we are just learning that two civilian contractors killed in a suicide bombing in eastern afghanistan this week were americans. the u-s embassy in kabul confirmed the deaths this morning. he crashed head-on into the contractors to suv. the contractors were working on prison affairs. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. a former employee of state treasurer and candidate for governor dan rutherford is now suing him for sexual harassment. the federal lawsuit was filed by rutherford's former director of community affairs, edmund michalowski. it claims rutherford sexually harassed michalowski on several occasions, over two and a half years. the lawsuit accuses rutherford of "hitting on" him and touching him inappropriately. it also says michalowski was forced to do campaign work, while on the job. last night, at a republican debate for governor, rutherford said his accuser is motivated by money. >> the allegations are absolutely false. they are from years ago. they're coming on the cusp of the election. early voting has started. i think this is all about illinois polit

. >> september 2012 in eastern afghanistan. >> there it is. american aircraft were supposed to be bombing the taliban. instead, the camera attached to a soldier's helmet captures the explosion at ground level as the american, 500 pound bomb, blows up right next to the barracks of an american military outpotion. >> this was a major mistake. the way targeting words, you have to get the cured that nights right. >> air crew had the wrong cured that night. that's according to a military. the troops rushed through the camp to make sure everybody is okay. >> are you guys all right? you guys good? >> yeah, we're good, we're good. we are straight. >> yeah, they're good. >> no casualties. >> no casualties, nobody hurt. unbelievably so. nobody punished. the military decided it was an accident and these kind of things happen in wars. really close call, i hear. >> oh my gosh, incredibly close. joe, thank you. >>> well, grass fed, prime beef doesn't come cheap, but we are learning the good stuff could be tainted. >> getting more graduates on the job market,

. >> reporter: september 2012 in eastern afghanistan. >> there it is. >> yep. >> reporter: american aircraft were supposed to bomb the taliban. >> oh, bleep. gee what the bleep. >> reporter: instead the camera attached to a soldiers helmet captures the explosion at ground level. as the american 500-pound bomb blows up next to barracks of an american military out post. >> this was a major mistake from a targeting perspective. the way targeting works you have to get coordinates right. >> reporter: the air crew had the wrong coordinates according to a military investigation that recently came to light. >> that was the bird. >> yeah, i know. >> reporter: the troops rushed through the camp to make sure everybody was okay. >> you guys all right? >> bleep. >> you guys good? >> bleep. >> hey, sergeant. >> yeah, we're good. hey, we're straight. >> they're good. >> what the bleep man. >> reporter: no casualties no body hurt. they will be punished. investigators concluded it was a mistake. the first sergeant ordered a stand two everyone to your battle stations. so these guys were not in barracks they c

>> taliban says they have captured what they say is a coalition forces military spy dog in eastern afghanistane media wing of the taliban released this video which shows taliban members holding a brown dog with a vest on a leash. >> stephen: those sons of bitches kidnapped a son of a bitch. i mean for pete's sake who holds a dog hostage. were you guys sitting around in your cave thinking you know what, people don't think we're big off ass [bleep] let's kidnap a dog. and folks, really, what are you going to do? (applause) what are you going to do now, make him talk by putting peanut butter on the roof of his mouth? if you had any brains at all you would have kidnapped the cat. nobody would have cared. not even the cat. (laughter) even worse, according to the latest reports, the dog is fit and healthy and being fed a diet of chicken and beef can babs. what? no people food, now he's going to beg at the table. well, taliban, here's where you screwed the pooch. by the way, do not screw that pooch. (laughter) until this moment, until this moment, you were about to get rid of us. >> more than 60,000

i've seen since the junior and democrats the sun will play one pounds and he gets a lexus in eastern afghanistan practice will control it followed by some on none today haha the buttocks account it and he decides which witch but said the discount it. and also um the salsa. the mission of going somewhere by and yet powerful people are going to stick to reach a level plain that they can bring the fights that supports this so it's up to two pm mst election. and of the questions how messy it is and how that use with students. white's rebounded stuffing and danny meyer did to cause and nine. that is so going to stick it on the nightstand exit onto the stage to make this time even if the wind is not on the biggest community. the tv title in cobb and recently invited the presidential candidates current debate on various issues that affect the nation. take a look. on this dingy candidates. on sunday. isn't he brought caused by too much tv. a private channel in dublin the candy gets into a kind of thing not good enough. i showed me the neatest a week i knew it i say and he invited us to bbq tonight on tv

