bin laden is not the caricature that we made of him. indeed, if i only had 10 qualities to enumerate in drafting a thumbnail biological ditch of them, they would be tell you, charismatic, patient, visionary, stubborn, egalitarian and most of all, realistic. >> yes, sir. i think he's very much an enemy who we need to respect. because of his capabilities. much like the allies felt about rommel during world war ii. they know they need to kill him but they had to be respectful of his ability to fight them. and i'm afraid what we have gotten from some others and most politicians is a caricature of bin laden as either a criminal or a thug or somehow a nihilist or a madman. and i don't think that's true. and i think it retards our ability to understand the enemy we face. >> what's the danger of that caricature in your view of? >> well, the danger is we underestimate capabilities of the man. bin laden runs an organization that is absolutely unique in the muslim world, for example, because its multiethnic, multilingual stick. and it is no other

we don't know where bin laden is. at bat and -- right now we say that bin laden may be in the northwest part of pakistan and bin laden may be in virginia -- we had his coordinate down from where he was and we had multiple radio intercepts of his presence. >> host: i don't dispute with what you say about torah or of being a huge miscalculation there's no doubt that it was. some observations in terms of your position on guantanamo because the administration was an injury tough position where it faced either the prospect of setting of some kind of new facility to hold terrorist detainee's indefinitely or else processing them through the cruel justice system, and obviously there are huge downside through processing them for the criminal-justice system. where do you come down on that? do you think everyone should go through the normal criminal courts? >> guest: well, guantanamo is very complex because there's the kind of the legal principles surrounding it, which eventually the supreme court found against a number of the b

we don't know where bin laden is. we say he may be in the fourth frost frontier of pakistan or in virginia but it's not a very useful -- in tora bora we had his cordons down to one point from where he was and we had multiple radio intersects with his presence. >> host: i don't dispute with what you say about torah borut beano huge miscalculation. samore observations in terms of your position on guantanamo because the administration was in a very tough position where it faced either the proper process of setting up some kind of a new facility to hold terrorist detainee's indefinitely or else processing them through the criminal justice system and there are huge downside to processing them to the criminal justice system. where do you come down on that? do you think everyone should go through the normal criminal courts? >> guest: guantanamo is very complex. because there is the kind of the legal principles surrounding it, which eventually the supreme court found against quite a number of the claims for instance that they

but 9/11 did the trick for them. >> host: in your upcoming book, "osama bin laden," mr. scheuer, you also talk about some of the other books that have come out on bin laden and his family. what do you think of those, lawrence wright, itself? >> guest: i think many of those books are very worthwhile, and what i tried to do is to take a different tack than those books so i wouldn't be repeating what had been written already. steve cole's book is an excellent book, i think. there are a number of very good books on bin laden, jason burke wrote one, a british journalist. and the problem i had with those books were they were primarily books that were based on what other people had said about osama bin laden. not what he had said or done himself. and i have found over the past decade that whenever bin laden speaks, he is very often described as ranting or raving or issuing yet another diatribe. and so i thought that i would take the primary sources based on interviews, statements and speeches he made and write a book based on what he said and see how it turned out. and i think,

there are a number of very good hoax on bin laden. jason burke wrote one, a british journalist, and the problem i had with those books where they were primarily books that were based on what other people had said about osama bin laden. not what he had said or done himself. and i have found over the past decade that whenever bin laden speaks, he is very often described as ranting or raving gore issuing yet another diatribe. so i thought that i would take the primary sources based on interviews, statements and speeches he made and write a book based on what he said and see how it turned out, and i think very frankly that when you take the primary sources, which number in my archive and i certainly don't have everyone that is available, i have over 800 pages. when you that information, the man that emerges is not like the bin laden that emerges in lawrence wright -- wright's book or steve kohl's look as at someone who is mentally disturbed or hateful of our lifestyle, but rather a man who is very clear about what he believes in what he i

