each other] >> immediately after this question on my right, i will visit president cause i -- hamid karzaithere is no need to make political points. afghanistan will no doubt be addressed by president obama in his state of the union address tonight but he is also expected to talk about reforms for the regulation of the banking system and no country was left more exposed to the failure of the banking system than the united kingdom. president obama has called for retail banks to be prevented from getting involved in large-scale proprietary trading. what is the government not supporting the president's proposal enthusiastically and working to bring these about? >> we are working closely internationally including one with president obama. they have different structures and different problems in the banking system which they are seeking to address and we are seeking problems in our banking system but it is important to work together internationally to be sure we can deal with the problems that have so affected all of our economies. >> it is important to work together internationally but the pri

and i would like to make the point that hamid karzai has certain moral authority and is the most unifying figure in the country and he is someone who is capable of brokering certain compromises with elements of the taliban. >> there have been efforts to improve the relationship between president hamid karzai, more the civilian leadership of pakistan. in that sense reaching out to the civilian side can influence the military and intelligence side. that is how we have seen the pakistan and afghan relationship begin to develop. >> please have the authors give nopsnopsis of their books at the end. i missed the first portion of your show. >> my book really looks at the question of why the insurgency began in afghanistan after a the u.s. overthrow. i look at a couple of factors. one is the collapsing governance including corruption issues and focus in particular on ways in eloplast chapter of stemming the insurgency and develop more effective counterinsurgency efforts. a mine is a series of case studies. basically argues that leadership it comes down to which side has better leaders in certain

just the pakistani government but those taliban that live in pakistan, that are the enemies of hamid karzai in kabul and the united states. and if this cooperation, meaning an across-the-board effort by pakistan and the united states to defeat islamic extremism in the form of al qaeda and these individuals, if that continues, that's really the kind hofstra teenlgic progress people have been looking for and the combination with increased american force, success on the ground, we're going to see the long-term ship in our direction that we're all hopinfor. >> turning dubai and the assassination of the hamas official. do you think israel was involved? well, i don't know. there's few plausible explanations for who would be involved. my best guess from talking to diplomats who know a lot of people in the region is that the israelis thought that the government there, the uae government, the emirates government wasn't going to investigate that very intensely. that government is very factionalized. groups within groups. each emirate has different leadership within each emirate, different parts of th

in a passionate plea, hamid karzai urged nato to be more careful. at least 16 civilians have died in the latest offensive. >>> all of the piles of snow across maryland are serving as a constant reminder of the wicked winter we've had. now many are reacting to the president's declaration of disaster as a result of all of the snow in december. baltimore, caroline, cecil, hartford, montgomery and queen anne's counties are eligible for federal funding. senator mikulski says these storms can't turn that a budget disaster for maryland. the governor took time to thank federal officials today for working quickly to help reimburse the state. >>> we've been warning you about the dangers of getting around on foot in the wake of all of the storms. tonight that danger has claimed a life. police say an employee with the department of agriculture was struck and killed in a hit and run accident as he was walking in the street to avoid the snow-covered sidewalks. the 32 year was on his way to the metro station in suitland when he was hit from behind. police are stil

does hamid karzai ever get out? >> there's no question that general mcchrystal like every major u.s. and nato military commander gets out quite a bit. gets out into rural areas. gets out into urban areas. meets the population. in fact, general mcchrystal has been very adamant about getting out regularly. president karzai has not gotten out a lot. he does occasionally get out in general. he was out a little bit during the presidential campaign. but he's not gotten out and interacted with the afghan population partly for security reasons. i mean, his helicopters have been targeted in the past. there have been several assassination attempts on him. >> is abdullah abdullah still in pakistan or has he left? >> i'm not sure where he is right now. i want to comment, too, on the question you mentioned. the reason i went out last month was that general caldwell is starting a new leadership initiative on the afghan side. and wants to get them more discussion about leadership which i think we've not paid enough attention to. a

for years, afghan president hamid karzai has talked about reconciling with elements of the taliban tond the conflict with no result. he renewed the offer at his inauguration in november. >> ( translated ): i am calling on taliban brothers to come back to their country. i want the international community to help and agree with me with this issue. >> warner: he made his pitch more concrete at an international conference on afghanistan in london in late january. karzai proposed pursuing this goal on two tracks. one track seeks to peel off and reintegrate taliban fighters and their mid-level commanders into afghan society. karzai proposes to offer them jobs, security and amnesty if taliban soldiers agree to lay down their arms and abide by the afghan constitution. that proposal got an enthusiastic response from coalition members at the london conference. a second track seeks reconciliation with the senior taliban leadership now believed to be holed up in pakistan. karzai would offer them amnesty, a safe return to afghanistan and a role in afghan politics and government. they would have to

at least nine indians died in the assaults, and afghan president hamid karzai called today's chaos a "terrorist attack against indian citizens." after india's foreign minister called the strike "barbaric," a government spokesman in new delhi insisted india would continue to help its afghan neighbor. >> india has been at the forefront in offering assistance, providing assistance for the redevelopment, for rebuilding of infrastructure in diverse areas, to afghanistan, and our ties with afghanistan remain so. >> warner: jean mackenzie says afghan officials are convinced the targeting wasn't accidental. >> there has been a great deal of suspicion on the part of pakistan of the relationship between afghanistan and india. they do not like to see afghanistan getting too close to india. and there are many who are saying that perhaps this was an attempt to sew discord betweeni. and there the suspicion falls on pakistan. >> warner: well, the taliban are you talking about one of the factions that's been tied to pakistan's intelligence service? yes, and one of those is the haqqani network. with

