and so my own view is that it's not worth another american marine or another american soldier's life to stay there. the one thing i would add though is when we leave, it will be a tremendous defeat for the united states. however, we dress it up, if we say the afghans got a chance and we couldn't do it, if we say that we have somehow satisfy what we went there to do, we may fool the american people but we will not fool the muslim world. when we leave afghanistan without accomplishing what we said we're going to, it will be viewed as the mujahedin defeating the second superpower. and that can only mean rather that the muslim world will be more galvanized against us, and more young men will flow to the battlefield where ever they are, and certainly more will take up arms inside the united states. >> michael scheuer's new book "osama bin laden" will be in bookstores in february 2011. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you can also share anything you see

military presence in afghanistan and beyond if american marines will again be used and abused inflict co-ordinates read the policy of save guiding the drug lords and their slaves in helmand province then they will be remembered in afghanistan in generations to come as the most expensive suckers of the exploit of the drug and warlords in afghanistan who are deployed to safeguard yet another record breaking opium harvest in hell mand and beyond to some other international news in brief this hour a congresswoman has a been seriously wounded and at least six others killed by a gunman in the u.s. state of arizona the shooting took place during a public appearance by democrat gabrielle giffords at a store in the city of tucson she was shot in the head at point blank range and is now said to be in critical condition some eighteen others have also been wounded police say the suspected attacker is in custody. u.s. authorities have ordered them. web site twitter to hand over personal details of people linked to wiki leaks the district court in virginia wants all account information including us

military presence in afghanistan and beyond if american marines really gann be used and abused in fluid cordons we have the policy of safeguarding the drug lords and their slaves in helmand province then they will be remembered in afghanistan in generations to come as the most expensive suckers of the exploit of the drug and warlords in afghanistan who are deployed to safeguard yet another record breaking opium harvest in hell manned and beyond. now some other international news in brief for you a congresswoman to be shot in the u.s. state of arizona by an unknown gunman democratic giffords is now reportedly in surgery after being hit in the head there were other reports suggest she may have died she was fired upon point blank range during a public appearance at a store in the city of tucson six other people are reported to have been killed with around twelve others wounded i describe. u.s. authorities of all of the messaging web site twitter to hand over personal details of people linked to wiki leaks the district court in virginia wants all account information including user names pho

military presence in afghanistan and beyond if american marines really gann be used and abused in full accordance with the policy of save guiding the drug lords and their slaves in helmand province then they will be remembered in afghanistan in generations to come as the most expensive suckers of the exploit of the drug and warlords in afghanistan who are deployed to safeguard yet another record breaking opium harvest in helmand and beyond. it's just now after ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you with r.t. let's get to some other international news in brief this hour the shia cleric. has called the u.s. u.k. and israel quote common enemies of iraq this during his first speech since returning from four years of self-imposed exile thousands of supporters gathered to hear him rejection of what he called the u.s. occupation southers return from iraq comes a month after his movement won thirty nine seats in iraq's newly formed parliament he gained a widespread popularity among choose after the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion. and young says he wants to reopen t

military presence in afghanistan and beyond if american marines will again be used and abused in full accordance with the policy of safeguarding the dr lords and their slaves in helmand province then they will be remembered in afghanistan in generations to come as the most expensive suckers at the exploit of the drug and warlords in afghanistan who are deployed to safeguard yet another record breaking opium harvest in hell manned and beyond. that was our military contributor carl again a crush of the or. it was you know if you live from moscow still ahead of the program it's a long road to becoming a russian brad or a find out what the that's now is made up of what soldiers have to face their line of duty. with the united states gripped by the global economic turmoil some americans are turning to the roots of socialism to face up to the country's problems at the new york marxist school people have a chance to voice their plans for a better society artist lauren lister has more. the very first sentence of the communist manifesto in the. specter hangs over europe the spark of communism

military presence in afghanistan and beyond if american marines really gann be used and abused in full accordance with the policy of save guiding the drug lords and their slaves in helmand province then they will be remembered in afghanistan in generations to come as the most expensive suckers of the exploit of the drug and warlords in afghanistan who are deployed to safeguard yet another record breaking opium harvest in helmand and beyond and it was artie's military contributor carl again a question of their. revered and fear and they are the cream of russia's military crop the country special forces spetznaz are the first and often the last line of the fans against many of today's threats including terrorism and as our teams more international reports it takes blood sweat and years to earn one of their red berets. these young soldiers part of the country's internal forces are preparing to meet and his friends their country may face history or special units or threats not goes back centuries but tactics and techniques have evolved dependent on the key challenge of the time but these g

