in bahrain. lr lara setrakian is there. >> reporter: the imam says his goal is to build bridges between >> reporter: hslims and the west. >> the fact that we're getting this kind of attention is a sign of success. muslims and th passgold's help, we will pass through these stormy seasons. >> reporter: his audience was a group of young arabs at the u.s. >> this is doingador's home. >> this is something we're doing for your generation. >> reporter: he was born in kuwait and moved to the u.s. as he u.s.ger. .s.s now a u.s. citizen. lam share commoat america and islam share common values and need not be in conflict. the state department planned and trip well trip well before the mosque controversy, part of a campaign to improve u.s. d.lations with the muslim world. received.was well received. >> actually, when he was talking, we were looking at each other and nodding, because we what he felt we related to what he was >> having saying, with all topics. improved theamerican imam and america.slim, it doe

bahrain says there are legitimate concerns, but a ban is not the answer.erry in motion says it is working with saudi arabia to get over the security worries. >>> the other guys made over $35 million. psychothriller "inception" slipped to second. >>> step up 3-d, salt, and dinner for schmucks round out the top 5. >>> time now, 5:52. we're about to reach a sad anniversary for a bay area child. it comes as people who have been dedicated to finding a missing little boy start losing hope. >>> plus, we'll tell you what happened at alcatraz over the weekend and why. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. >>> tomorrow will mark one year since the disappearance of 6- year-old hassany campbell. the citizens for the lost

bahrain officials say the hand- held device does raise legitimate concerns. the blackberry maker is in talks with saudi arabian authorities regarding the ban. >>> one in six americans struggle with hunger, including millions of children. and the problem often gets worse during the summer. but as reported, there's a program trying to bridge the food gap. >> reporter: at the frederick douglas community center in southeast washington, a week of summer camp ends with a bag of food. canned soup, nutrition bars, vegetables and more will over the weekend fill stomachs that might otherwise be empty. good nutrition is critical to children's growth and development, but in this city, only a fraction of the kids who need this food can get it. >> the demand is very high. currently we're serving about 700 kids in our weekend bag program. there's 3,000 kids on the wait list. >> reporter: why is the demand so great? well, about 19 million american kids qualify for free or subsidized lunches at schools like this. for most of them in the summer, no school, no meals. this 2-yea

among them, the mayor of bahrain, who told me the u.s. is outdoing pakistan's muslim allies. >> islamic countries, air after america. >> does that surprise you? >> that surprised me. >> a good surprise? >> yes. >> reporter: the first priority of the american relief effort is to help those in need, but u.s. officials said it is intended to improve america's dismal image here. 68% of pakistanis view the u.s. negatively. despite the american helicopters, a very tangible form of outreach and christiane, a lot of food going in, seen them labeled prominently with american flags. >> jim, indeed. let's talk more about that. because you mentioned the disapproval rate because of the drone strikes, because of going after terrorists that killed quite a lot of civilians. how are you noticing that in these areas, americans actually being received warmly because of this aid? >> we've seen them getting hugged, getting kisses literally on the ground from these troops and thanks, gratitude interest for this aid that they are in desperate need of. that said

bahrain, population 40,000, has no power, no clean water, and no roads in or out.g the height of the flooding, the waters came almost as high as this building and the river is still twice its normal size. villages are only now coming to realize how much destroux it left behind. the flooding is leaving behind a trail of disease. we found it painfully ironic, water everywhere, but none of it safe to drink. tens of thousands are now infected. in many areas, all that's standing in the way are charity-run clinics like this one. the health of 15,000 families depending on just a handful of volunteers. facilities, we had difficulty baring ourselves for too long. the heat is oppressive. the squalor almost palpable. doctors are seeing an outbreak of acute diarrhea. this woman brought her 2-year-old son, worried his fever could be the sign of fever could be the sign of something worse. "i'm getting no help," he said. "i'm in a place where none of us are getting help." the taliban are moving back into areas they were only recently driven out, delivering help where the governme

they flew into bahrain through something called gateway, which was located in the american marine base. they were briefed there. they went in for the inspection. they came out. they were also debriefed at the american base, which i did not think was a very good idea. iaea did not use that. when we set up unmovic, we did not continue with gateway, but we set up a transit place in cyprus, which i think was a better arrangement. that leads me to another lesson which we drew. you recall that at the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000 there was a scandal about unscom, that they had had very close relations with the intelligence in the us in particular, but also with the uk. there were inspectors in the teams who actually came from the intelligence services and performed a sort of dual function. how often i don't know, but this certainly happened and it exploded in the media and the whole of unscom was discredited at the time. this was one reason why the security council concluded they wanted to have a new agency, a new instrument. it was certainly my determination coming from the iaea whe

