. >> see the entire interview on fareed zakaria gps. >>> hope is dimming for rescuers looking for survivors of a collision between a plane and helicopter. the crash happened overnight thursday off of the coast of san diego after civilian hair traffic controllers turned over communications to military air traffic controllers. >>> in 2004, former vice president dick cheney told a special prosecutor he did not know who leaked the identity of a cia agent to the press. newly released fbi documents showed that cheney replied to many questions with i do not recall. it became known as plame-gate when valeri plame's identity was leaked to her husband. cheney's chief of staff, scooter libby, was eventually convicted of perjury in the case. >>> a powerful lawmaker is taking a pushing for a so-called public option. harry reid took his pitch to the internet. as dana bash reports, this may not be just about health care, but also about reid's political survival. >> reporter: a call to action. posted on youtubl. >> make sure you contact your representatives here in washington and push hard. we want a healt

in a letter he said he was leaving because, quote -- he talked to our sister network cnn's fareed zakaria on the ground in afghanistan. >> the top military brass have all endorsed general mcchrystal's report and request. do you think that down on the ground there is a very different feeling? >> oh, yes. yes, yes, there is. i think on the ground in the perspective is that what is a strategic value of what we're doing here. why are we doing this? what are we getting out of it? it is not going to fuel al qaeda. if you take the two goals defeating al qaeda and because of nuclear weapons and relations with india, the position of the government in islamabad 50,000 troops taking on 50 60 dead a month in this country and how many wounded and killing how many afghans as well doesn't accomplish either of those goals. >> why doesn't it defeat al qaeda? >> al qaeda evolved. they became, like to say an ideological cloud. they have safe havens in six, seven other countries. >> see the entire interview with hoh tomorrow on our sister network, cnn at 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. eastern. >>> what price would you p