and so my own view is that it's not worth another, another american marine or another american soldier's life to stay there. the one thing i would add, though, is when we leave, it will be a tremendous defeat for the united states. however we dress it up, if we say the afghans had their chance and they couldn't do it, if we say that we have somehow satisfied what we went there to do, we may fool the american people, but we will not fool the muslim world. when we leave afghanistan without accomplishing what we said we were going to, it will be viewed as the mujahideen defeating the second superpower, and all that -- that can only mean, rather, that the muslim world will be more galvanized against us and more young men will flow to the battlefields wherever they are and, certainly, more will take up arms inside the united states. >> host: michael scheuer's books, osama bin laden, will be in bookstores in february 2011. >> up next, edwin black looks at the dispossession of the jews of baghdad of 1941 and the alliance between the mufti of jerusalem and adolf hiterer. the author speaks in new

and so my own view is that it's not worth another, another american marine or another american soldier's life to stay there. the one thing i would add, though, is when we leave, it will be a tremendous defeat for the united states. however we dress it up, if we say the afghans had their chance, and they couldn't do it, if we say that we have somehow satisfied what we went there to do, with we may fool the american people, but we will not feel the muslim world. when we leave afghanistan without accomplishing what we said we were going to, it will be viewed as the mujahideen defeating the second superpower. and all that can -- that can only mean, rather, that the muslim world will be more galvanized against us, and more young men will flow to the battlefields wherever they are, and certainly more will take up arms inside the united states. >> host: michael scheuer's new book, osama bin laden, had been in bookstores in february 2011. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us for regular updates on our programming and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> former governor of v

able to define a winning strategy, and so my own view is that it is not worth another, another american marine or an another american soldier's life to stay there. the one thing i would add though is when we leave, it will be a tremendous defeat for the united states. united states. however we dress it up, if we say they have their chance and they couldn't do it, if we say that we have somehow satisfied what we went there to do, we may fool the american people that we will not fool the muslim world. when we leave afghanistan without accomplishing what we said we were going to, it will be viewed as the mujahedin defeating the second superpower and that can only mean rather that the muslim world will be more galvanized against us and more young men will flow to the battlefields, wherever they are and certainly more will take up arms inside the united states. >> host: michael scheuer's book osama bin laden will be in bookstores of february 2011. >> david lynch when did the luck of the irish run run out? >> ran out about two years ago in the midst of the global financial crisis which really expose

have never been able to define a winning strategy, and so my own view is it is not worth another american marine or another american soldier's life to stay there. thon

never been able to define a winning strategy, and so my own view is a bad it is not worth another american marine or another american soldier's life to stay there. the one thing i would add though, when we leave it will be a tremendous defeat for the united states. however we dress it up, if we say the afghans had their chance and they couldn't do it, if we say that we have somehow satisfied what we went there to do, we may fool the american people but we will not fool the muslim world. when we leave afghanistan without accomplishing what we said we were going to, it will be viewed as the mujahideen defeating the second superpower. and all that can only mean rather, that the muslim world will be more galvanized against us, and more young men will flow to the battlefields, wherever they are and certainly more will take up arms inside the united states. >> michael scheuer's new book, "osama bin laden" will be in bookstores in february of 2011. .. >> host: on another important book. this is the third one that you've done in the history of al qaeda and osama bin laden and i think it's fair to say tha

never been able to define a winning strategy b and so my own view is that it's not worth another american marine or another american soldier's life to stay there. the one thing i would add though is when we leave, it will be a tremendous defeat for the united states. however we dress it up, if we say the afghans had their chance and couldn't do it, if we say that we have somehow satisfied what we went there to do, we may fool the american people, but we will not fool the muslim world. when we leave afghanistan without accomplishing what we said we were going to, it will be viewed as the tribes

dust-off's mission is much larger than saving the lives of american soldiers and marines. when they're on a mission, they're rescuing patients, not looking at uniforms. a night mission saved the lives of an entire afghanistan family. but when patients die, it weighs heavily on the crew. dust-off's pilots must put it behind them. there will be more lives to save. >> i do it for them and their families. >> my wish is that next year is much more uneventful than this year. >> the new year's wish of a weary crew who took on death in the year's final day and won. >> a picture this new year's reminding us of the work on the front lines. our thanks to mike. >>> also on this new year's, what could be a welcome turn on the war on terror. a huge effort to get inside the mundz of young men who were once trained to kill americans for the taliban. martha raddatz who has traveled to the region six times in the last year got exclusive access to a program, wondering, will it work. >> these are teenagers who were willing to kill for the taliban. some of them so hardened, it's difficult to i

