amy kellogg. >> reporter: there has been rising tension between washington and pakistan. they closed an important border closing to nato convery because of a strike on a post near afghanistan. the army has expressed discontent. inflation and poverty are on the rice. the president angered many when he spent time overseas while devastating floods destroyed the homes of millions. against this backdrop and with domestic terrorism continues to rattle the state former pakistan president has come from the shadows and announced he wants to go back to politics. >> the possibility of correcting the situation, freeing pakistan lies in creating a force which unifies the forces, the military, the armed forces of pakistan and the government. >> reporter: he has starteddous hundred party and said he wants to return to pakistan before the next election. he took power in a bloodless coup in 1999. he has been in self-imposed exxile since 2008. he was president bush's ally siting terror after 9/11 1 something that cost him support. he is still committed to the fight in afghanistan and said

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in london, amy kellogg, fox news. >> shannon: back at home, the head of the marine corps says the pentagonhould not get rid of the don't ask, don't tell policy. he had plenty of things to say in an exclusive interview with jennifer griffin. >> reporter: as the justice departments is moving to overturn ban on serving in the military, the outgoing commandant of the marine corps in exclusive interview with fox says not only does he think gays should not be allowed to openly serve in military and most of his marines feel the same way. >> they are concerned that it will cause problem with good order and discipline. the current system is functional and proit vides better unit cohesion and less difficulty when it comes to disciplinary issues. especially at a time at war. >> he said informal polls he had done supports the view. >> what percentage are you talking about? >> 95% of the marines. >> president obama assure voters at don't ask, don't tell will be overturned. >> this policy will end. it will end on my watch. >> conway added there is confusion among commanders how to deal with the cases fr

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our amy kellogg is live near the launch site in kazakhstan tonight. i guess we'll be seeing a lot more of this in the years to come. >> well, we will, shep. because once the shuttle is retired sometime next june, american astronauts will be relying solely on the russian soyuz to get to and from the international space station. some people question the wisdom of relying on the russians and spending $55 million per astronaut per trip. but nasa figures it is saving a lot of money on the space shuttle program by doing this, by retiring the shuttle and, therefore, can put funds into future programs, shep. >> shepard: the shuttle program is not a new thing and some of the technology is a bit dated but the engineers is saying this is really low tech compared to the space shuttle and there has been some issues with this particular rocket in recent days, right? >> amy? sounds like we might have lost amy. we will reconnect. a minute and 49 section now to the launch. here is what is happening. obviously they are having to do a russian translation so russia is se

amy kellogg explains. amy, what's the significance of this launch? >> reporter: hi jenna. well, right behind me you can see a mockup of the soyuz spacecraft which is what scott kelly blasted off in on his way to the international space station. let's take a listen to that takeoff this morning: >> three, two, one fueling power. >> this is the original soviet space program's launch bad -- pad this, is where the first man went into space nearly 50 years ago, but because nasa is going to retire this shuttle program, because it's so expensive and they need to plan for future projects in outer space, american astronauts are going to be relying solely on this sozu -- soyuz spacecraft to get into space. now, people question the wisdom of that, relying solely on the russians. of course there was a time when we were in a space race with the soviet union and some say it's low-tech compared to the space shuttle, that it's really an old piece of technology, but nasa feels quite comfortable, jen kwrarbgs that it's a work horse, its simplicity is its el gans and it's been proven tile and

amy kellogg, fox news. >> gregg: that most famous ghoulish night is almost at hand when ghosts and goblins kiddies night us out for trick and treat delight, we have safety tips. ♪ [ male announcer ] 100 potato chips or 100 pringles. both cost the same, but only the pringles superstack can makes everything pop! ♪ hey [ male announcer ] same cost but a lot more fun. everything pops with the pringles superstack can! ÷÷xxxxppúúúú@@ú@ú@úú@@ú@@@ú@ú@@ú >> gregg: it is almost that time of year again, the ghosts and goblins on all hallow's eve and there is plenty for spooky ones to be on the lookout for, from traffic to overly friendly strangers. >> julie: and maybe the halloween costumes, what can parents do to keep the monsters and begun is, in my case, add son is here, with me, safe this halloween, matt berman, is here, from the missing child search and prevention service. thanks for coming in and, before our munchkins or gremlins or super men or klclio pat tras, y need to arm yourself with what, before you leave the house. >> absolutely. important all costumes fit well and these children have g

amy kellogg, fox news. >> shannon: today we are welcoming a new member of the fox family.forecast and a big weekend. a busy one. a hurricane. >> a hurricane, slight risk for severe weather and the first major winter storm impacting parts of the pacific northwest. definitely a busy weekend. we will head on and take a look at richard. has been upgraded to a category one hurricane, sustained wind at 85 miles per hour and warm water and calm winds winds will allow it to continue to strengthen and by late this evening when it does impact belize it will be a category 2 hurricane or is expected to be so with sustained winds at about 00 miles an hour. that is definitely a concern and we will keep you updated. meanwhile the first major snowstorm of the season that i did mention is impacting parts of the pacific northwest. the heaviest of the rain concentrated across parts of northern california, rainfall rates of about half an inch per hour are falling out there. and also looking at rainfall across parts of the great lakes extending into new england. otherwise, later today as we do

amy kellogg got a chance to speak with him, she's live with more on this story. >> reporter: the formerni president says he believes pakistanis have lost confidence in their government, its ability to grapple with terrorism, fight the rising economic problems and also its ability to deal with natural disasters, so musharraf wants to get back in politics. he was former president bush's staunch ally in the fight against terrorism, and that is something which cost him domestic political support. he stepped down in 2008 amidst threats of impeachment and has been in self-imposed exile in london ever since. he wants to go back and has formed a new political party to pave the way. >> there is a political crisis which is leading to a weak government which is harmful to the country. >> reporter: now, about the war in afghanistan which musharraf's successor has said the coalition is losing, musharraf says the taliban must be defeated or else, jenna, terrorist groups around the world will be emboldened. >> i as a soldier do understand that you must win at the central gravity. if you lose at the ce