next year is a big year for hamid karzai. international troops are due to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. it will also be the end of his presidency. hamid karzai has already served the maximum two terms. the question now is whether the afghan army is ready to secure the country under new leadership. he has been laying the groundwork by opening a dialogue with the taliban and noticeably more critical of his close ally, the united states. travel to talk to representatives of the taliban is quite significant, but the president of afghanistan needs to convince the taliban to join the political process. he is quite concerned about the future that the americans will pull out by 2014 and so will the international community. farnows the taliban are from defeated and would like to join in the political process, talking to the government about the way out and the future of the politics. the taliban has been saying for the past few years that they do not recognize the government and that they still remain a legitimate force in afg

as if the day weren't already tense enough, president hamid karzai accused u.s.-led forces and the afghans working with them of abusing university students. charlie d'agata, cbs news, kabul. >>> well, this morning a winter storm is heading from the plains into the upper midwest. the unsettled weather stretches from the great lakes to the gulf coast. mostly rain and some severe weather is possible in louisiana and mississippi. snow showers have already blanketed nebraska and iowa. up to six inches is possible in some areas today. in nebraska there were multiple accidents but no serious injuries reported. >>> president obama makes three trips to capitol hill this week. he's looking to build bipartisan support for a plan that would roll back that $85 billion budget cut. included in these visits are two separate meetings with republican lawmakers. it's part of the white house's new strategy to win over members of the gop. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. good morning, susan. >> anne-marie, good morning. it's being called the president's charm offensive. aft

defusing tensions with the country's erratic president hamid karzai. two weeks ago, karzai infuriated the president and congress suggesting the u.s. had colluded with the taliban on suicide attacks. karzai claimed he was misunderstood. >> after all of the american sacrifices, do you stand by your statement, your recent statement, that the united states is conspire with the taliban on recent terror attacks? >> i never used the word collusion between the taliban and the u.s. and those were not my words. those were the words picked up by the media. >> we're on the same page. i don't think there's any disagreement between us and i'm very comfortable with the president's explanation. >> it wasn't kerry's first mission to deal with a karzai problem. he spent four days persuading karzai to hold a run-off election after vote fraud. just before kerry landed, the u.s. turned over control of the prison at bagram air base giving karzai the power, if he chooses, to release dangerous prisoners. kerry's kid glove treatment of karzai is in sharp contrast to his visit

everybody has been making them on your friend hamid karzai. what do you do? st you have to realize there are two sets of negotiations going on with the taliban. the u.s. has gone around karzai and set up an office from qatar. karzai is trying to set up a deal with pakistan to give him more influence with the taliban. that is why he spoke out. the suicide bombings in kabul are done by a group that is not part of the conversations. so the group has been running into kabul for about three years. >> shep: you pay a lot of attention to this stuff. if you were giving advice to anybody on the matter, john mccain staying how many will stay behind, would it help for them to be there at all? >> first of all you have to scrape off the long tail support system we built. we have thousands and thousands of troops that don't need to be there but we have a core group of special operations that are using extraordinary intelligence and lots of assets to go after al-qaeda, taliban perpetrators. those people need to stay because they literally pour into the country as soon as the

it comes as afghan president hamid karzai accuses the u.s. of working with the taliban. nd new reaction from the white house. plus, "time" magazine's report her join us with interesting information on how afghans believe karzai is the u.s. problem, not theirs. and can a polygraph test prove whether you're a racist? this police chief is over a small town, tennessee police department. he thinks a lie detector test would help him select people with good moral character. is that fair to subject people to a polygraph? it is our news nation gust check. plus, candidates costing them statewide races. last election, it was todd aiken and richard murdoch. all that coming up. ...with gei! director's voice: here we go. from the top. and action for over 75 years people have saved money with gecko so.... director's voice: cut it! ...what...what did i say? gecko? i said gecko? aw... for over 75 year...(laughs. but still trying to keep it contained) director's voice: keep it together. i'm good. i'm good. for over 75...(uncontrollable lahtuger). what are you doing there? stop making me la

hamid karzai is not making it easier for the u.s.k about it with the fox all-stars when we return. it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. >>> america is saying that the taliban are not their enemy and they are fighting the taliban. then on the other hand in the name of the taliban, they are abusing our people. the taliban are in daily talks with the americans, detonating bombs in kabul and khost. they claim they are showing strength to america but they are not. >> i told the president it was not true. that the united states was unilaterally working with the tell been taliban trying to nege anything. the fact is that any prospect for peace or political settlements, that has to be led by the afghans. that has

