligence and that britain was only facilitating the talks with america kept in a little times. either way, this will hardly improve the chances of real peace talks succeeding with the real taliban. the real taliban are still insisting publicly on all foreign troops leaving afghanistan. in practice, there are contacts between insurgents and the afghan government. this set back the stocks spell the end of the reconciliation process. >> we need each other for this to come out the right way. we will have to work together among the governments and intelligence services. >> tonight, the british service under the uncomfortable spotlight. declining to defend itself in public. the afghan operations are being portrayed as being incompetent. >> the u.s. has been briefing several foreign governments about the possible release of up to 3 million diplomatic files by the whistleblower website wikileaks. according to the state department,

the afghan officials are blaming nato for setting up peace talks with a man posing as a senior taliban commander president hamid karzai even held negotiations with the imposter before the ruse was revealed the scam began almost six months ago when afghan officials were approached by a supposed taliban agents offering peace talks british intelligence reportedly arranged the meetings while the cia oversaw the entire affair with a man claiming to be a high ranking militant is thought to be a shopkeeper from pakistan the real identity of the fake us still remains a mystery the scandal has left the u.s. led coalition a red faced after large sums of cash were handed over to the fraudster military contributor says nato should have done its homework. how come the con artist managed to outfox and outsmart the whole western intelligence community it was a desperate political move that prompted the u.s. military leadership in afghanistan to get involved in such air adventure better result in the total embarrassment for the central intelligence agency they let him in to afghanistan across the bord

. >>> plus, an embarrassment for afghan officials. they thought they were meeting with the senior taliban leader in an effort to end the war. turns out, the person was a fake. how could this happen? >>> and we are following breaking news out of boston where a suspicious package has forced the evacuation of a cargo area at boston's logan international airport. just got a statement. they say while conducting a routine exercise, a package was identified by a canine as suspicious. they are cooperating with authorities in the assessment of the package. we'll have more on the breaking news. at campbellskitchen.com. at campbellskitchen.com. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ >>> welcome back to "news nation." developing news, the president is speaking now in kokomo, indiana. he's the chrysler plant with vice president joe biden. let's listen to the president. >> -- express their confidence in a future that seemed so dim just 18 months ago. and as a result the treasury was able to sell half of its gm stock. so here's the lesson. don

just last month, both american and afghan officials held high hopes for the negotiations, but this latest revelation sets back efforts to find a political resolution to the nine-year-old war. >>> local media reported that lawmakers have started a motion to collect the 74 signatures needed to openly debate impeachment on mahmoud abbas. >>> and in alaska, joe miller is claiming election officials violated state law by interpreting write-in ballots for murkowski despite spelling mistakes. this comes after a federal judge ordered a ruling raising serious questions handled by the state. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,178 after falling 24 points yesterday. the s&p shed 1 points and the nasdaq gained 13. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei rose 92 points. but in hong kong, the hang seng dropped 627. >>> worries swept across the street yesterday over what could be the nation's largest ever case of insider trading. bank stocks suffered after the fbi raided the offices of three large hedge funds, driving

. ♪ ♪ >>> afghan officials say that nearly 10% of the elected candidates were disqualified in the parliamentaryctions held in september. the election commission released results from all but one of the country's 34ronc o wednesday. it said 24 candidates had been disqualified, including a relative of president hamid karzai. about auaer oth blots were nullified because of the suspected fraud. unsuccessful candidates and their supporters demonstrated in the capital, kabul,n wednesday, demanding a revote. with u.s. troops due to begin leaving afghanistan next year, the elections were regarded as an important step in transferring responsibility for security to the afghan government. but the outcome throws the legitimacyf e rliamentary vote into question. president karzai is expected to face increased difficulty as he tries to unite the country. >>> the worl meteorological agents organization says the levels of carbon dioxide and two other greenhouse gases in the rts mohere reached record highs in 2009. thewmo says that last year's global average concentration of carbon dioxide in the air was 386.8 p

just last month, both american and afghan officials held high hopes for the negotiations, but this latest revelation sets back efforts to find a political resolution to the nine-year war. >>> according to the "wall street journal," iran's parliament recently plans to impeach president mahmoud ahmadinejad but held back on the country's supreme leader. media reported lawmakers collect add motion to collect the 74 signatures needed to open a debate about impeachment. >>> and joe miller in alaska is challenging the apparent victory of lisa murkowski. in a lawsuit miller claims election officials violated state law by interpreting write-in ballots as votes for murkowski, despite spelling and handwriting mistakes. this comes after a federal judge ordered a stay on the election certification ruling miller raised serious constitutional questions that should be handled by the state. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street kicks af the day. the dow opens at 11,178 after falling 28 points yesterday. the s&p shed 1 point. nasdaq gained 13. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, i