but you see the destruction of that operating base there out in eastern afghanistan. turned out so much worse. wolf? >> fortunately the ending, as you say, was okay. it was a major, major mistake. i hope they learn from it so it never happens again. >>> we're following the breaking news in "the situation room." a warning to airlines about explosives possibly hidden in shoes. new information coming in. >>> and a political odd couple teaming up to restore voting rights to millions of exconvicts. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ [ female announcer ] mos

officials say they have stepped up drone and missiles strikes in eastern afghanistan. and that a pullout could jeopardize those efforts. thousands of documents were declassified today giving an inside look from the clinton white house. they come from the clinton presidential library, and they cover a lot of ground. mike viqueira has been working through these papers today. there is something a bit interesting relating to a conversation between then president clinton and then and current prime minister of pakistan oma omar shariff. >> it was december 18, 1998 to be exact. just to take you back to what was happening on that day. the house of representatives was in the process of impeaching bill clinton. the speaker of the house quit, and operation desert fox just under way. you remember the clinton operation launching tomorrow hawks after hussein there. you mentioned pakistani prime minister sharif, and tony blair of the u.k. he told tony blair osama bin laden may be ordering attacks in the next couple of days. and then according to prime minister sharif, president clint

>> well, wolf, this apparently happened back in september 2012 in eastern afghanistan. we were told, thankfully, none of the troops on the ground were hit. but their outpost nearly took a direct hit from that 500-pound bomb. you see the destruction all around them. i think you can understand these young troops' profanity and shock. but actually, they all moved very quickly to check on each other, to make sure everyone was okay and that nobody got hurt. apparently what happened is the u.s. air force plane was given the wrong coordinates for the 500-pound bomb. they were given the coordinates for the outpost rather than coordinates for expected taliban formation that was moving through the hillsides a short distance away. that is the target they were supposed to hit. there was a full investigation. everyone was cleared. it was an accident, they say. but you can only imagine that this might have turned out very differently, and very tragically for the troops that were at that outpost. wolf? >> 500-pound bomb could cause a lot of destruction and damage. the site that posted

when he walked off his army base in eastern afghanistan. bergdahl is believed to be held in pakistan and is most likely in the custody of the pakistani taliban, not the afghan taliban, who captured him. the taliban did not explain today's statement, but as talks have progressed, there are a lot of different groups involved, including the pakistani and afghan government and several different taliban factions, which is only complicating negotiations. now, all of this comes as the white house is waiting on afghan president hamid karzai to sign a long-term security agreement between the two countries so the pentagon can then decide how many troops america will keep in afghanistan post-2014. karzai has refused to sign the security agreement, and right now, it isn't clear what type of military presence the united states will keep in afghanistan after this year. harris. >> thank you. >>> fox weather alert. severe storms hitting much of the gulf coast tonight, bringing heavy rain and lightning. in florida, the daytona 500 is delayed because of the

. >> reporter: september 2012 in eastern afghanistan. >> there it is. >> yup. >> reporter: american aircraftbe bombing the taliban. [ censored ] >> what the [ censored ] ! >> reporter: instead the camera attached to a soldier's helmet captures the explosion at ground level as the american 500-pound bomb blows up right next to the barracks of an american military outpost. [ censored ] >> this was a major mistake from a targeting perspective. the way targeting works is you have to get the coordinates right. >> reporter: turns out the air crew had the wrong coordinates. that's according to a military investigation that's just recently come to light. >> that was a bird that dropped dead. >> i know. >> reporter: the troops rushed through the camp to make sure everybody is okay. >> oh. he is already. [ censored ] [ censored ] >> you guys good? [ censored ] >> hey, sergeant -- >> we're good. >> we're straight. >> it's good. >> what the [ censored ] , man >> no casualties. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> investigators concluded it was just a mistake. >>> governor brown is working on ways to hel