how does anyone justify or explain hamid karzai's words that the u.s. be conspiring with the taliban? how is that explainable? >> it is not explainable. and karzai has been known to do this sort of thing before. he goes off the handle, off script. as he man who hasn't delivered basic services to his own people, desperately needs somebody to blame. blaming the taliban sometimes feels old so he is blaming his best allies, the people who are giving blood and treasure in defense of his country and particularly his presidency. so he has done this sort of thing before. i doubt very much that his own people would take that very seriously. >> because it is believed by his own people that he is our problem. in a sense, the u.s. picked this individual and has chosen to negotiator deal with him over these many years. in a sense he belongs to the u.s. >> yes, if you ask afghans, they will tell you this is their man. they did vote for him twice in elections that may or may not have been entirely fair but the fact is he was brought out of exile by the united states an

prior to a meeting with defense secretary chuck hagel, afghanistan president hamid karzai suggested the u.s. was in cahoots with the taliban. defense secretary chuck hagel on his first visit to afghanistan rejected the harsh accusations prior to their meeting in kabul. karzai said that the sworn enemies were actually working together to make afghans fearful of more violence if foreign troops withdraw which is supposed to start next year. the taliban quickly denied those claims. >>> annual war games between the u.s. and south korea have triggered a fresh round of threats from the north. in response to the start of 11 days of military maneuvers, north korea saying it will launch a nuclear attack on the u.s. effectively scrapping the 1953 armistice that ended the korean war. so far pyongyang has reportedly cut off a red cross hotline with the south. the allies say the drills and joint exercises are defensive in nature, and they have no intention of attacking the north. >>> it was the deadliest car accident in ohio in three years. six teens were killed in a tragic crash, investigators sayin

hamid karzai says a pair of bombings were, quote, in service of america suggesting the violence was made at convincing the people that international services were needed z beyond the 2014 withdrawal. the comments coincided with defense secretary chuck hagel's first trip to afghanistan since being appointed to the job. >> the united states was unilaterally working with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything. the fact is any prospect for peace or political settlement, that has to be led by the afghans. i've always believed that it is wise for nations to engage and to reach out. that does not mean that you are going to negotiate, we may never get to that point. i think it's far more preferable than war. >> nbc's mike taibbi is reporting. >> reporter: that's his first trip to afghanistan. there was supposed to be a joint press conference with karzai and chuck hagel, that never happened. you have to look at a couple of things that did happen and didn't happen while hagel was here. on saturday there was supposed to be the handover, official handover ceremony of the prison at bag gram airb

the first official visit to the region and what a welcome from afghanistan's president hamid karzai. he's accusing our country of cooperating with the enemy to spread chaos across the country. just a little context for you. more than $540 billion spent over a decade trying to make life better for afghans with the taliban targeting dmiend of help or hope we could give them during the war. th they provided a safe haven for osama bin laden. our military is working with the taliban. we know president karzai to be unpredictable in the past. they were to hold a joint news conference today with the afghan leader. then it was canceled for what were said to be security reasons. the two met in private. >> african president hamid karzai made a sensational accusation against the united states telling a television audience he thinks the american taliban have been coordinating terror attacks against civilians as recently as this week intending to show civilians how quickly the security situation on the ground will deteriorate after most u.s. troops left the country at the end of next year. >> they

our money keeps flowing to hamid karzai. no matter what he does we keep the checks coming. >> neil: defense secretary hagel witnessed this. he tried to be very diplomatic about it saying, i was once a politician, i know, paraphrasing the pressure he is under. i don't care about the pressure. he just came across as an ingrate and losing sight of the fact we would like to hang on their longer for whatever nefarious purposes but better than 2,000 young men and women have lost their lives. propping this nut up, i'm wondering what is he hoping to get out of this? >> he is hoping to survive, to maintain power in afghanistan. secretary hagel came off like a dishrag, but karzai, again, he veers left to right. so far this year, neil, he has hurt his own military by the denying them u.s. air is for the which they desperately needed. two weeks ago he ordered u.s. special out of hellman province where they have been making progress against the taliban. to police the taliban which he hopes to cut a deal on one side and last week over the