according to the times nato and afghan officials held three meetings with the man and by some accounts said he was second in command to the group's founder mullah mu ham mad omar. officials say the fake leader had met with president karzai. karzai denies the meeting took place. >>> american officials say they were skeptical from the start about the identity of the man and confirmed yesterday they had given up hope that the afghan who was who he claimed to be, or that he was even a member of taliban leadership. the revelation could deal a little blow to what were high hopes to peace negotiations with the taliban. this sets back efforts to find a political solution to the nine-year-old war. >>> yet another twist to the airport screening controversy, this morning's "usa today" reports that the companies that supply the nation's airports with body scanning machines have more than doubled their spending on lobbying in the last five years. according to the report, the companies which hold multimillion-dollar contracts have hired several high profile government officials to support their caus

and afghan officials are trying to downplay a potential fallout between the two countries this comes after president hamid karzai slammed washington's war tactics in afghanistan karzai the man of the u.s. led coalition reduce its military operations in the country he also called for an answer to night raids against suspected taliban commanders which often result in civilian casualties but the u.s. state secretary hillary clinton says the surgical strikes are key to winning the war the exchange of statements comes just days before crucial nato summit with the alliance expected to set a deadline for ending combat operations in afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen but as artie's john halfassed reports america's rules of engagement are the only thing troubling the president. thirty eight billion dollars have been poured into afghanistan by the u.s. since the two thousand and one invasion to bolster security and economic development a significant chunk of that money humanitarian aid to provide food build health clinics schools and one of the poorest countries in the world all part of

just last month, both american and afghan officials held high hopes for the negotiations, but this latestvelation sets back efforts to find a political resolution to the nine-year-old war. >>> according to the wall street journal iran's parliament recently planned to impeach president mahmoud ahmadinejad but held back on orders from the country's supreme leader. still, local media reported that lawmakers have started a motion to collect the 74 signatures needed to openly debate impeachment. >>> and in alaska senate candidate joe miller is challenging the apparent victory of incumbent senator lisa murkowski. he claims election officials violated state law as interpreting write-in ball lots despite mistakes. this after a judge ordered to stay on a certification ruling miller raised serious questions that should be handled by the state. >>> here's a first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens after falling 24 points yesterday. the s&p shed a point. the nasdaq gained 13. taking a look at oversees trading this morning in tokyo the nikkei rose 92 points, but in hong kong

senior afghan official has reportedly blamed british secret services for bringing a fake taliban commander into peace talks with u.s. officials and president hamid karzai the u.k. has refused to comment on the reports of a man who claimed to be a high ranking militant milan soor is thought to be a shopkeeper from pakistan the real identity of the fake remains a mystery and the scandal has left the u.s. led coalition red faced after large sums of cash were handed over to the fraudster . a government has opened fire in a campaign rally in taiwan killing one and critically wounding the son of a former taiwanese vice president the shooting took place at an elementary school a comes on the eve of the local elections were mayors and local officials will be allowed to the five major cities the suspect is in police custody. after receiving a bit of a beating in the midterm elections president obama suffered a pain of a different kind during a basketball game he was elbowed in the mouth during a friendly match on thanksgiving obama was pictured nursing his one with an ice pack injury require twelve

including one report, a lowly shopkeeper who received large sums of money from afghan officials to attend. president karzai today decided he never met with the man, calling the reports propaganda, but the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, who has encouraged talks with taliban leaders, said he wasn't surprised by reports of a fraud. >> there was skepticism about one of these all along and it may well be that that skepticism was well founded. >> reporter: theories of why the man posed as a taliban leader range from a simple get rich quick scheme to an elaborate deception by the taliban or even pakistan in retaliation for being cut out of the talks. >> the damage done is damage done to the credibility of the united states and the karzai government because they were in essence dealing with a con man. >> reporter: now, efforts to talk to the taliban are expected to continue, but this incident was a warning about how easy it is to get burned. katie? >> couric: chip reid at the white house, chip, thank you. in health news, an exciting development in the battle against aids. a new study finds tr

he attended meetings there with senior afghan officials. he was even paid for his time. but guess what? word that he was apparently an imposter and no one knows if he was a taliban spy or just trying to make money. u.s. officials are now saying they were wary of him from the start. >>> back here, a major announcement in the fight against aids today. a drug that has doctors everywhere using the word breakthrough, including our dr. richard besser, who is here with it all tonight. tell me about this, rich. >> reporter: diane, this is the forgotten epidemic in the united states. i'd like viewers to think about how many new cases of hiv occur in this country every year. it's quite astounding. more than 50,000 new hiv infections. >> still? still in this country? >> reporter: still occurring. and today's study hopes to change that. this is the first time a study has been done that shows that taking a drug before exposure to hiv can prevent infection. among the mostly gay men in this study who took the drug truvada every day, regularly, it reduced their infection by 70%. that's a