bin laden is not the caricature that we made of him. indeed, if i only had ten qualities to the memory of the drafting of the biographical sketch, they would be pious, brief, generous, intelligent, charismatic, patient, visionary, stubborn, egalitarian and most of all, realistic. >> yes, sir, i think that he is very much an enemy who we need to respect because of his capability. much like the allies felt about ronald during world war ii. the new the need to tell him that they had to be respectful of his ability to fight them and i'm afraid what we have gotten from some authors had most politicians is a character of bin laden as either a criminal or fug of the list madman and i don't think that it's true and in that it returns our ability to understand the enemy we face. >> what is the danger of that character in your view? >> the danger is we'll underestimate the capabilities of the man. bin laden runs an organization that is absolutely unique in the muslim world for example because it is multi-ethnic, multi linguistic, and there is no

it's a boig iffy on osama bin laden, and michael sawyer joins us to preview his book. one of the things you write in your book is something i'd like you to expand on. bin laden is not the caricature that we made of him. indeed, if i only had ten qualities to enumerate in drafting a biographical sketch of him, they would be pious, brave, generous, intelligence, charismatic, patient, visionary, stub bonn, egalitarian and most of all, realistic. >> guest: yes, sir. i think he's very much an enemy who we immediate to respect because of his capabilities. much like the allies felt about rommel during world war ii. they know they needed to kill him, but they had to be respectful of his ability to fight them. and i'm afraid what we have gotten from some authors and most politicians is a caricature of bin laden as either a criminal or a thug or somehow a neolist or a madman. and i don't think that's true, and it retards our ability to understand the enemy we face. >> host: what's the danger in your view? >> guest: well, the danger is we underestimate capabilities of the man. bi

bin laden is not the caricature that we made of him. if i had ten qualities in a sketch of him they, pie us, brave, visionary, stubborn, egalitarian, and most of all realistic. >> guest: yes, sir. i think he's very much an enemy who we need to respect because of his ables. much like the allies felt about oramel in world war ii. they knew we needed to kill him. what we have as a caricature of bin laden as either a criminal or thug or realist or a madman. i don't think that's true. i think it retards our ability to understand the enemy that we face. >> what's the danger of that caricature in jr. -- in your view? >> guest: the danger is we under estimate capabilities of the man. he runs an organization that's absolutely unique in the muslim world, for example, because it's multietheth -- multiethnic and multilinguistic. it's more like an organization than a terrorist group. we also -- the danger -- another danger that we face is simply that we under estimate the patients the piety and most especially the motivation of bin laden. he's truly

so bin laden, there is a lot of information. but there are thousands of pages of interrogation being released through federal for a request and multiple court cases useful in europe and analyst in the united states and there is a sea of publicly available information about the group and then congress did investigations and also the u.s. military getting the official history of what happened. so the official u.s. forces history is out there. a rich resource. >> host: you mention the pickup the book 240,000 words down at 100 -- 140,000 words what is missing and that material? >> guest: i will do nothing. i needed to get out of my system. as an author you need to know a lot of things "the reader" does not need to know. it is just as important what you don't write and exercising the best decision was to cut in half but i think it reads better the redundancies, stuff that is not better, irrelevant that was the right decision. >> host: your a shiny example are and it would be hard to do. and claudia planning to do for an encore? that

invasion of iraq gave bin laden sort of second lease of life. al qaeda in iraq which didn't exist under saddam hussein inflicted a tremendous amount of damage on iraq but itself suffered a strategic defeat there. but overall, we haven't been attacked again in any serious manner since 9-11. al qaeda has taken a lot of hits. and al qaeda and its allies more importantly are also losing the war of ideas in the muslim world. most muslims around the world recognize that these groups which position themselves as defenders of true islam in fact kill a lot of muslim civilians and don't offer them anything positive. and most muslims don't want to live in some taliban style utopia which is what bin laden and allied groups are offering. tavis: and a quick 30 seconds, peter, you mentioned his name, does it matter, does it mean anything, all these years later, as this longest war continues, that bin laden still runs free, what should the american people make of that? >> we spent half a trillion dollars on our intelligence since 9-11. bin laden's going to cele

well, osama bin laden appears to be at it again. a new taped message has surfaced with a voice that's believed to be his. the voice on the tape threatens french troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: osama bin laden warns france will pay dearly for following america to war. the arabic network is airing a tape. it demands the french president to get troops out of afghanistan or face the consequences. osama bin laden says any refusal gives the green light for al qaeda to execute french hostages they're holding. terrorists are holding eight citizens in afghanistan and africa. he says france will face threats both inside and outside the country. europe has been bracing for a possible terror attack for months. intelligence officials say militant gunman are planning to attack tourists. the french government says it won't bow and remains committed to the international force in afghanistan. 3800 french soldiers are fighting alongside u.s. troops. if the voice on the tape is confirmed to be bin laden, it's the first time the world has heard fro