he apparently walked away from his base in eastern afghanistan in 2009.believed that the taliban network inside pakistan has him. the taliban in the past has demanded the release of five prisoners from guantanamo bay. >> we do have a long history of talking and dealing with all manner of bad guys. so if the united states can make progress on returning this soldier back to the united states, we need to do it. >> "the washington post" is reporting that the u.s. has now agreed to release all five taliban prisoners simultaneously to the qataries to guarantee bergdahl's release. administration officials will say little other than they have never given up trying to get bergdahl back. >> we are not involved in active negotiations with the taliban. clearly, if negotiations do resume at some point, we'll want to talk with the taliban about the safe return of sergeant bergdahl? >> the family issued a statement saying, we are cautiously optimistic. these discussions will lead to the safe return of our son. there is growing urgency as u.s. troops could be gone from a

press -- a campaign by the cia against the al-qaeda in pakistan, and we do that from bases in eastern afghanistant totally, that operation would be jeopardized by a u.s. pullout, to be sure. martha: yeah. and that could present a huge strategic loss for us, as you say. talk to me about president obama and karzai's relationship. big story on the front of the new york times this week about how that is over, essentially, that they're basically not talking anymore at all. we know he's a very mercurial figure, and he's not oozy to deal with -- not easy to deal with, but does it make sense to abandon that dialogue? >> i think so, and i think we should have actually done it sooner because of the way karzai acts. he -- we are going to have a successor here in a couple of months, and that is who we should be dealing with. you know, martha, i don't believe we should be negotiating with them about leaving forces behind. we should insist on leaving forces behind for the reasons we just stated, that it's in u.s. national interests. we didn't ask the germans, the japanese, the italians or the koreans if it was

he's been held since june of 2009 when he walked away from his base in eastern afghanistan.believed the taliban aligned a network inside pakistan has him. the taliban in the past has demanded the release of five prisoners from guantanamo bay. >> we do have a long history of talking and dealing with all manner of bad guys, so if the united states can make progress on returning this soldier back to the united states, we need to do it. >> reporter: "the washington post" is reporting the u.s. has now agreed to release all five taliban prisoners simultaneously to the qataris to guarantee bergdahl's release. administrative officials will say little other than they have never given up trying to get bergdahl back. >> we're not in active negotiations with the taliban. if negotiations do resume we want to talk about the safe return of sergeant bergdahl. >> the family issued a statement saying we're cautiously optimistic these discussions will lead to the safe return of our son. there is growing urgency as u.s. troops could be gone from afghanistan by the end of the year. there is also

soldiers in eastern afghanistan last december but an american military spokesman says the dog belongsitish nato troops. the by partisan ship in congress that passed a budget bill last month may be over for now and there is plenty of unfinished business in washington but hard to push through for the election year and with the house up for reelection and 33 seats in the senate up for grabs and thomas looks at legislation that remains at a stand still. >> after passing the farm and budget bills in congress other big issues appear to have stalled in washington, issues that even millions of people in the u.s. and threaten the economic well-being of the country abroad. first immigration. after signalling he would seek immigration reform this year house speaker john boehner is retreating a bit. >> i never under estimated the difficulty in moving forward this year. >> reporter: the biggest obstacle to the goal says boehner is the president. >> listen there is widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. >> reporter: the charge rejected by the white ho

he's been held since july 2009 when he apparently walked away from his base in eastern afghanistan.aliban network has him. in the past, they have demanded the release of five prisoners from guantanamo bay. >> we have a long history of talking and dealing with all manner of bad guys. in the united states can make progress on returning this soldier back to the united states, we need to do it. >> the washington post is reporting the u.s. has now agreed to release all five taliban prisoners simultaneously to qatar to guarantee bergdahl's release. the u.s. officials will say little other than they have never given up. >> we are not involved in active negotiations with the taliban. clearly, if negotiations do resume, we will want to talk to them about bergdahl. >> the family issued a statement saying we are cautiously optimistic these discussions will lead to the safe return of our son. u.s. troops could be gone from afghanistan by the end of the year. and what about his health? well cnn was the first to report last month that there was a new video. it hasn't been seen by the public yet.