can he smooth over tensions with hamid karzai? >> then, could amanda knox face another trial despite being cleared of her roommate's murder. italian judges ruling on an appeal this morning. we're live in rome. >> and jaw dropping video of a great white shark thrashing its way into a shark cage with the diver inside. we're going to talk to the man behind the camera coming up in a little bit. >> but everyone's favorite jersey girl, snooki, is here live talking about her new body, her beau, and her just baptized baby boy. it's monday, march 25th. "starting point" begins right now. >>> we are going to begin with winter's last gasp in spring. or should i say allegedly spring. from missouri to pennsylvania, millions of people dealing with rainy, snowy, slushy, awfulness. in indianapolis yesterday, too many fender benders to count. you have to check out this video. the weather rendering parts of st. louis nearly invisible. if you squint you can see it. parts of eastern indiana and western ohio were under a western storm warning through e

first of all, hamid karzai will no longer be president. i don't know who will and whether he will be better or worse, or whether it will be more or less core runtion. >> well, you know, being there the last year, i think and traveling and seeing what i saw, the narrative of poims is an easy one to make. an eye, and we've all looked for ways in which there might be hope. you know, a new generation that has grown-up over the last tenniers. they're very impressive, 30 and 40-year-olds that populate the bureaucracies. but they're very able people. there's natural resources which great hope lies with them that they might enrich this country. but despite these glimmers of hope, i kind of as describe to the pessimistic one, i think t is going to be very difficult over the next few years. >> rose: can it slide into being a failed state. can it slide into being some kind of haven for terrorism or have they all moved to africa? >> no, i think that's definitely a real danger. there's a number of transitions going on. there is the military one which w

administration and president hamid karzai. >> pelley: charlie d'agata reporting from our bureau in the afghan capital kabul tonight. charlie, thanks very much. last night on "60 minutes" we went inside the drug maker new england compounding center known as n.e.c.c.. it was the one that produced a contaminated steroid that has so far killed 50 patients and sickened nearly 700 others with fungal infections including spinal meningitis. n.e.c.c. outside boston was a compounding pharmacy and in 1998 congress exempted compounding pharmacies from the oversight of the f.d.a. today there are thousands of them making high-risk drugs. we asked the commissioner of the f.d.a., margaret hamburg, about that. so if a patient goes into a clinic and the doctor or the nurse pulls out a vial of something, that patient has no way to know whether that drug has been approved by the f.d.a. or not? >> well, i think that's right under the current system and what i think emerged in the meningitis outbreak was that many patients and their health care providers didn't realize that they, in fact, were using a compo

leaders and hamid karzai seems to be fraught with tension and this one is no different. aides say secretary kerry's talks will not dwell on the karzai's allegations that the u.s. and taliban are conspiring to weaken the afghan nation. rather they will discuss security concerns as the u.s. and nato mission in afghanistan winds down over the next 29 months and the need for transparency and fairness in the upcoming elections. for the first time in 12 years hamid karzai will not appear on the ballot. over the weekend jon mentioned secretary kerry met with another leader that. iraqi's leader, nouriel malaki. he wants iran to stop using iraqi airspace to deliver foreign fighters to the fighters and the regime in damascus. >> may made it clear members of congress and people in america are increasingly watching what iraq is doing and wondering how it is that a partner in the efforts for democracy and a partner for whom americans feel they have tried so hard to be helpful, how that country can be in fact doing something that makes it more difficult to achieve our common goals? >>

as if the day weren't already tense enough later president hamid karzai accused u.s.-lead forces and afghans working with them of abusing university students. jeff? >> charlie today was also karzai's deadline for u.s. special forces to be out of wardack province which is strategically important because it close to kabul this over the alleged abuse of the local population. what is the latest with that? >> well the u.s. military says it is still under discussion. president karzai's office has said that it is still unresolved. tonight we called the afghan ministry of defense to see if u.s. special forces were complying with that order and they hung up on us twice. >> jeff: charlie d'agata thank you. to the economy now and more evidence the recovery is taking hold. we learned friday that employers added 236,000 jobs in february, that was better than expected. and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%. for more now we're joined by cbs news analyst mellody hobson. good evening to you. so good jobs news here but still 12 million unemployed. many discouraged. does that get bette

his first official visit to the region and what a welcome from afghanistan's president hamid karzai. he's accusing our country of cooperating with the enemy to spread chaos across this country. just a little context for you here, and a reminder, not that you need it, we lost 2,170 american lives and more than 540 billion dollars spent over a decade trying to make life better for afghans with the taliban targeting any kind of help or hope we could give them during the war. the taliban of course killed countless people and previously provided safe haven for osama bin laden and today afghan president saying our military is working with the taliban. it appeared we might learn exactly why he said that. we've known president karzai to be rather unpredictable in the past. secretary hagel was supposed to hold a joint news conference today with the afghan leader, but then it was canceled for what were said to be security reasons. the two did meet, we're told, in private. peter doocy now with the news from washington. peter? >> reporter: harris, afghan president hamid karzai made a sensational