the devil, antichrist, bin laden, satan, saddam. first class 300 prospect. i don't know. just cigarettes, you work to perfection, you try to work to perfection. >> interviewer: when you went to the camper last week and to the house, what were you hoping to do? >> like i said, it was b laden, saddam, antichrist, devil, ronald whitmore. i hope i didn't miss none. but, uh... that place is for real. >> interviewer: do you think this could all be part of your illness though and your delusion? >> part of my delusion? no, i don't think it's no delusion. it's not no delusion. the spirits are going which way they're going and that, that's delusions. 'cause it's like pinpointing right exactly where he's at. >> narrator: after spending 30 days in jail, lynn moore would be released one week later, he would be arrested again. we once believed, with deinstitutionalization, that the mentally ill would have the same rights and freedoms as the rest of us, but for the seriously mentally ill, real freedom can be hard to define. >> there is this notion of focusing on freedom, which is an imp

bin laden is not the character we made of him. if i had a bigraphical sketch of him, they would be pies, brave, intelligent, patient, visionary, stubborn, egalitarian, and most of all, realistic. on the phone: yes, sir, i think he's an enemy who we need to respect because of his capabilities much like the allies felt about ram l during world war ii. they had to kill him, but had to be respectful his his ability to fight them. i'm afraid what we have gotten from most arthurs and politician is a picture of bin laden as a criminal or a thug or a madman, and i don't think that's true, and i think it retards our ability to understand the enemy we face. >> host: what's the danger of that character in your view? on the phone: well, the danger is we underestimate the eighties of the man. bin laden runs an organization that is absolutely unique in the muslim world for example because it's multiethnic, multilinguistic, and there is no other organization like it. it's more like a multinational organization than it is certainly a terrorist gr

the voice identified on the tape is bin laden. it warns that islamic militants will kill their french hostages if france doesn't pull troops from afghanistan. it's not clear if the message is authentic. a french ministry spokesman says france is committed to its mission in afghanistan. >>> it could be a first for california, identical twin sisters from vallejo joining the army. they made their decision to join a week before their mother died of cancer on christmas eve. the twins will start basic training next month. they will go to different units in south carolina. it's going to be the first time in their lives they say that they will be separated for such a big period of time. >> it does, because i have never been apart from her more than a week. but it also is giving us a way like room to separate and grow apart and -- because we are not always going to be able to live together. >> that's generally the case. the two 18-year-olds did emigrate from peru. they have their green cards. they want to get and education and come u.s. ci

there is not too much personal comment about been locked and bin-laden. he has enormous impact on al qaeda but the inspirational impact he has on sister organizations. a global jihad is something other organizations have embraced. he still plays a very significant role symbolically and inspirational late. host: why have we not been able to capture him? guest: i wish i could give you an answer th was positive but i think the challenges are enormous. to a certain extent, some of those in the tribal lands along the pakistani border, if he is still there, he is viewed almost as a hero. he survived and hearticipad in the effort by the mujahedin to get the soviet union out of afghanistan and now he has avoided capture by the united states of america and its allies. you can well understand what an incredible folk hero he is to some minorities to buy into his quest for global jihad. host: tonight at 8:00, our conversation with former president george w. bush. we conducted at the campus of smu university. his book is number two on the new yk times best-seller list

bin laden is still relant. not only is he a symbolic centerpiece for this global jihadi movement, but he is still relevant strategically. he still driving many of the moving parts of al-qaeda, not just in pakistan, but globally. in many ways, bin laden is still a central figure, i think. the reason you want to capture him is not just for symbolic reasons or to bring him to justice for 9/11 and all the other atrocities he has committed around the world, but if you are able to take him as a picture -- in some ways, you stt to crumble this global network. it still relies on a hierarchy. it still relies on the theological, moral direction of these leaders. without them, there's a lot of tension and fractured movement and ideas within the jihadi movement. strategically, it's still very important that we find bin laden. as i often say, they are not ghosts. their flesh and blood. the problem is that fear in some of the most treacherous terrain in the world. it is a part a world that we're literally not in. host: eric