. >>> more americans troops are heading for afghanistan. 1400 marines. the troop surge failed to keep the taliban from gaining straint. >> reporter: the number of american boots doubled to 100,000. now the pentagon decided they may not be enough. a new surge to prepare for a spring time offensive by the taliban. spring time because that's when the snow melts in the mountains, allowing the fighters to return. nato's estimates is 25,000 of their strength. they are fighting against 140,000 u.s. troops and 300,000 afghanistan soldiers. the estimate of taliban numbers haven't changed in the past year. the united states spent $65 billion on the war and 499 american troops died. the obama administration plans to start drawing down u.s. forces by the end of the summer. one commander predicts the afghan government will buyable to take over. >> i don't think they will be out of this battle station. but there are key areas that we have focused on, district support teams, under the umbrella of security we provided we will be able to transition over. >> on to sports n

timetable in adopting reforms in sales tax for the social security system as well as relocating the american marine base? as i said earlier, i see social security and revenue sources as being inseparable with the sales tax included in tax reform. our party is coming to see this issue from this perspective is and solidifying its position accordingly while other parties are willing to debate social security and revenue sources together as well. therefore, it is not a matter of which will come first. the issue will be addressed along the lines of the u.s. japan agreement of may 28, 2010, although, it must be con currently addressed by all of japan since the basis have remained on this soil for so many years. we must do everything possible to alleviate their burden and given these points, the issue must be actively tackled, and your proposed timetable. social security and revenue sources are something that needs to be discussed with both the ruling and opposition parties as soon as possible. i'd like to reach a general consensus as to which direction to take by around june. given the opposition majorit

he's a passionate american, he's a marine. but the, doesn't like it. here's what they have said in their lawsuit. the flagpole is a detriment to the association and causes imminent harm and irreparable injury to the association. the problem with the flagpole of that height and that significance is it flaps in the wind and causes noise to other homeowners. that's their problem. so they sued him. now, first of all, we have an issue of freedom of speech. the supreme court has said it's a right to fly the flag. speech includes the flying of the american flag. it is the symbol of everything that's good and right about america, that's why it's behind you, mr. speaker, when we go into session every day. marines and sailors and soldiers and members of the coast guard have fought under that flag all over the world and died for that flag so the association can exist down there in northwest houston. right now, we're engaged in two world wars, or two wars in afghanistan and iraq and members of our military are fighting under that flag. but it's flying in the breez

americans and over three million vietnamese dead still remains unsettled and in the decades of debate that followed the end of the war some stories have yet to be heard. today your soldiers sailors airmen marines and coast guard are better educated people are better informed. that traditional american ingenuity and if you. are better as a post fast. and understand what the war is all about. killing . the ceiling. limit. misunderstanding and it might be. different to the good. news here are we near colonel in basic training this fabric reports get to school or school at night i want to. really get over it i try to spend my whole life having people live a better life and basically feel better that's what nurses still. they tried to trick me into a killer they tried to trick me into somebody who would take another life it's just one thing in my life i feel i could ever call friends to say i didn't or that. the president. from my hand. from i will think you could say that for probably. like. you know joe goes almost three in which. wasn't too much to do on a troop ship sold showed up on. a lot of time to get to where we are what we are doing. and we go back and forth back and forth. we always been

my own view it not worth another american soldier or marine's life to stay there. the one thing that i will add, when we leave it will be a tremendous defeat for the united states. however we dress it up, if we say the afghans had their chance and they couldn't do it, if we say that we have somehow satisfied what we went there to do, we may fool the american people but we will not fool the muslim world. when we leave afghanistan without accomplishing what we said we were going to, it will be viewed as the mu -- mujahideen will flow and certainly more will take up arms in the united states. >> host: michael scheuer's new book "osama bin laden" will be in bookstores in february 2011. >> this is coverage of the 61st annual national book awards in new york city. now we are joined by megan stack who is a finalist in the nonfiction category. her book "every man in this village is a liar" an education in war. what was your experience in baghdad and afghanistan? >> well, i was in baghdad and afghanistan covering stories for "the los angeles times." in afghanistan, it's my