by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: secretary of state john kerry met with afghan president hamid karzai today, and said the two nations are "on the same page" about making peace with the taliban. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we assess the challenges ahead for kerry and the u.s., winding down the war in afghanistan and dealing with tensions in iraq, syria, and the middle east. >> ifill: then, we update the movement on immigration reform, as president obama uses a citizenship ceremony to prod congress to send him a bill. >> woodruff: we have two economic stories from abroad. margaret warner examines the last-minute financial rescue for cyprus. >> ifill: and ray suarez reports on ireland's comeback after the global recession. >> suarez: rather than wait around for the return of jobs that may never come back, thousands of irish are starting their own businesses. >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown talks to the co-authors of a new book about murder, murderers, and the death penalty at the supreme court. >> we're both intrigued by the

it's tomorrow when president hamid karzai has demanded the withdrawal of all u.s. special forces from the wardak district. he's accuse them of overcease afghan militias who murder and torture, accusations the u.s.he flatley denies. >> axelrod: a late winter blizzard was supposed to smack parts of colorado today. forecasters had expected up to 16 inches of snow. but warmer-than-expects temperatures weakened the te storm's punch, just two inches fell in denver, though ice and high winds forced cancellationel of roughly 400 flights. it was just the opposite in new england where they're cleaning up after a nor'easter that was much more severe than many expected. here's terrell brown. >> reporter: the two-day storm dumped more than a foot of snow in the northeast. high winds and rain left towns flood along coast. on plum island, massachusetts, the pounding storm surge nearly swept homes into the ocean and many residents never saw it coming. >> we're coming up on the high tide. this tide is much larger than we would have anticipated. >> reporter: the storm began blanketi

this comes a day after hamid karzai accused the american government of colluding with the taliban. ombings were in service of america suggesting the violence aimed at convincing the afghan people that international forces are needed beyond their 2014 deadline for withdrawal. if you can follow that logic. karzai also alleged the u.s. is holding talks with the taliban on a, quote, daily basis. obviously, the united states rejects that idea but one more step in the strange relationship with hamid karzai. >> his police are killing our troops, right? >> i actually agree that karzai is very worried. i mean, if you look at the history of afghanistan, what tends to happen after large international powers leave is that whoever is the standing leader gets killed and all kinds of sectarian violence. i agree he is trying to play local politics but he is very, very worried. this is man who is not well liked in his own country and i think he knows he's in for trouble next year. >> what do you think this country looks like. talking about this in the top of the show. in 2014 and 2015 how much is it

there seems to be a rhetorical contrast between what we saw with secretary of state kerry and hamid karzaioday and the tough words that the secretary of state had for the iraqi president regarding syria and iran. can you just -- contrast those two for me? >> very, very different. because even though karzai has been an uncertain partner, he is an essential partner now with 60,000-plus american forces and 100,000 international isaf forces here on the ground. he is critical to the withdrawal of u.s. troops and the future political transition. to afghanistan, to a different kind of afghanistan. >> al maliki, the fact that he is colluding, consorting with iran and rearming assad undercuts all of the international efforts to get assad out of there. so by propping up assad in a hot war, if you will, in a civil war where 70,000-plus people have already died, al maliki has become more of a problem than a solution. >> andrea mitchell as always, going to where the news is. thank you for the perspective from the room. much appreciated. >> christopher hill is the former u.s. ambassador to iraq and the

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we didn't go to afghanistan for hamid karzai. i think what's happening here is their whole set of sovereignty issues, including the transfer of aid to a detention facility, to the afghans that he is upset about because it's not necessarily going his way and he lashes out. so for all of karzai's weaknesses, he's actually a very good afghan politician and he you know, uses the u.s. for a foil from time to time. it's infuriating. >> wes, as a former serviceman. we tog about the legacy of these wars and i will point out the cost, the war, $470 billion spent. nearly 2100 americans killed, 18,000 americans wounded. dexter filkens writes in the "new yorker" last summer, but i don't think the situation has changed, the war in afghanistan haas come to this, the u.s. is leaving, mission not accomplished. by the end of 2014 when the last americans are due to stop fighting, the taliban will not be defeated. a western-style democracy will not be in place. the economy will not be self-sustaining and it's a good bet in some remote valley, even