. >>> afghan officials confirm that the gunman who killed six american service members monday was a member of the border police. the taliban says he was a militant who joined the police to kill foreign soldiers. the shooter opened fire during a training mission in a remote area near pakistan. the gunman was killed in the shoot-out there. >>> the pentagon says it is instituting new security measures in the wake of the latest leak of classified material by wikileaks. the white house says the release of more than a quarter million diplomatic memos is a criminal act. chip reid reports. >> for us to believe that crimes have been committed here, and we are in the process of investigating those crimes. >> reporter: at the white house, press secretary robert gibbs went even further, finding wikileaks guilty before charges have even been filed. >> wikileaks and people that disseminate information to people like this are criminals. >> reporter: wikileaks' founder julian assange has not revealed who gave him the documents but officials believe it was army private bradley manning. he's in a military p

afghan officials say the taliban has overrun an entire district in the east of the country government buildings and police headquarters all the security offices guarding the area have reportedly been killed or taken hostage and there's more blood spills in the war on terror the war in afghan drugs is taking a new turn on thursday russian special forces mark their return to the country by live in eighteen for drug labs and don't offer a swift u.s. and afghan troops for the raids want an outcry from present when it comes on he said it violated afghanistan's seventy but it statement came as a surprise to most scales which sent you a ration card to the greed of that period spain advance. military contributor with ease the situation raises questions about when a cause i really stands. who is mr. well he used to be treated as the president of afghanistan from the diplomatic perspective especially for the united states but he's a high maintenance liability and embarrassment both for the military and for civilian decision makers in the white house who are trying to recalibrate and refer mulay

the polls closed in a vote clouded by accusations of ballot something and voter intimidation afghan officials say a decision was gets to be reached on the final province despite a substantial investigation into fall which. is the way the news this is now i hear all so you don't go away they just use coming up with. hello welcome to business news i'm sure on a piano we're going to go straight to our top story germany's eon may sell its stake in russia's gas giant gazprom commerce on daily reports the potential buyer is b.b. bank. currently owns three point five percent of gas prom the world's largest utility is selling off assets in order to compensate for falling earnings earlier the company's chief said the stake in gas problem was not strategic with the company aiming to expand in china and brazil finance minister says the supervisory board hasn't discussed the deal yet. and staying with gas moscow and beijing are likely to agree on the price of russian gas supplies to china before the middle of next year the news came after russia and chinese pilot ministers held talks on tuesday in st pet

afghan officials say the taliban overran an entire district in the east of the country overnight the insurgents captured government buildings and police headquarters although security officers guarding the area were reportedly killed or taken captive before the attackers fled the scene officials say they've restored government control over the district. and the results of kyrgyzstan's parliamentary election are in but there's no clear winner the votes have been evenly split between five parties which will take up one hundred twenty seats in the national assembly the newly elected ball makers have forty five days to form a coalition in what's now the first parliamentary democracy in central asia the country has been plagued by periodic outburst of violence after the revolution overthrew crimean backed by kiev from presidential office in april. up next star that joins us with the latest business. and i welcome to the business program with michelle and i was folly hundreds of companies from all over the world are in moscow hoping to find out what russia has to offer in terms of not tech

polls closed in the vote clouded by accusations of ballots stung thing and voter intimidation afghan officials announced wednesday decision was get to be released on the final province despite a substantial investigation. investigators in cambodia have blamed a swaying suspension bridge for triggering a stampede that killed hundreds the crowd gathered in celebration of the finally thing of the country's annual festival a government ministry reported the death toll could be as high as four hundred and fifty six where most of the victims crossed while the suffocated has been declared a national day of. the un's predicted hundreds of thousands will likely be affected by the cholera epidemic in haiti the outbreak has killed move and fourteen hundred people the disease is spreading much faster than originally thought and it's feared it may even end in neighboring dominican republic what haiti's still expected to hold national elections this sunday despite the turmoil. now what was once the world's fourth largest lake central. asia's is now more deserts the more the soviet union's plan to grow caugh