eastern here on c-span. james dobbins will talk what the future of afghanistan and relations with the country. 9:15coverage starts at eastern. and on c-span3, the house judiciary committee looks make changes to the federal criminal code. coming up, we will be joined by elizabeth rigreico to talk u.s. population trends for those under the age of 35. we'll take your phone calls on the first lady's nutrition initiative. ♪ host: it was four years ago that michelle obama began her "let's move" campaign to combat childhood obesity. she is in the forefront talking about that effort and unveiling new food labels. here's the first lady from earlier this week. [video clip] >> be issued a new school wellness guideline to

eastern. >> with al jazeera america. and afghanistanree 65 militants from prison fearing reciprocity and karzi said to maintain distance from the decisions, since september 11, 2001 the countries are unfamiliar to many americans but for photo journalists afghanistan was a natural inclination and his intimate collection of photographs and now a book entitled afghanistan a distant war and detailed recollections are a summary of a long and often difficult history. >> reporter: when i got to afghanistan in 88 they already killed a million people, that is a lot of violence to throw down on people in less than ten years. they had also caused the movement of six million people estimated. >> the new bureau for time magazine became open for photographer in 1987. the region had all the ingredients that a journalist and photographer without want in their territory and they were under marshall law and civil war started in shrelanka and afghanistan had the soviet army for ten years and a volatile region and the insurge was about to kickoff and it's

like mark do you think that you do you think the same countries in eastern europe like sending soldiers to fight america's war in afghanistan. well they've got to do that because the car is the coalition of the willing if they don't do that then the americans might not give them any military aid or the middle might not take them seriously so who is already hearing it it becomes pressuring whom you hear answer very interesting who is pressuring them jonathan if i go to you if you look at what nato has been doing in the last few years and libya comes to mind i mean this is it's its strategy its structure its mission i cannot fathom what it is ok why is nato being called upon to go to change regime in tripoli i mean that again has nothing to do with the origins of this alliance. no i agree with you and i think what you said about ukraine is really important i mean what is happening there it is still part of this old drive to get ukraine into a military alliance with nato i mean just the other day at the munich security conference the secretary general of nato underscored rasmussen made the statement ukraine must be free to cho

eastern, the u.s. institute of peace hosts a forum on the future of afghanistan. and president obama will speak to the democratic national committee's winter meeting this afternoon. that's on c-span at 4:45 p.m. aaron. eastern. of. >> pearl harbor, of course, is this december of '41, and almost immediately people start talking about what's to be cone with the enemy alien population which includes german ask japanese and -- and japanese and italian foreign nationals who are enemy aliens. so the japanese-american population in general on the west coast, they were rounded up en masse, and they had to leave their homes if they lived in what was called the western defense zone. so they were we moved -- removed, they were forced to leave, and they were put in camps surrounded by barbed wire, and they were not charged with anything in particular. west coast non-japanese-americans, the population in general, most poll constitutions, most newspapers strongly supported the removal of japanese-americans. it was a very popular policy locally. the civil rights organizations whi

eastern on c-span2. >> former afghanistan war commander general john allen said he is cautiously optimistic about the future of afghanistan. he spoke last week on the topic of u.s. policy in afghanistan after the 2014 troop withdrawal. specials fro for the world organization for resource development and education also discussed the report on further civil society engagement. this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. >> program on crisis, conflict and cooperation here at csis. thank you all for coming out today. we will be talking about a topic that is discussed less and less in washington, unfortunately. we will talk about afghanistan today. you might have seen this one of the gallup came out with a poll that shows the majority of americans now think that the war in afghanistan was not worth it, and it's not a vital national security interest. and they would like us to leave completely and immediately. i recently published a report which we look out for the next 10 years and speculated about what u.s. policy makers parties would be over the next 10 years, and amo