afghanistan's president hamid karzai yesterday just a short time before meeting with our new defense secretary chuck hagel accused the united states of america of working within the taliban on violent acts that are to keep american troops beyond the scheduled 2014 pullout. in other words, he's accusing us of killing our own people in effect so that we can stay in that country longer than next year. given the cost of the united states in both blood and money, of course, to prop karzai and his government up, the remark is sure to enflame an american public, including me, already saying enough. today two americans were dead following a green of blue attack. in other words, an afghan army, blue army, on us, attacking eastern province of wardak. man in an afghan security uniform opened fire on american and afghan forces. mike taibbi is covering this story for us in kabul tonight. put it all together, mike. you know what we're all focused on back here. our frustration and now alarm that our ally over there, hamid karzai thinks we're engaging in some suicidal attempt to keep ourselves neces

the conflict with hamid karzai that we have seen during chuck hagel's first visit to the country, karzaithe u.s. of conspiring with the f taliban, i want to play secretary hagel's response. >> the united states was unilaterally working with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything. the fact is any prospect for peace or political settlements, that has to do led by the afghans. >> and this is all prior to the attack that we had this morning, the loss of life that we had this morning. what's your reaction to the discord happening during hagel's visit? >> well, clearly karzai is -- you know, he may be what we have to work with there, but is less than an ideal leader. the sort of violence that we see today is not acceptable and an indication that we don't have the security there that we need. i, though, would associate myself with chuck hagel's comments there. i do not believe america is negotiating with the taliban and any real opportunity for long-term peace and security in that region is going to have to be led by local leadership. >> congressman luke messer. sir, thanks for making time

by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: secretary of state john kerry met with afghan president hamid karzai today, and said the two nations are "on the same page" about making peace with the taliban. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we assess the challenges ahead for kerry and the u.s., winding down the war in afghanistan and dealing with tensions in iraq, syria, and the middle east. >> ifill: then, we update the movement on immigration reform, as president obama uses a citizenship ceremony to prod congress to send him a bill. >> woodruff: we have two economic stories from abroad. margaret warner examines the last-minute financial rescue for cyprus. >> ifill: and ray suarez reports on ireland's comeback after the global recession. >> suarez: rather than wait around for the return of jobs that may never come back, thousands of irish are starting their own businesses. >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown talks to the co-authors of a new book about murder, murderers, and the death penalty at the supreme court. >> we're both intrigued by the

why would this ally of ours, again, i say supposed ally, hamid karzai, say this?well, he's obviously saying it for domestic consumption. the attack he's referring to, afghan lives, were lost, i don't believe, though we still are waiting for more information, don't believe any american lives were taken. karzai makes comments like this periodically aimed at his domestic audience, aimed at trying to win popular support. senior administration officials say that behind the scenes, karzai is reasonable, he never makes comments like this, but only for domestic concem usumpt that he says things like this. he's accusing the u.s. of colluding with the taliban. in the past, he's talked about how the u.s. and the taliban are, you know, deadly enemies. he's talked about joining the taliban. there is not always a logic to what he's saying. some in the administration say doesn't really matter these comments are just for domestic consumptio consumption, doesn't have an effect on how the war is waged inside afghanistan, but others in administration officiales say it does have an e

. >> defense secretary jack hagel had dinner with afghan president hamid karzai in campbell.kabul.s marred by a suicide bomber, chuck hegel canceled a joint press conference. after afghan president hamid karzai accuse the united states of working with the taliban. >> hagel also said united states is still on track and its 11 year combat mission in afghanistan. today marks the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake that triggered a tsunami in japan. nearly 60,000 people died as a result of the disaster. this the same earthquake and some ntsunami tht triggered a massive meltdown at death as she mut nuclear power plant. that mill down 4000 people to abandon their homes in order to escape the data as levels of radiation. >> six teenagers were killed in an early morning accident in northeast ohio. investigators say that there suvs word of the road yesterday morning, hit a guardrail and fled before finally landing in a nearby pond. you're looking at video of the aftermath. according to the ohio state highway patrol to be will manage to survive the accident. that occurred just o