there is not too much personal comment about been locked and bin-laden.mous impact on al qaeda but the inspirational impact he has on sister organizations. a global jihad is something other organizations have embraced. he still plays a very significant role symbolically and inspirational late. host: why have we not been able to capture him? guest: i wish i could give you an answer that was positive but i think the challenges are enormous. to a certain extent, some of those in the tribal lands along the pakistani border, if he is still there, he is viewed almost as a hero. he survived and he participated in the effort by the mujahedin to get the soviet union out of afghanistan and now he has avoided capture by the united states of america and its allies. you can well understand what an incredible folk hero he is to some minorities to buy into his quest for global jihad. host: tonight at 8:00, our conversation with former president george w. bush. we conducted at the campus of smu university. his book is number two on the new york times best-seller list. he

bin laden is still relevant. not only is he a symbolic centerpiece for this global jihadi movement, but he is still relevant strategically. he still driving many of the moving parts of al-qaeda, not just in pakistan, but globally. in many ways, bin laden is still a central figure, i think. the reason you want to capture him is not just for symbolic reasons or to bring him to justice for 9/11 and all the other atrocities he has committed around the world, but if you are able to take him as a picture -- in some ways, you start to crumble this global network. it still relies on a hierarchy. it still relies on the theological, moral direction of these leaders. without them, there's a lot of tension and fractured movement and ideas within the jihadi movement. strategically, it's still very important that we find bin laden. as i often say, they are not ghosts. their flesh and blood. the problem is that fear in some of the most treacherous terrain in the world. it is a part a world that we're literally not in. host: eri

a new warning this morning from osama bin laden. the demand he is making in order for kidnapped journalists to avoid execution. >> why are some well-paid managers getting a big raise at one school? the school says it will help them save money. >>> breaking news. we want to take you back to vallejo. over the scene of an active crime investigation. we have been told police are vestigating a body found in a car in a parking lot between a howard johnson's restaurant and a grocery store. you can see in these live pictures police tape and police officers and investigators down there on the scene. at this point, we don't know how the person died, or really have any other information, but we do have a crew heading to the scene in vallejo where a body was found in a car. actually van update in just a few -- we'll have an update in just a few minutes. >> a new audio message reportedly prom osama bin laden. this one demands that france withdraw it's troops from afghanistan. it says if france wants al qaeda to release two journalists, they need

. >>> oo new audio recording from osama bin laden. this is his second tape which blasts french policy and links their presence in afghanistan to the kidnapping of -- >>> we had clear skies and warm temperatures today as we head into the weekend a couple of small changes. high clouds into the bay area as a storm passes us to the north and kicks up the winds. other than that temperatures on the mild side, 60s tomorrow and then cooling down a couple degrees for sunday. here is a look at our picture, very dominant dry air off shore, as you can see the shape to the north is hooking back over the california and oregon border, this dips down to the south and brings us high clouds tomorrow and breezy conditions. also we will see a return of our winds, the winds off the ocean, that kicks up the surf. just dangerous conditions thin water and you want to avoid it. tomorrow morning, no fog spected, clear skys and cold temperatures. 40 in napa, conquered. 48 in san francisco. could see reduced visibilities in the north bay and developmenta because

it is not an organization any longer, and while we should try to stop osama bin laden, and they have expressed a desire to get a clear material, i think the threat is much larger and is something that we have contributed to. tavis: "fallout." good to have you here. up next, dr. rubin hurricane carter. stay with us. tavis: dr. rubin hurricane carter was falsely accused of murder in 1966. the story became the basis for the denzel washington film. the book is called "high of the hurricane. -- "eye of the hurrican." you all right? you look well. >> got to be. tavis: you have always been in the fashion. ever since you were young. >> my father was a very fashionable person. tavis: whwo tur -- who turned you on to boxing? >> in the military. it seems i had a speech impediment. i could not talk for the first 18 years of my life. i would make all kinds of gyrations trying to get a word out. people thought i was funny. [laughter] tavis: what was the speech impediment about? >> i stuttered very badly. i had a million words running through my mind. i was going through gyrations, you know. i did