eastern on c-span. remarked,he day, california congressman buck mckeon at the national press club, the chair of the house armed services committee and he is expected to talk about the current situation in afghanistan as well as the obama administration's plans about withdrawing u.s. forces later this year. 1:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. coming up next, "q&a" with former congressional staffer talking about his book of washington politics. 7:00 a.m. eastern, "washington journal" live with your phone calls in the latest news. later this morning, a discussion hosted by the brookings institution of the future of u.s. ground forces. live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," retired congressional staff member mike lofgren discusses his recent review of former defense secretary bob gates' memoir along with his own book, titled "the party is over." >> mike lofgren, author of "the party is over," in bob gates' book, he writes congress is best viewed from a distance. the farther, the better. up close, it is truly ugly. how many years in your life did you spend working for congress? >> i spent 28 years in congress as a staff member, first as a personal staffer for congressman john kasich. then a

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afghanistan. a small amount makes it to the united states. host of ours comms from latin america. much of the heroin in the eastern part of the us comes from columbia. >> the american city with the highest rate of heroin is baltimore marr lip. there are 12,000 heroin addicts. at airports people use luggage with false bottoms or drug mules to smuggle it in. mexico is among the largest suppliers. how did it become a lucrative business. >> poppy cultivation goes back to the 1900s. >> this was small scaled. cartels are operating here and began to recruit experts. this is as they were ramping up smuggling operations as they saw what is a lucrative product. 50% of heroin consumed in the u.s., beyond that 90 to 95% consumed in the united states was brought through the country. if it wasn't made here, it was smuggled. some experts are blaming large cartels. there's evidence of small-scale operations. turning it into black tar and taking it through, over the boarder into the u.s. >> earlier i spoke to megan rolston, and a reporter from the l.a. times about what is behind the spike in drugs. >> in my view this is an opiate

eastern u.s. >> a gay rights battle playing out in the heartland - laws that some say is the most homophobic in the nation. >> the health of the united states -- the united states must stop harassing afghanistan. >> tough talk from afghanistan president karzai telling the u.s. to butt out as dozens of prisoners considered a danger to america are set free. >> in a program in detroit that will somehow survive the struggling city - one that will give away some homes for free. hi there. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. good to have you with us. we begin with a winter storm. delivering one last round of snow and sleet before warmer air moves in on friday. the extreme weather is responsible for 21 deaths, and hundreds of thousands are dealing with power outages. 49 of the country's 15 states have snow on the ground. as jennifer london reports, the storm paralyzed. of the north-east. >> there has been snow coming down and coming down fast. sometimes at a rate of two to three inches an hour. the north-east walloped by the latest blizzard to blind the coast with snow totals on par with 2010's snowmageddon. hundreds of schools were closed across the state of massachusetts, where the s

eastern right here on al jazeera. women in afghanistantesting against domestic violence and 100 people marched through the city on kabul and speaking out against a new draft law which will ban people from testifying against relatives and it will limit justice for victims of domestic abuse but it has not been signed by karzai. women in afghanistan are not the only ones drawing attention to violence against women and people are expected to take part in a grass roots campaign called one billion rising for justice and dance rounds the world to raise awareness against women and girls. she is the coordinator for one billion rising for justice and is from ann arbor, michigan and thanks for being with us and happy valentine's day and it's staggering and according to the u.n. and world health organization 1-3 will experience sexual violence in the lifetime globally and 64 million are child brides worldwide and 140 million women and girls have suffered genital mutilation and there are more statistics i could list. what do you hope this movement can

eastern on msnbc. it will be very interesting to see what the secretary says, particularly in the context of these changes in afghanistan. >>> now we're going to turn and get you the news feed and what you need to know this morning. very busy, any minute you could hear whether arizona governor jan brewer will sign or veto that controversial bill we've been reporting on, which tries to authorize a way for businesses to refuse service to gay americans on religious ground. people are lining up urging the governor to veto the bill, mitt romney, delta airlines, and intel. the governor weighed in a little bit with a tweet last night, "i assure you, as always, i will do the right thing for the state of arizona" and add the th the #sb1062. >>> another governor, meanwhile, feeling pressure today. new jersey governor chris christie will hold his second town hall meeting since the george washington bridge scandal swept up his administration. the town of sterling, relatively friendly territory politically, republican leaning. it's a chance for the governor to push his newly released budget. we don't know whether he'll be asked abou