. >> suarez: afghan president hamid karzai warned civilian death kos jeopardize the mission. he called for a full investigation into the accident. and in a separate development, nato air strike in neighboring kandahar province killed five civilians. earlier this evening i talked with rod nordland of the "new york times". what kind of resistence are the allied forces meeting in their assault on helmand. >> well, you know, there is wildly varying accounts from a bunch of foreign jihadi dug in, and willing to fight to the death to snipers all over the city to some accounts that have only a few as 20 left. what everyone seems to agree on though is that there is a huge number of booby traps, buried ied mines and so forth that will be time-consuming and painstaking to remove. >> suarez: in these battles that u.s. and other forces have been getting into, how would we describe the taliban militarily. are they well warmed, are they well equipped. are they able to fight back effectively? >> i don't think you can really describe them militarily it seems like a few guys taking potshots a

also stepping up missions targeting taliban leaders, all this while the president of afghanistan, hamid karzai is tout ago reimmigration -- reintegration plan for taliban to switch side, saying those taliban not part of al-qaeda or other terrorist networks who accept the afghan constitution, who have no ideological emnity with the u.s. will be persuaded by peaceful means to return to afghanistan and lay down their arms and become part of the afghan community once again. with us, lieutenant colonel tony schaeffer, center for advanced studies. on one hand, that sounds like a carrot, yet the budget calls for a whole lot of sticks, including special ops, drones. how do you see it? >> i think first off when you look at the carrot approach, it's been minimally successful so far. we tried this before. again, we've had a record of drawing either side in to give them incentives. i think any time you want to negotiate and have incentives like this, you have to do it from a position of strength. right now as you mentioned, admiral mullen commented on the fact the taliban has momentum on their side. we've

word about that attack in kabul, the taliban claiming responsibility, and hamid karzai is saying indianre the target. a suicide bomber and a car bomb attack, hotels frequented by foreigners killing 17 and wounding dozens more, jane. jane: some controversial language in a proposed intelligence law would have allowed for prosecution of cia agents, molly henneberg's in d.c. >> reporter: hi, jane. the overall intelligence reauthorization bill just passed the house minus that controversial cia punishment language. democrats on the house intelligence committee tried to add a last minute amendment imposing criminal punishments on intelligence employees if they used harsh tactics during interrogation of terror suspects. house republicans and some democrats objected, said this needed to be vetted in committee, and so that section was taken out. jake? jane: more information coming out today about the killer whale that ended up killing a trainer at seaworld, there's a news conference set to start in less than 30 minutes from now. orlando salinas is there. >> reporter: jane, still big plans for the

general mcchrystal apologized to afghan president hamid karzai for an air strike that killed 12 afghan civilians, that after rockets veered 300 yards off target, hitting a private home. mcchrystal says he's suspending the rocket system used this that air strike. fighting is terrify fog civilians, nato has to make sure they improve the situation in a hurry so that people living in helmand province lose any remains of loyalty they may have to the taliban. president obama's national security adviser jim jones, telling fox news sunday it will be felt countrywide. >> it's the cohesion that now exists between all elements of national power and international power that are coming together and will be a very, very good and i think successfully demonstrated and executed operation that is going to make a big change in not only the southern part of afghanistan but will send shock waves through the rest of the country. >> reporter: and success is the only option for the obama administration in regard to afghanistan. this is the first major offensive since president obama announced the surge of u.s

does hamid karzai ever get out? >> guest: there is no question that general mcchrystal, like every major u.s. and nato military gets out quite a bit, gets out into rural areas, get that into urban areas. beats the population. in fact, general mcchrystal has been very adamant about giving out regularly. president cars i have not gotten out alive. he does occasionally get out in a little bit in the presidential campaign. but he's not gotten out and in the afghan population for security reasons. there've been several assassination attempts against him so it's constrictor bin. >> host: is abdullah abdullah still in afghanistan or has he left? >> guest: i'm not sure where he is right now. i did want to comment on the question you mentioned. the reason i went out last month was general caldwell is starting a new leadership initiative on the afghan side wants to get them in more discussion about leadership which i think would not be damaged in two. one of the things we've seen for many of the afghans as they don't go out i

afghan president hamid karzai is conducting suicide attacks in the capital that killed at least 17 peoplesthouses in kabul where most of the guests were indian. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i come from latin america. i am accustomed to see poverty. i was never expecting to find this kind of poverty in the capital of the u.s. >> it photographer and filmmaker on a different side of the nation's capital. "in the shadow of power," sunday on c-span's q&a. >> he is best known for his novel "animal farm" and "1984." kordell -- george orwell on afterwards, part of c-span2's book tv weekend. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen is thomas hoenig, president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city. dr. hoenig, what is the role of the federal reserve when it comes to regulating banks? guest: the role of the rhetoric -- federal reserve is a multifaceted in the regulation of banks. first, it does have a an oversight for financial stability, and that involves all of major financial institutions in the country. more specifically it has a supervisory auth

does hamid karzai ever get out? >> guest: there is no question that general mcchrystal, like every major u.s. and nato military gets out quite a bit, gets out into rural areas, get that into urban areas. beats the population. in fact, general mcchrystal has been very adamant about giving out regularly. president cars i have not gotten out alive. he does occasionally get out in a little bit in the presidential campaign. but he's not gotten out and in the afghan population for security reasons. there've been several assassination attempts against him so it's constrictor bin. >> host: is abdullah abdullah still in afghanistan or has he left? >> guest: i'm not sure where he is right now. i did want to comment on the question you mentioned. the reason i went out last month was general caldwell is starting a new leadership initiative on the afghan side wants to get them in more discussion about leadership which i think would not be damaged in two. one of the things we've seen for many of the afghans as they don't go out i