osama bin laden appears to be demanding french forces withdraw from afghanistan. he suggests continued french presence will endanger lives of those in afghanistan. the afghan president is making his first mission -- first visit to russia since the soviet invasion. he is building stronger investment links with russia. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi is under more pressure over allegations he paid for sex with underage prostitutes. the pope benedict himself has spoken out. he said public officials must rediscover their moral roots. >> while parties and prostitution. the devastating allegations that have left silvio berlusconi reeling. his career at its lowest mark. the most damaging accusation is he paid for sex with a 17-year- old. she denies these sex but admits he gave her 6,000 pounds. the prime minister has gone on television twice in the face of universal condemnation. >> there has not been any abuse of power or any prostitution. there has been nothing i should be ashamed of. the accusations are not logical. >> it is a sign of life. nothing really

. >> al qaeda is the network of underground terror cells led by aosama bin laden, mostly arabs by therabian peninsula. for a time found sanctuary in afghanistan when the taliban ruled the country. >>> steven buris chairer of afghan studies. >> there's now a pakistani taliban as well that grew up from refugee camps in afghanistan, where afghans lived. >> both groups have a strong islamic orientation although neither is considered mainstream. >> cultish interpretation of islam for sure. >> another, the taliban has not attack the united states outside of afghanistan or the border regions in pakistan. focusing more on tribal issues. >> al qaeda is kind of murder incorporated. they are the folks that really have fanatical anti-american agenda, apocalyptic and genocidal. they go beyond the local and tribal agenda. >> go to cbs5.com. click on the icon to second me your -- send me your good question. >>> le 8th ranked ucla versus number 4. we'll be right back. cardinal lost 65-42 to u-s-c... and u-c- l-a beat cal 86-84 >>> rough night in southern california. ucla beat cal at the buzzer, 86- 8

osama bin laden's driver who is not the most popular person in the united states won and the president lost and i think what is happening in those cases and i did say this and i could point to things, i said -- i am repeating myself -- we are trying to find ways of holding the president accountable to the constitution but without interfering with the president's ability to protect the country. on something like that, that is why it is not such an easy job. not feeling sorry for myself, i promise. but i would like to bring you in to this. is not always so clear one way or the other. it is rarely clear. the court has to decide and if you don't decide the way we did, you will end up deciding the way the court decided. which i think was a pretty good disaster legally speaking for the country. so there we are. you will have a theory and i understand your theory about why we did and so forth but i won't go into that so i have avoided that question. >> one intriguing passage late in the book is if you had three wishes to make any case come out differently, you mention only one case. the case

in an audio message, osama bin laden has apparently demanded the withdrawal of french forces from afghanistan. this suggests a continued french presence will endanger the lives of french hostages held in afghanistan. the afghan president is making the first visit to russia by an afghan leader since the soviet invasion. karzai is traveling with a large delegation of business leaders. he is looking to build a stronger investment links with china -- with russia. david kamron's media cheek has resigned -- david cameron's media chief has resigned. this is because of a phone hacking scandal. the affair is still making headlines. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi is under even more intense pressure and of allegations that he paid for sex with underage prostitutes. pope benedict entered the controversy and said public officials must rediscover their moral roots. the young woman at the center of the accusation insists they are untrue. >> while parties, underage sex, payments to prostitutes. no wonder silvio berlusconi books under pressure. facing the most damaging accusations of his career.

. >> osama bin laden appears to be demanding that french soldiers withdraw.he afghan president is making the first official state visit to russian since the soviet invision of his country ended in 1989. he is traveling with a large del it gation of business leaders. he says he is building stronger trade and links with russia. >> the italian prime minister is under yet more pressure over allegations that he paid for sex with underaged prostitutes. pope benedict xvi has spoken out, following up earlier comments by vatican officials. he says public officials must rediscover their moral roots. >> wild parties, underage sex, prostitution. the devastations allegations that have left berlusconi reeling, his premiereship at its lowest mark. the most damage can't accusation, that he paid for sex with a 17-year-old nicknamed ruby the heart-stealer. she denies the sex, but admits mr. berlusconi gave her 6,000 pounds. twice in three days the prime minister has gone on television in the face of almost universal condemnation. >> there hasn't been any abuse of power or any