afghanistan that goes through russia and russia's central asian clients. our hands are tied in syria. really what putin is doing now, he is arranging eastern ukraine. he's setting it up so he would have provocation to go in. i'm going in to protect against violence, so it's not over. >> do you see some sort of divided nation happening in ukraine? keep in mind, the president of ukraine still on the lam. he left last weekend. do you see a divided nation. >> ex-president of ukraine, voted out by his own party in parliament. there is a good chance of that. the question is how much will putin demand. does he want all of ukraine? will he settle for the eastern third? the russians believe kiev is their ancient root. we don't know what's in putin's head except he's not going to back down. he's not like president obama. when putin threatens something, he carries through on the threat. this -- we've seen act one, it's intermission. act two is coming and it could be very ugly and bloody, gretchen. >> it will be interesting to see how the u.s. reacts to all of it. >> or fails to act. >> clinton and current president, legal basis withholding what's described as

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afghanistan. only a small amount of that makes it to the u.s. most of the ours comes from latin america. the u.s. drug enforcement administration says much of the heroin in the eastern part of the u.s. comes from columbia. mexico supplied much of the american west. the american city is baltimore, it's the heroin capital of the country, with an estimated 12,000 heroin addicts. they are trucked across the border, people use luggage with false bottoms or hire drug mules. >> mexico is a large supplier, but how did it become a huge business? >> poppy cultivation goes back to the 1900s when the chinese brought the drug with them. >> that was the beginning. for decades this was small scale compared to opium and heroin production. cartels are operating here in mexico and be can to recruit experts from asia. they ramped up the smug lipping operations because they saw what a lucrative product they had in their hands. by 201250% of hoirp -- 2012, 50% of heroin produced was mexican produced. it wasn't just made here, it was snuggled to mexico. some police in the united states, some experts are mainly blaming large cartels from mexico, but there's evidence of small scale operato

eastern. >> with al jazeera america. >>> an al jazerra exclusive that takes us inside the taliban to give us a glimpse of what the war in afghanistan looks like from the taliban's point of view. even if the u.s. gets the afghan government to agree to a security agreement that would leave some u.s. forces in afghanistan, the first line of resistence to the taliban will be the u.s.-trained afghan national army. al jazerra's fault line shows a journalist following taliban fighters as they attack an afghan national army base. >> i am acutely aware that i wouldn't have been allowed here to film them unless they wanted the world to see what they showed me. >> the fact that the used the media to establish their point of view and get their kaza cross, they should. we certainly do. >> it's an unusual and rare insight in to the other side and joining us now to discuss this is michael owe happen lan director of foreign policy research at the brookings institution, he is also the coauthor of the book touching it out in afghanistan, he joins us from our washington, d.c. studio. michael great to have you with us. if u.s. troops withdraw from afg

in afghanistan has been cementing local ties there, and he is bringing in small numbers of experienced militants to bring the in a new trained group. and there have been mishaps in two middle easternrovinces. >>> and a british agency is a a accused of spying on yahoo! users. they say that they used systems used by the agency that use them, a a them, and they say they kept the intimate images whether the citizens were considered intelligent level or not. if it is found guilty, it is a new level of misuse. >> and today, kerry kennedy said she took a pill that she mistook for a different medication, and then slammed into a truck. they argue that she took the wrong medication, but she should have stopped driving when she discovered that she was impaired. she was acquitted of the charge. >>> and now john dingle is going to vacate the seat at 90 years old. and now she says she is going to take over the seat now that her husband is stepping down. first elected in 1955. >>> more students may havek access to the technology in the coming years. arlington just released the 2015 proposal and it includes fund ing for proproviding tablets to every second through fifth grader. the new budget als