hamid karzai is accusing americans of working with the taliban. he says this is to show how the security deteriorated after troops leave next year. chuck hagel and karzai was scheduled to hold a press conference that was canceled for security reasons but hagel quickly responded. >> i told the president it was not true that the united states was unilaterally working with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything. the fact is any prospect for peace or political settlements that has to be led by the afghans. >> securitily hagel left afghanistan just a few hours ago. >> the victims of hamas attacks can now sue a french bank that knew wit was handling money for the terrorist group. they knew money from the palestinian charities count funded at least 15 terrorist attacks. it showed the bank had concerns since 1997. it kept the account open since 19936789 survivors and victims families of attack from 2002 to 2004. a moment of center lines held at a california animal sanctuary yesterday as it reopened to the public for the first time. the moment was hono

hamid karzai as a domestic and international audience.his was surprising, but for the domestic crop. host: how significant was our push back? we are seeing this on the front page of all the papers. this is getting some play here. what are the domestic implications? guest: in afghanistan, it is unclear. in the united states, we have to reassess what kind of partner is mr. karzai going to be. these are very important 12 months ahead in which the entire security mission is transitioning to the afghans. conversations continue about whether there will be any sort of an adoring and military presence after the mission expires in december 2014. it becomes a very delicate, political, military -- host: are you still with us? we will see we can get him one more time. we lost him. thank you so much for talking with us for a few minutes. he has been traveling with the defense secretary, defense secretary -- as we look at what the papers are saying, here is "the new york times" -- you can see that headline in the new york times. a news conference for w

, you were there, what was going on, because a lot of people are outraged right now at the way hamid karzaied the new defense secretary. >> reporter: wolf, i got a sense that a lot of people were caught off guard, definitely, by some of karzai's recent comments. even though he's made some outlandish allegations in the past, these sort of rose to a different level. and that caught a lot of the delegation off guard a bit, but i think from the impression i got and in speaking with secretary hagel, he is using his years, years, of knowing president karzai as a way to sort of manage these outbursts in a way. he talked about how he was on that first congressional delegation back in 2002 to go to afghanistan, how he authored some of the first legislation to provide aid to afghanistan. so, he told us that he had a relationship with president karzai that went back over a decade, and i think he's trying to use that to sort of buffer, if you will, some of these outbursts. >> but having said that, chris, remember, the united states has, what, 66,000 troops still in afghanistan. they are not supposed to

chuck hagel is meeting with hamid karzai today. he says he believes american officials can work things out with afghan leaders over the presence of u.s. commandos. karzai ordered them out of the province because of allegations that afghans working with the u.s. teams were involved in torture. >>> for you white house watchers, some say president obama is poised to select thomas perez as the next secretary of labor. he's the head of the justice department labor division. the former labor secretary resigned in january. the white house is not saying anything official and is declining to comment on the matter so far. >> you can find first lady michelle obama on twitter tomorrow. she's going to be answering questions on her let's move initiative. it's celebrating the 3rd 3rd anniversary this year. it's hoping to solve the issue of childhood obesity. >>> looking and feeling like a princess for prom night, how bay area girls are getting a chance to do just that without their parents breaking the bank. >>> that's what we're looking for, any

that made hamid karzai in great. your repeatedly demanded that the prison be handed over. urge you to stand with me and say that karzai is right and we want to take responsibility for the present and those who are innocent should be released. >> that is what worries u.s. officials, that the afghan government would set free some or all of several dozen detainees still in u.s. hands. >> the americans want assurances that people they feel are dangerous says -- they feel are dangerous, that they will not be released onto the battlefield. they are worried about an afghan state that has a history of releasing such men. officialsand u.s. disagree on the tournament -- detention. ,> dangerous individuals individuals who are detained will be kept in the detention according toter, afghan law. >> afghan and american officials would not discuss details on what convinced american officials to turn over the remaining detainees are whether u.s. off -- officers will have some say in who let's go. it is an affirmation of afghan sovereignty, afghans say. a security agreement will spell out th

defusing tensions with the country's erratic president hamid karzai. weeks ago, karzai infuriated the president and congress suggesting that the u.s. had colec colluded with the taliban on car bomb attacks. he said he was misunderstood. >> do you standby your statement, your recent statement that the united states is conspireing with the taliban on recent terror attacks? >> i never used the word collusion between the taliban and the u.s. and those were not my words, those were words picked up by the media. >> we're on the same page, i don't think there's any disagreement between us and i'm very, very comfortable with the president's explanation. >> it wasn't kerry's first mission to deal with a karzai problem. as a senator in 2009, he spent four days persuading karzai to hold a runoff election after vote fraud. just before kerry landed, the u.s. turned over control of the prison at bagram air base. kerry's kid glove treatment of karzai is in sharp contrast to kerry's visit to iraq where he confronted prime minister maliki for helping iran rearm the assa