and bin laden's driver, who was probably not the most popular person in the united states won. and the president lost. and i think what's happening in those cases, and i did say this, and i could point to things in the opinion whereas i said i'm repeating myself we're trying to find ways of holding the president accountable to that constitution, but without interfering significantly with the president's ability to protect the country. and i say on something like that, you -- that's why it's not such an easy job. i mean i'm not feeling sorry for myself, i promise you. but i would like to bring you into a little bit of this. it's not always so clear one way or the other. and it's rarely clear. and that's the court has to decide though, if you don't decide the way we did, you are going to end up deciding, i thought, the way the court decided in coramatsu. which i think was a pretty good disaster, legally speaking, for the country. there we are. you are the theory about. i understand your theories about why we did and so forth. i'm not going to go into that. so i've avoided that qu

he said bin laden is a monster and people around him are monsters if they think like him. >> he says that suicide attacks cannot be justified in islam. >> some people try to justify the killings, homicidal killings saying that they don't have any other means and this is not a few, it cannot be the muslim's thinking because if the end result and the end goal is virtuous, worthwhile, holy and then the mechanism and the means should also be holy. >> professor iba says it would do better by placing women in leadership roles. rgolan is not without his critics. the big issue in turkey for the critics, it's a fear that the movement is becoming very powerful, very wealthy and that there's a sub rosa agenda to create an islamic state and they always compare it to irn. i think there's no warrant to the charges that golan wants to take over and impose sharia law. >> i think that, frankly, is an absurd fear. >> it is a civil society movement. >> sometimes they're accused of being a missionizing entity, and i don't know if anyone or otherwise would have turned into a muslim. >> for the time being

. >> al queda is a network of underground terror cells led bio zama bin laden mostly arabs from the peninsula which for a time found sanctuary in afghanistan when they ruled that country. >> steve junes. >> there is now a pakistani taliban as well that grew out of refugee cam camps in pakistan where they lived during the soviet occupation and wars there. >> he says both groups have a strong islamist orientation although neither is considered mainstream. >> most muslims would tell you it's a very cull tissue interpretation of islam to be sure. >> another difference says the sal eye ban has never attacked the united states outside of afghanistan or the border regions of pakistan, focusing more on try balance issues and concerns among the pashtun people. >> where as al-qaeda is kind of murder incorporated. they are the folks that really have a fanatical anti-american agenda, they are apocalyptic and they are ideology, genocide al in their methods, they go well be on the local and tribal agenda. >> >> go to cbs 25.com and click on icon to send us your question. >> a star tennis player gets reveng

controversial, heavily criticizing the united states for broadcasting every word of al qaeda leader osama bin laden. but in the middle east, al jazeera is, by far, the most popular and trusted tv news channel. >> they read public opinion and they cater to it. they are the closest thing to public opinion there is. >> reporter: that makes it a threat to arab governments still trying to control the message. al jazeera is already banned in iraq. in lebanon last week, demonstrators attacked and burned its satellite truck. and in the west bank this month, demonstrators attacked its offices after palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas accused al jazeera of trying to destroy him politically. and it was al jazeera's nonstop coverage of tunisia's successful revolt against their president this month that encouraged egyptian protesters. egyptian tv today released these pictures it wants people to see, president mubarak leading a government meeting, business as usual. but outside, even without al jazeera, the street tells a different story. martin fletcher, nbc news, new york. >>> up next, don't put the

>> he hadn't found osama bin laden and that was the guy -- the guy was becoming a joke and i thought,e still looking for him and i thought, i know where he is. he's been in my suitcase with my other little guys. he's dead but he's still hiding. >> silence! i kill you. >> i pulled him out of the case and he started yelling "i kill you" and i knew i had written the right terrible. >> how do you spell your name? >> a-c- -- slim. >> and the place went bananas. >> you're telling me a story and you can't help yourself but he's looking at you the whole time? >> i have to, otherwise -- how do you do that? >> i don't know. it's all habit. >> he's looking at you and the camera and you can't stop it. >> john, maybe i'm not well. >> dunham's comedy, while lucrative isn't always critically acclaimed. >> come on, walter, at your age how do you keep things fresh in the bedroom? >> febreeze. >> he's not a thinking-man's comment by any means. >> i realized not long ago that what people criticize and what they don't like about my act is what everybody else loves. >> his characters from ahmed to walter

