dale garanger is the director of normal. he says the u.s. government created this problem. >> well first of all they are the ones who drove marijuana on to the public lands. when they passed their laws to confiscation people's lands for growing marijuana. >> reporter: garanger says he doesn't believe the -- agents disagree saying not only are mexican cartels responsible but they are setting up shop right under our nose. here in the bay area. we had an investigation of one of these large cultivations. we found evidence at that site that links to one of our drug trafficking organizations. that was one of those organizations that had been involved in meth manufacturing and distribution. there's the link between the poly drug dealing with these drug trafficking organizations that are based in mexico. they have the command and control structure up here in california. >> reporter: as for the money made from the pot plants, a lot of it goes back south of the border. >> it's not unlikely to find cars with hundreds of thousands of the dollars driving

. >> thank you very much rebecca garang talking to us from the south sudanese capital. >> two people have been killed in yemen. it was in a city south of yemen. a week of protests have been launched over the death of a local tribal chief. he was one of six killed when his bodyguards refused to hand over weapons to soldiers at a checkpoint. >>> the sons of two turkish cabinet members have been charged with a huge anti-corruption investigation. they've been accused of abusing their power by taking or facilitating bribes. these are people closely linked to the prime minister, and he's described it as a dirty operation against his government. >>> at least 18 soldiers died in an ambush in western iraq. according to police several top ranking officers were among those killed in the attack in the sunni dominated anbar province. it's not clear why so many senior officers were located there. but sources suggest they came to document a recent military victory nearby. >>> egypt's former president is due to stand trial with a prison break during the country's 2011 revolution. mohamed morsi and m