eastern. >> with al jazeera america. >> freedom of press is guaranteed, a luxe affording us, as journalists, the freedom to publish. for journalists working in foreign countries, it's difficult to find. exico, russia, iraq, afghanistan, syria - the list long, the deaths countless. the pursuit for the truth never dies. >> censorship in mexico is basically a result of the threat of violence imposed by the drug cartels, and the failure of the government to provide minimal safety guarantees for reporters in the media to do the work without fear of reprisal. killing of journalists is not collateral damage. >> crime, corruption and violence, promoted by criminal organizations, organised crime. it is devastating the mexican press, undermining a citizens right to freedom of expression, access to information, democracy. >> "killing the messenger" is the film. joining us now. which appreciate you being with us. in this clip we are focus the on mexico and the situation there. it's a proceed problem, and it isn't just conflict zones that we are talking about. >> yes, thank you for having me. the problem of killing the messenger or journalists is a global problem. we at cpg have been documenting and monitoring cases journalists

eastern seaboard later in the show. >> kevin thank you. >> coming up, not guilty, our al jazeera colleagues enter a plea in egypt. >>> also an exclusive look from the battlefields in afghanistane view from the taliban. plus a criminal investigation in a coal ash spill in north carolina. federal prosecutors are trying to find out. >>> our three al jazeera colleagues detained in egypt were in a courtroom today in cairo. they pleaded not guilty to charges. they are accused of joining or aiding and abetting a terrorist organization. al jazeera says the charges are false and is demanding the immediate release of its staff. >> cameras were barred inside the courtroom where the trial of the al jazeera journalists was convened. mohammed fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste have denied all of the government's charges. they are accused of belonging to a terrorist organization, and thre threaten egypt's national security. >> translator: we demanded their release and the chance to interrogate prosecution witnesses. >> reporter: the three are among 20 defendants. al jazeera management expressed satisfaction that the trial was upway. >> we're very pleased we are in court. we believe we w

eastern europe or asia or south america they don't amuse us the way we like to be amused. >> unless american troops are involved or aville van. >> i even disagree with that afghanistan americanhey are getting killed and we don't care about that. >> 10 years old. beginning of the afghan war lots of coverage. once it begins to get 10 or 12 years old it's the same story. >> that's right. it doesn't amuse us or entertain us. >> you were at cbs news when tv was invented. >> that was in the necessary. >> godfrey, a few muppets. you can then bring, did it used to when chron sciatic was there and all of this business, murrow, was there more of an appetite in the american public back in the 50s and 60's than now? >> he yes. i will give you two reasons, i think. one is despite the fa that we live in an information age, i mean, there is far more outlets for news today than when i worked for walter cronkite. in a lot of ways we are shallower than we used to be. we are more interested in being sociable for social media, for instance, than we are with being knowledgeable. so, i think a lot of americans don't know much about america and don't care as much as we used to. if we don't care ab

eastern u.s. >> a gay rights battle playing out in the heartland - laws that some say is the most homophobic in the nation. >> the health of the united states -- the united states must stop harassing afghanistangh talk from afghanistan president karzai telling the u.s. to

afghanistan. .. members at their annual winter meeting. he is scheduled to speak at 4:45 eastern and we will have live coverage on c-span. >> deaths from other major diseases like heart disease, stroke continue to decline. deaths from alzheimer's increased 50% last five years. five million americans have alzheimer's. at this rate, 35 years as many as 35 million will have the disease. third reason i'm here to show people they are not alone. so few people share personal stories. so few people have something to relate to. if me and my wife saw somebody like me talk talk about this it would make us feel less alone. americans whisper the world alzheimer's because the government whisperses alzheimer's. whisper is better than silence the alzheimer's community has been facing for decades it is still not enough. it needs to be yelled and screamed until it gets funded and attention it deserves and needs. i can go back to being lazy self-involved man child i was look to be. people look to their government for hope. i ask when it comes to alzheimer's disease you take more steps to provide mo

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