. >> hamid karzai made that claim over the weekend.g to do a press conference. let's think about it for a second. we put him in place to be president. he has insane wealth now. we have given that country hundreds of billions of dollars in our wealth our money, how about 2300 lives freeing afghanistan for him to say we're not in cahoots with the taliban to create bombs and death so we scare people in afghanistan. >> kimberly: he says this is happening. >> eric: that is happening. >> kimberly: he said the two side bombs killed 19 people, it will highlight the point that if u.s. troops are removed afghanistan is going to be in a worse off position. >> bob: what is beginning on over there, this guy is a waste of time. we put him in office. his family is bunch of drug dealers. we're going to take what is accurate. >> you get what you pay for. >> once he knew we were going to leave he had to make political allegiance west side someone. he is political self-survival mode. >> gregg: have you ever watched that show intervention, they say look y

and afghan president hamid karzai. of defense chuck hagel is in afghanistan for a visit now and karzai accuse you had the u.s. of working with the taliban to scare afghans over the withdrawal of foreign troops. this followed a bombing in cab that will killed at least nine. a joint press conference between the men was canceled but they did meet privately earlier today. >>> and the conclave to elect a new pope is just two days away now. today, the cardinals celebrated masses in private chapels, cathedrals and basilic cast across rome. they will hold one more preconclave meeting tomorrow before casting their first ballot on tuesday. >>> and earlier today, the cat haven preserve in california reopened. visitors are being allowed back in four days after an african lion killed 24-year-old intern diana hanson. the lion escaped his enclosure and .ed on hanson. they briefed the public before they opened the gates. >>> another story trending last weeks, good reason, a simple act of died than gave a california man the opportunity

our partner there, president hamid karzai says it's our fault. what? should we still be giving this guy our men and women not to mention our money? details straight ahead. >>brian: you can't go to the white house, but can she? ♪ >>brian: we'll have the latest this morning on who's been invited while you're shut out and maybe who has not been invited. we'll explain in a little bit. "fox & friends" starts right now. >>steve: welcome to the program. brian kilmeade is on vacation and in his spot is the guy with no tie. >>gretchen: sometimes you wear it, sometimes you don't. >>steve: donald trump tie. donald trump will be with us one hour from now. >>gretchen: by the end of the show that tie could be on that guy. in the meantime, let's get to headlines. 18, ages 14 to 19 were trapped in a car, landed on a guardrail and ended up in a pond. two escaped. the family, as you can imagine, devastated. [crying] >> pick up the phone and tell your family you love them because you never know what will happen. tomorrow is not promised to anybody. >> police believe the

. >>> secretary of state, john kerry, is meeting again with afghan president, hamid karzai. his second meeting since kerry arrived unannounced yesterday. >>> san jose police are investigating the deadly crash on monterrey road this morning near tully. a driver lost control of his car around 2:00 and crashed. he died at the scene. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. >>> yahoo! reportedly paid a 17-year-old british boy $30 million for his start-up. >>> lots of advice for nick dalocio who sold his app called sumly, about how he should handle that much money. here is nick on cnbc. lots of people having fun with the story of a teenager become millionaire. start-up ceo rafat ali says, one day, the media will surely go gaga about a start-up started by a 50-year-old with no prior experience. ageism is a significant problem in silicon valley. recent venture capitalist said outright he had picked a new general partner from his firm based up on a list drawn up from people under 35. the anyone was a criteria to be on that finalist. >>> speaking of isms, bloggers are te

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today, secretary hagel was scheduled to meet with afghan president hamid karzai. d this. a spokesman for karzai said it's due to "a busy schedule." hagel's office said it was for a variety of reasons. obviously, intriguing. >>> sheryl sandberg's new book doesn't hit shelves until tomorrow. the will to lead by facebook's chief operating officer is already causing a sensation you could say. in an interview airing tonight on "60 minutes" on cbs, sandberg says women are opting out of leadership positions in the workplace before they even get started. >> plenty of women are as ambitious as men. but i am saying and i want to say it unequivocally and unapologetically, that the data is clear. when it comes to ambition to lead, to be the leader of whatever you're doing, men, boys outnumber girls and women. >> some women will hear that and say, wow, she's telling me i'm not working hard enough, i'm not trying hard enough. she's blaming women. >> yeah. i'm not blaming women. my message is not one of blaming women. there's an awful lot we don't control. i am saying there is an