afghan officials said the taliban overran an entire district in the east of the country overnight insurgents captured government buildings and the police headquarters or the security offices guarding the area were reportedly killed or taken captive before the attackers fled the scene show saying they've restored government control of the district. results of kurdistan's parliamentary election or win but there's no clear winner votes have been evenly split between five parties which will take up a hundred twenty seats a national assembly you don't make yourself five days to form a coalition what's now the first parliamentary democracy in central asia. by periodic outbursts of violence after revolution overthrew back here from presidential office in april. in brazil at the ruling party's candidate has won the runoff with the country's first president the former marxist guerrilla beat opposition rival. in the second round more than fifty five percent of the vote yourself has pledged to continue the antics poverty policies about going to the soon to be sworn in as the country's head of state on

yes they can afghan officials are now looking to us republicans for promised change to their war torn country the fight against the taliban is bogging down nearly one hundred thousand american troops with more on the way of get a stay of drug industry still significant supplying over ninety percent of the world's opium artie's military contributor says it's high time for u. turn and u.s. strategy. almost all incoming military plus up of the us surge has been concentrated in southern afghanistan however there is a huge discrepancy between the us military deployment in southern afghanistan which is the hub at both the taliban and the drug production and cultivation and the policy of complete non interference of the u. is boots on the ground against the poppy fields general betray us should we take initiative from the u.s. state department and unleash its special operation forces under the guidance of drug enforcement administration to conduct the three new offensive in southern afghanistan to be the main focus of f.b.i. handing the drug lords who are basically the same landlords. poppy

the polls closed in a vote clouded by accusations of ballot stuffing and voter intimidation afghan officials announced wednesday at decision was yet to be reached on the final province despite a substantial investigation into four. next what was once the world's fourth largest lake central asia are all sea is now a little more than a desert the soviet union planned to grow cotton in the steps saw it sink to a fraction of its size bringing hunger and disease to a once prosperous region but today major efforts to see the waters flow once more bringing hope to thousands this is the last of lindsey france's special reports this week. it starts with sun up these men fish in one of the worst manmade environmental disaster areas ever know. the city just dried out and then a trip turned brought to see back to us when central asia became the center of the soviet union's plan for cotton cultivation it nearly drunk dried the rivers feeding the erroll see what covered sixty eight thousand square kilometers in one nine hundred sixty around the size of southern california shriveled to a tenth of its size

afghan officials say the taliban overran an entire district in the east of the country overnight insurgents captured government buildings and the police headquarters all the security officers guarding the area were reportedly killed or taken captive before the attackers fled the scene officials say they've restored government control of the district. in brazil of the ruling party's candidate to run in the runoff vote with patrice first woman president. roxas really beat opposition rival. in the second round with more than fifty five percent of the vote who said that it continue the antipoverty policies of outgoing little silver should be sworn in as the country's head of state on johnny the first. australian police have made one of the biggest ever drug busts seizing there in its value of more than four hundred million us dollars over a hundred sixty kilos of illegal drugs were hidden inside wooden doors shipped from malaysia police have charged three people including a mother and if convicted he should face life in prison. or after a woman in the south of russia was a viciously mauled by t

afghan officials say the taliban overran an entire district in the east of the country opened the right insurgents captured government buildings and the police headquarters on the security officers guarding the area were reportedly killed or taken captive before the attackers fled the scene officials say they've restored the government control over the district. results of kurdistan's parliamentary election or in but there's no clear winner votes have been evenly split between five parties and to take up one hundred twenty seats in the national assembly newly elected lawmakers have forty five days to form a coalition what's now the first parliamentary democracy in central asia the country has been plagued by periodic outbursts of violence revolution through keir presidential office in april. and in brazil the ruling party's candidate. has won the runoff but with the country's first woman president the former marxist guerrilla to be top position rival in the second round with more than fifty five percent of the vote. has pledged to continue the anti poverty policies of during the the wil

now we already discussed how embarrassing it is that nato and afghan officials were fooled by an imposter who claimed to be a high ranking member of the taliban willing to negotiate for peace the fact that after nine years of war we still can't recognize our enemy and today we have kind of a similar story but this one deals with the media fox news a sister site fox nation posted a link on their site to a story from the onion that read frustrated obama sends a nation rambling seventy five thousand word e-mail except around the site that they signal the onion is not real news that it's just satire let's just say that this isn't the first time fox has aired a fake story and then run with it so what do you say for our media if they can't recognize a satirical news story from a real one or join me to discuss it is christopher chambers author of the blog now turn his revenge and georgetown university professor chris thanks so much for being here happy thanksgiving have you things giving to you as well this is well it's kind of verisign story right just putting up a. piece what do you think it i