americans and over three million vietnamese dead still remains unsettled and in the decades of debate that followed the end of the war some stories have yet to be heard. today your soldiers sailors airmen marines and coast guard are better educated. or better informed. than the traditional american ingenuity and if. not better as it goes fast. and understand what the war is all about. killing. the linked. list. misunderstanding might be. different if it's good. when i view the news here are we near gurnall in basic training this fabric reports get to school or school and i want to. really get over it i try to spend my whole life having people live a better life and basically feel better that's what nurses still. they tried to trick me into a kill they tried to trick me into somebody who would take a life it's just one thing in real life i feel i could ever call. this so i didn't know that. the president. in my hand. to my little three you could say that for proper life. you know took those almost three which. wasn't too much to do on a troop ships. a lot of times. we go back and forth back and forth. during the vietnam war an antiwar movement emerged that altered the course of history this mov

american. the people who live in marin county told their supervisors today they shouldn't have to take pg&e's smartmeters if they don't want them. >> there are very serious health, privacy and safety issues. we're asking the commission to go back and rethink its decision and to allow people to have an option to opt out. >> reporter: the meters have been rolled out over the past month in marin county and are designed to give pg&e, better more efficient control over energy distribution. pg&e insists the machines are safe and don't pose health or security threats. >> you're under arrest. >> reporter: last week deputies arrested two women who refused to get out of the way of pg&e contractors who were installing the meters in inverness. >> this is america. we have freedom of choice and that's what we want to see carried out. >> i would like a time-out. i would like us to put on the brakes until we have had the opportunity to really have the discussion and to see if our state legislators and the pcuc can come up with some alternatives for people who may not want to have this type of technology at their homes.

whether those who fought in korea, american soldiers, sailors, marines, we will see a day will see americanst have made it so possible for so many. in a dangerous world they give us hope and they deserve our profound thanks. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, majority leader of the united states senate, the honorable harry reid. [applause] >> as has already been noted, america's sacrifice deserves a better place. we have come together today to prove that the cliches and conventional wisdom wrong, to prove that this war is not forgotten and share the stories that keep its memory alive. the stories i know about contrary are many but center around my friend, michael callahan. i never had a closer friend than mike. he was my high school teacher, my mentor. he taught me how to box in the ring. he helped me get to and through law school. and we served our state together. mike is nevada's governor and me as nevada's lieutenant governor. but before any of that, mike served his country as a marine, member of the united states air force and a member of the united states army so he could see combat in

american ideal. >> already double homicide, she is taken to the marin county jail. -- >> and a double homicide already cured through san francisco. you concede this locations. >> a live look outside you are able to see those men applications. >> and as the sunshine coast down very few clouds. and you can see some cloud coverage over the mountains and the health diablo range. >> * this afternoon the been fairly chilly. breast. the winds are dying down. brisk-- >> livermore, 49 degrees, 50 in concord. and it is going to be a very chilly night tonight. that wind is going to continue down and the temperatures will die down. quickly reach 40's by 7:00 p.m. stuff and a number of locations will see twenties. and also expect that fog in the inland valleys in the north locations. and nearly warmer temperatures. and if this will stick a robber? details on your upcoming forecast. if this will stick around. , a delaware landfill. john will of the third bodies found w of a lan this dollar medical examiner found this body. the 56 year-old was killed. he was an aide to several previous presidents. >> and after no tr

this morning in a secured zone an american convoy was attacked by a suicide bomber. the marines have lost one man they're panicking. and. they seem afraid of being attacked by someone in the crowd for passers by were killed by the blast. eighty percent of the victims of the taliban are innocent civilians. war is becoming more intense and poverty time high afghanistan remains one of the four poorest countries in the world and people in the streets do not believe the billions of international aid will change their fate. the good of it is even that that money money money does not reach the people pulled out it stays out there out to us that it's in the pockets of the government was there for you where is the money that may be now. starving out of work people meet every morning on this crossroads they wait here for days hoping to earn three dollars for a day's work. do you work yesterday and the day before. i haven't worked in a week so money john's times web editor in the wall or die from bullets today they die of hunger that to them about your my children and i haven't eaten anyth