his trips to bahrain, qatar to and united emirates to promote religious tolerance. >>> meanwhile, the fierce debate over the planned mosque continues to test religious tolerance in this country. as jeff glor reports, some lining up on each side of the issue are surprising. >> reporter: the president's remarks sounded straightforward if asked if he regretted entering the debate. >> no comment. >> reporter: last week he said he supported the rights of muslim to build a mosque and saturday he appeared to backtrack by saying he wouldn't comment on the wisdom of this specific plan. now, more prominent names weigh in every day. some staking out perhaps surprising positions. theodore olson, a republican and former bush administration solicitor general said he supports the plan, even though his wife died in a plane that hit the pentagon on september 11th. >> i do believe people of all religions have places to build place of worship or study where the community allows them to do it under zoning laws. >> reporter: but today the catholic leader of new york arch bishop timothy dough man seemed to

to see whether these aid flights are beginning to change that view, we joined them on a trip to bahrain, in the swat valley, in a village cut off by the floods and now dependent on american help. residents we met were both grateful and pleasantly surprised. has this help changed the way you view america? >> american, they support the needy people. >> reporter: yeah. did it surprise you? >> yes, it was a surprise. >> reporter: american aid following the october 2005 earthquake here helped drive favorable opinions of the u.s. up slightly, from 23% in 2005 to 27% in 2006. before falling even lower and never recovering. u.s. officials are telling me the difference this time is that the relief missions are part of a much broader, longer term development plan. $7.5 billion in aid over five years, which, dan, they hope will have a much more lasting effect. >> jim sciutto reporting tonight from pakistan. >>> and coming up here on "world news" this sunday, debunking the myths about drowning. why even parents may miss the signs that their children are in trouble. >>> the new message from an often

islamic center near the site of nine eleven is taking a government sponsored short trip to qatar bahrain and the united arab emirates the purpose is to talk about muslim life in america and religious tolerance and i'm normally i would have absolutely no problem with that but don't you think the timing here is just a little bit odd that while one of the largest debates in the u.s. right now centers over hate and fear surrounding the building of a mosque not even on but just near the site of nine eleven the main he'd be telling people in the middle east how religiously talk. all over into america it is that's a good time for that especially since a certain number of lawmakers are also opposing this trip because they think that endorsers extremism and doesn't represent the american people the taxpayers who would be funding it forgive me if i sound a little cynical but it just doesn't seem like he'd be painting the proper picture for these people so perhaps the state department would be better suited to finding people to teach religious tolerance here at home including to its own lawmakers b

to see whether these aid flights are beginning to change that view, we joined them on a trip to bahrain in the swat valley. a village cut off by the floods and now dependent on american help. residents we met were both grateful and pleasantly surprised. has this helped change the way you view america? >> america support the needy people. >> did it surprise you? >> yes, a surprise. >> reporter: american aid following the october 2005 earthquake here helped drive favorable opinions of the u.s. up slightly, from 23% in 2005 to 27% in 2006. before falling even lower, and never recovering. u.s. officials are telling me the difference this time is the relief missions are part of a much broader, longer-term development plan. $7.5 billion in aid over five years, which they hope will have a much more lasting effect. jim sciutto, abc news, swat, pakistan. >>> swollen rivers are receding in iowa but 29 counties were declared disaster areas by the president. as iowa recovers from last week's record floods, more counties were added to the disaster list yesterday. the expanded disaster orders come as

bahrain says there are legitimate concerns but a ban is not a good answer. blackberry says it is working with saudi arabia to get around the security worries. >>> let's check in on wall street. here's a look at the new york board. a little gain there. the dow jones up seven points. nasdaq and s&p 500, up slightly. not as high as expected, after a bit of a rally this morning, still going on in europe, after signs of a speedy or at least a faster recovery than expected. but we'll keep watching the numbers throughout the morning. >> all right. time now, 6:51. let's go back to ktvu's allie rasmus. she's in santa clara county, where you've been telling us about a controversial fast food toy ban that starts today. >> reporter: yeah, dave. i was in the middle of showing you a demonstration when we got cut off. this toy restriction applies to kids meals that have more than 485 calories and more than 65 milligrams of sodium. so we got this and looked up the nutritional information. if you buy the cheeseburger and the fries that, puts you over the 480 calorie limit. y

i understand neutrality, but the state department has decided to send him on a tour to uae, bahrain, and another. my concern is this. if you or i wanted to put up an institution at ground zero, we would have to begin with more than $18,000 in the bank. if we did not have the money, we would not have the state department coming ford to send you on a trip to see if you can return with the $100 million it will cost to build a 14-story mega mosque on ground zero. i don't think we have been even- handed in terms of how we have approached this. i am also concerned about his comments prior to press reports that he believes we were accessories to the fact of the 9/11 attack. that concerns me. i think his failure several months ago when asked about hamas and whether or not it is a terrorist organization -- his refusal to answer is a problem. i know some friends and the muslim community who have a great deal of concern about some of his other comments that have appeared in newspapers in jordan and in egypt and the past. i'm sitting down with them and going over some concerns of there's. just o

the only schedule i have seen so far is the schedule in bahrain where he will be doing many lectures. for those of you who have been to that region, people watch a lot of television during ramadan. it is a great opportunity to reach significant portion of the regional population and he will be talking through television about his experiences being a muslim in america. >> [inaudible] >> as we have said many times, this is his fourth trip as part of the speakers program within the international information program. this was scheduled before the issue came up. he volunteered to participate in this program and we've found -- and we value his participation. we are grateful for him beginning his program tomorrow. >> did -- who he specifically be meeting with? but i do not know. >> how will you monitor him from looking for funding for the mosque? >> he is familiar with the program. we briefed him on the conditions of his program. this is what we tell anybody who participates and one of our expert trips. there are there to provide perspective on behalf of the u.s. they're not to engage in per