the polls closed in a vote clouded by accusations of ballot stuffing and voter intimidation afghan officials announced wednesday a decision was yet to be reached on that final province despite the substantially best a geisha for. developing news story hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of the belorussian capital minutes demanding the president steps down. among those attending the rally is said to be leading candidates in next month's president's election present presidential election rather example has been in power for three terms now in his style you go once more protesters are also been calling for the election process to be more democratic and vote counting three more open and transparent is filling up the stories for the course of night for you bring you the latest there from ins. what was once the world's fourth largest leg central asia is out all see is no more desert than water of a soviet union's plan to grow cotton in the step so it's ring to a fraction of its size bringing hunger and disease to once prosperous region but today major efforts to see the waters flow on

and afghan officials, not just that but that he was paid an undisclosed sum of money. the white house now says he was not paid any u.s. money, but others are disputing that. the president of afghanistan is denying reports that he personally sat down with this imposter. but sources say the man actually did meet with hamid karzai until they found out he was a prod. press reports out there on progress being made with respect to discussions and negotiations with the taliban in afghanistan may have been based in part on these bogus meetings, on these meetings with this imposter. who exactly is this man, and how on earth did he get away with this? we're going to have a live report just ahead. stay tuned. h-pb and this is another fox news alert for you, new reaction from the white house to the dramatic confrontation and deadly exchange of fire between north korea and south korea. the obama administration saying the north is not living up to its obligations after it attacked a small south korean islands. the gunfire sending people running for their lives killing two south kore

afghan officials tell "the washington post" he may have been a humble pakistani shop keeper.ortedly flown to kabul by nato for negotiations. a diplomat says he was paid a lot of money to convince him to take part in those talks. >>> also today is the last day for folks on the gulf coast to file short-term damage claims with bp. now the process shifts to lump sum long-term payouts. people who accept those give up their right to sue bp over this year's disastrous oil spill in the gulf. >>> and new hope in the fight against aids on two fronts. we'll show you a promising new global report and possible treatment that could prevent hiv infections. >>> an update on the breaking news we've been watching continuing to develop on a suspicious package at logan airport. we should tell you first off this is in a cargo area that allan chernoff in new york rightly points out this is separate from you if you're traveling from logan where you would fly would be. it's a cargo area and it's been evacuated. we are told there are two k-9 hits on duffel bags there. we'll get you updates on that. >

officials and ally officials believe they can start pulling back and start allowing afghan officials their troops in to be responsible for security. start of that transition, shep. >> shepard: we're hearing the year 2014, mike, where does that come from. >> that is harmid karzai the afghan president's date when he would like to take full control of security for his country of afghanistan. now, the lt. general responsible for training up afghan troops says he needs more trainers. next week when president obama goes to a nato summit in portugal, he is going to ask our allies to recommit to getting trainers to afghanistan so the u.s. and its allies can begin to pull out that 2014 date is really the afghan president's date when he would like to have full control of security, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel live on the north lawn tonight. thank you. iran's chief nuclear negotiator is reportedly ready to talk now but not about iran's nuclear program, apparently. the reuters news agency is reporting the official is offering to meet with the united states and other world powers in turkey in a

nato and afghan officials say they held three meetings with this man who reportedly received large sums of money to take part in those negotiations. >>> according to the wall street journal iran's parliament launched a petition yesterday to begin debate on whether to impeach the president. the parliament accuses the president and his government of 14 counts of illegal acts. it is the first time in the country's history the parliament has discussed impeachment of a president. >>> time now 5:13. bay area travelers will be flying during the thanksgiving holiday find themselves right in the middle of a national controversy over new enhanced airport screening procedures. all three bay area airports, san francisco, oakland and san jose, have the new full body scanners that have been criticized a lot because of the detailed images they reveal. some experts say the real effort to keep passengers safe needs to focus on identifying potential terrorists. even the most invasive screening they say is not enough. >> prisons use much more thorough screening than anything we're ever going to see at the

nato and afghan officials say they held three meetings with the man who reportedly received large sums of money to be a part of those negotiations. >>> according to the wall street journal iran's parliament launched a petition yesterday to begin debate on whether to impeach president. the parliament is accusing the president and his government of 14 counts of illegal acts. this is the first time in iran's history the parliament has discussed impeaching the president. >>> bay area travelers flying during the thanksgiving holiday will find themselves right in the middle of a national controversy. all three bay area airports, san francisco, oakland and san jose, have the new full body scanners that have been criticized because of the details images they reveal. some security experts say the real effort to keep passengers safe needs to focus on identifying potential terrorists. but that even the most invasive screening isn't enough. >> prisons use much more thorough screening than anything we're ever going to see at the airport and yet contraband gets smuggled into prisons all the time. th