former cia agent, osama bin laden is coming out in february. two ronald reagan. this is by his son ron reagan, my father at 100, and this is by his other son, michael reagan. how the new ragen revolution can restore greatness today. when you see march of 2011, what stands out to you? >> guest: i think that the trend that we saw over christmas of, you know, a lot of political memoirs and more of the conservative ones, i think that that sounds like that's what's going to stand from what's comes out soon. we have conservative political memoirs and, you know, the rogue books like we had and the "warmth of other sons" and the books just for fun. it sounds like that pattern is going to continue. >> host: one of the books coming out, and i want to ask you if you have word on this one yet. donald rumsfeld's autobiography, "known and unknown". do you know anything about this book? >> guest: yeah, i got a little information on this today. i believe it's coming out february 8. there's a huge amount of media going to be going on about this. the suggested printing that we're

vacation spot is also home to a convicted international terrorist luis posada could be less coined the bin laden of the americas the anti castro cuban was the cia's dirty secret in south and central america trained as an explosives expert at the notorious school of the americas posada's acts of terrorism spanned five decades and impacted half a dozen countries. over seventy people were killed when cuban airliner forty five was bombed in one thousand nine hundred ninety six a terrorist act posada plans from venice and according to cia documents the agency was aware of it before it happened it was a mastermind of the. flight and still he's here posada was convicted in absentia and then a swell of masterminding the bombing however not only did the u.s. government refused to extradite but started to venezuela to serve his term the cia continued to employ him as a key element in the country wars which plane winds of seventy thousand civilians in nicaragua. with a leading figure in the iran contra affair in the one nine hundred eighty s. had the cia stop assad in his tracks just off my shoes my brothe

and this morning a new message apparently from osama bin laden. this time a warning to france. in an audio tape released this morning, bin laden says france will pay dearly for its policy in afghanistan. the voice on the tape also said the fate of five french hostages being held in niger depends on french soldiers leaving muslim lands. if it is bin laden it will be the first time he's been heard from since last october. >>> president obama continues trying to build bridges to big business. today he's creating a new economic advisory panel headed by jeff immelt, the ceo of general electric. the panel will focus on creating jobs. >>> in a just released cbs news/"new york times" poll look at america's perception of the economy and the president. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on that this morning. hey, bill, good morning. >> good morning to you, jeff. the president heads to schenectady today. he'll talk to jeff immelt at a ge plant about jobs, then he'll head back and talk to some other folks who are worried about jobs, their own. members of the hou

training ground for al qaeda, the home of anwar al awlaki, a terror leader more dangerous than osama bin laden. tied to the christmas day and times square bombing pep and calling for more attacks. if the yemeni government falls, no one will be there to challenge the terrorists. so, while protests may be cause for cheering in some places, in others, these scenes should make america very nervous. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> and we will have much more on this developing situation, later today on "good morning america." >>> well, things are slowly getting back up and running in the northeast, after a monster storm that claimed at least seven lives. >> new york city got a lot more snow than expected. 19 inches, making it the snowiest january in city history. and with so many cars buried, y from maryland up to maine, there's still a whole lot of digging out to do this morning. jeremy hubbard has more, now, from boston. >> reporter: rob, vinita, good morning. it is proving to be daunting and dangerous, dealing with all this snow. one of the big problems in the northeast now, roof collap

training ground for al qaeda, the home of anwar al awlaki, a terror leader more dangerous than osama bin laden -- tied to the failed christmas day and times square bombing -- and calling for more attacks. if the yemeni government falls, no one will be there to challenge the terrorists. >> yemen becomes an absolute mess. i think the fear is that this would simply fall apart. >> reporter: so, while protests may be cause for cheering in some places, in others, these scenes should make america very nervous. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> and martha spent so much time in those enflamed regions. >>> also tonight, nelson mandela, the 92-year-old icon of the fight for equality and then forgiveness in south africa, is in a johannesburg hospital with a collapsed lung. his family is gathered in his hospital room and outside the hospital, a sea of journalists. mandela's foundation says he's undergoing routine tests, is in no danger and is in good spirits. >>> and now, a brian ross investigation that is prompting congressional action. he brings us the story of female volunteers for the peace corp