there will be less bahrain's eligible to deploy when we have a smaller marine corps in peacetime. that is the only place i would say that we would be less capable of responding to the call from the secretary. in the back, yes, sir? >> what do the commanders on the ground attribute the casualties to this past month? >> first of all, we took some losses early on through active snipers in marja and other places. the best counter sniper system on the battlefield is another sniper. our snipers are very good and we have taken down that threat significantly over the last several months. secondly, we are impacting supply lines and our read as we intercept and question and interrogate is that the enemy is having a tougher time getting the elements of the ied's in place and being able to attack us through that system. no, security has not turned sufficient for us today that the afghan security forces can take it. we have the momentum. we have the initiative. that is different from declaring that security positions are changed dramatically. >> let me bring you back "don't ask, don't tell. "

they flew into bahrain through something called gateway, which was located in the american marine base. they were briefed there. they went in for the inspection. they came out. they were also debriefed at the american base, which i did not think was a very good idea. iaea did not use that. when we set up unmovic, we did not continue with gateway, but we set up a transit place in cyprus, which i think was a better arrangement. that leads me to another lesson which we drew. you recall that at the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000 there was a scandal about unscom, that they had had very close relations with the intelligence in the us in particular, but also with the uk. there were inspectors in the teams who actually came from the intelligence services and performed a sort of dual function. how often i don't know, but this certainly happened and it exploded in the media and the whole of unscom was discredited at the time. this was one reason why the security council concluded they wanted to have a new agency, a new instrument. it was certainly my determination coming from the iaea whe

. >> i look to the right to hayward, it is our loan hots bahrain now and even at that is not much ofu some slowing due to an earlier reoccurring accident northbound traffic is a little sluggish through a word no major delays to the corridor and a set band 80 ride despite the earlier reoccurring accents still doing better than it did before the reed confirmed the killings. this is jim pugh across the bay there's a little sluggish traffic from highway 1 01 on the 92 interchange. looking next a thread and interstate 80 at the ride on albany this the transition from the upper to laurie sure freeway it is a little slow on the 580 merge intermit to the pockets as you head down from albany to berkeley to m real. no problems. south bay san jose traffic 101 just bog down a bit. otherwise endorse brown one no one ride is pretty good even maybe a little ahead of schedule. the area. >> thank you, new this morning a long-awaited project to drill a fourth hole in the caldecott tunnel. it gets into gear today, crews will start drilling into a wall on the side of the tunnel is a form and in $20 mill

in 2007 he visited bahrain, morocco, the u.a.e. and qatar. and earlier this year in january he also visited egypt. so we have a long-term relationship with him. his work on tolerance and religious diversity is well known and he brings a moderate perspective to foreign audiences on what it's like to be a practicing muslim in the united states and our discussions with him about taking this trip preceded the current debate in new york over the center. >> the fundraising issue. >> yeah, it is something that we have talked to him about and we have informed him about our prohibition against fundraising while on his speaking tour. we do not expect him to fund raise. >> the first trip thunderstorm program was in 2007. >> that is my understanding. >> who was president then? you can remind me? >> i believe it was george w. bush. >> thanks. the other thing is, has this administration -- the obama administration, taken a position on this mosque at all? this proposal at ground zero? >> it's not usual that the federal government would get involved in what

i believe -- he remains in bahrain. he goes to qatar tomorrow. he will visit mosques and key leaders. he will be talking to some university students while they're. -- while there. i can characterize the kinds of things he will be doing, but we have not released a public schedule yet because we are expecting the character of the conversation and he will have a similar type of programming inthe uae. he has had some interaction with the media overseas. i expect he will have some interaction with the media in qatar. i think he has indicated that much returns to the united states he will be free to describe what he did and what the reception was in those particular countries. >> what about the key figures he is meeting with? >> on these trips that are -- our 12 matter experts make on a periodic basis around the country and around the world -- 1200 experts make on a periodic basis from the country and around the world, we did not release schedules. we're not treating this trip any different than any of those others. >> has requested that you do not rel

they flew into bahrain through something called gateway, which was located in the american marine base. they were briefed there. they went inor the inspection. they came out. they were also debriefed at the american base, which i did not think was a very good idea. iaea did not use that. when we set up unmovic, we did not continue with gateway, but we set up a transit place in cyprus, which i think was a better arrangement. that leads me to another lesson which we drew. you recall that at the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000 there was a scandal about unscom, that they had had very close relations with the intelligence in the us in particular, but also with the uk. there were inspectors in the teams who actually came from the intelligence services and performed a sort of dual function. how often i don't know, but this certainly happened and it exploded in the media and the whole of unscom was discredited at the time. this was one reason why the security council concluded they wanted to have a new agency, a new instrument. it was certainly my determination coming from the iaea where