side and pentagon spokesman george little, the presidential palace of hamid karzai said it was a unilateralcel by the u.s. the cancelation was announced only hours after karzai made additional comments about the u.s., saying u.s. and taliban are working together against afghan interests. karzai said the u.s. was negotiating daily with the taliban and the two were working together to show that there could not be a withdrawal, total withdrawal, of coalition troops by the end of 2014. he said the u.s. no longer considered the taliban an enemy and they also cited foes two terrible suicide bombings yesterday that claimed 1 lives. >> i told the president it was not true, that the united states was unilaterally working with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything. the fact is any prospect for peace or political settlements, that has to be led by the afghans. >> reporter: one of the blasts when the hearing distance of where secretary hagel was undergoing a hearing at the time was proof that they were trying to demonstrate those forces could not leave by the final drawdown date of 2014. both the

. >>> secretary of state john kerry dropping in to meet with president hamid karzai. announcement coming at a time of tension as you can imagine between president karzai and coalition forces and u.s. forces in afghanistan. >> those tensions escalated this month after a bomb blast in kabul that killed nine people, kerry and president karzai just wrapping up a news conference actually. we'll update you on any developments from that. >>> also in afghanistan today another sign that u.s. involvement there is now winding down. the united states handed over full control of a prison near bagram air base to afghan authority. >> the transfer announced a year ago was supposed to take place within six months, but tensions with president karzai and concerns about how afghanistan would handle certain prisoners delayed the handover until now. >> and cbs is now apologizing to veterans who objected to a scene, this is from the reality show "the amazing race." this episode here was shot in vietnam. contesnts there were sent to the hanoi memorial to find a clue they needed. >> extraordi

soldiers were killed in an insider attack following pointed accusations by afghan president hamid karzai that the u.s. is colluding with the taliban. tensions were evident everywhere today from an american officer in kabul yelling at troops who had mistakenly shot to death two civilians to wardeck province where the afghans had ordered all special u.s. forces to leave by yesterday. there an afghan policeman gunned down two american soldiers and two other police officers before being killed himself. all of this, as newly confirmed secretary of defense chuck hagel concluded his first trip to afghanistan. the visit was difficult from the start, a suicide bombing outside the afghan defense ministry on saturday as he met with nato commanders nearby. >> i wasn't sure what it was. i was in a briefing. but we're in a war zone. i've been in war. you know, shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off. >> woodruff: then on sunday a verbal broadside from afghan president hamid karzai charging the u.s. had a role in the attack. >> the bombs which exploded yesterday were not taliban strength to america

hamid karzai has been the best of bad option which is it comes to running the country. the u.s.d support his rise to power after the taliban fell first as leader of transitional group and then as interim president and newly elected president in 2004. the u.s. has spent billions to support him and his government even though karzai earned his nickname as the mayor of kabul. his influence barely penetrating the warlord run provinces outside of the capital. the u.s. was stunned when he accused the u.s. of conspireing with the taliban for instability. the remarks may put western troops at greater risk. >> these comments are outrageous. they are completely inaccurate and absurd. if i was a u.s. service member in kabul, i would be offended. for all of karzai's weaknesses, he's a good afghan politician and he uses the u.s. as a foil from time to time. it's infuriating. >> karzai's political career was nearly cut short in 2009 when his bid for a second term was marred by ballot stuffing and fraud. karzai won re-election but accused of corruption. the u.s. continued to support his efforts

slight chance for showers on fridaydefense secretary chuck hagel had dinner with afghan president hamid karzaiul. it was an attempt to ease tensions between the united states and afghanistan. hagel was asked if they talked about karzai's claims of behind the scenes communications between the u-s and the taliban. >> i told the president said it and was not true with the to use nine states is a unilateral with the taliban. it and trying to negotiate anything that the united states is unilateral with the taliban. any prospect for political settlements or peace past two "be led by afghans." >> hagel also said the united states is still on track to end its 11-year combat mission in afghanistan. >> tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake that triggered a tsunami in japan. nearly 16-thousand people died as a result of the disaster. this is the same earthquake and tsunami that triggered a massive meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant. that meltdown forced thousands of people to abandon their homes in order to escape the dangerous levels of radiation. >> it appears c