official backing up hamid karzai's claims. you you >> the top stories on al jazeera - the head of central african republic transitional governing body is calling for calm. there has been 10 months of violence between christian militia and muslim senecca fighters. anti-government protesters gather in china. the protesters want the government to step down before the election. former israeli prime minister ariel sharon's body will lie in state in the knesset for a day. the 85-year-old died for eight years after suffering a stroke. the former chief political columni columnist for a paper - what went through your heads when he died? he made an impact on your country. what were your feelings? >> first of all, i knew him personally. he was a loveable person. he was funny, had a sense of humour. he could laugh at himself, but i would even say that the feeling is a generation has gone away. he was, in a way, the last israeli, decision-maker. he took decisions. he cared about the country. i think if you compare him to the current leader

during his re-election campaign in 2009 afghan president hamid karzai accused the u.s. of trying to get rid of him. >> there were a lot of stories in the british and american media of the plans in washington and london to bring a change into the structure of governance in afghanistan, to weaken the central government to afghanistan and to go to the strong daylight in afghanistan and to put resources through them to afghanistan. >> now excerpts from then u.s. defense secretary robert gates new book say it was true. gates writes about president obama's special envoy at the time, richard holbrook's attempts. saying richard holbrook and others extended support to many of hamid karzai's challenges. the presidential challenges deputy spokesperson reacted with an i told you so. what secretary gates revealed in the book reveals the righteousness of hamid karzai's claims that there were deliberate efforts to disregard and manipulate the genuine votes of the afghan people. >> but hamid karzai was also accused of foul play at the time. evidence of a campaign to rig the vote in his

during his re-election campaign in 2009, afghan president hamid karzai accused the u.s.f trying to get rid of him. >> there were a lot of stories in the british and american media of the plans in washington to bring a change into the structure of governance in afghanistan, to weaken the central government and go into the daylight and put resources in to afghanistan. >> now excerpts from then u.s. deputy secretary robert gates's new book says it is true. he writes anning rily about richard holbrook's attempts saying holbrook and others extended support to many of hamid karzai's challenges. the presidential spokesperson reacted with an, "i told you so." >> what robert gates reveals in his books reveals the righteousness of hamid karzai's claims to manipulate the genuine votes of the afghan people. >> hamid karzai was accused of foul play. evidence of an attempt to rig the votes in his favour was reported. allegations of inference by the obama administration could discredit america. >> the afghanistan people don't believe anyone. they have been misled by so many players, so

this feels like more of a continuing story line with hamid karzai.oesn't feel like an isolated incident. >> reporter: instead of kissing babies he is handing out prisoners to get votes for his brother in march and april. one thing to remember, in afghanistan it's typical not to keep prisoners for long period of time because they're worth money, and judges pay up to $100,000 to get appointed. so maybe some financial back dealing here. >> is there any value to our staying there? >> well, here's the sad part. the afghan people want the americans there. the afghan government, which is led by hamid karzai does not wasn't us there because it's not in their interest. the democracy would dictate, yes, we're there hamid karzai says no. >> so, we have no sway on these prisoners. do you know anything bet these individuals? >> i spent five weeks doing missions with special forces, picking guys like this up at night, knocking on doors. these are people that a lot of intel, and what they're up to, trying to harm or damage u.s. or afghan forces, and they're put the

whether it be for hamid karzai or the saudis who have completely lost any trust in us. yesterday something unusual happened i'm sure you saw it where the defense minister of israel basically insulted our secretary of state and the prime minister of israel did not repudiate him. >> what does that tell you? >> that tells me that the united states influence is dramatically waning and they've lost confidence in us so therefore they have decided to go their own way. best example is the saudis are helping the resistance in syria without involving themselves with us. karzai is looking at a neighborhood absent u.s. presence. maliki has done the things he has done. libya we should have helped and didn't. egypt is now adopting a constitution that basically enshrines the superiority of the military in every way and they're going to have an insurnltcinsurntcyinsurgency on. >> joining us is mike viqueria. mike. >> it's very interesting. the white house in response to similar criticism of john boehner and others, would point out the contradiction or the inherent contradiction in what

and so when you see all these problems hamid karzai creates for us, his knowing that for all practical purposes we attempted a. against him in the summer of 2009, probably didn't help the relationship. >> and he is still there nursing some resentment i am sure. so i have some questions from the audience. here is a statement, a flat out position paper. thank you for your longtime commitment to protecting my family and country, get well soon, godspeed and go and eat. [applause] >> a little trouble reading this but it is my understanding the chairman of the joint chiefs is directly responsible to the president. what valuable input do we lose when the chairman is obsequious to a domineering secretary of defense? >> the chain of command does not include the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff nor does it include the vice president. it goes from the president to the secretary of defense to combat commander. so under the national security act of 1947 the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is one of the statutory advisers to the nsc, one of only two. the other the head of intelligence. he

hamid karzai will not sign off until elections are held in april. senator john mccain said waiting to get it done will pose a threat to afghanistan and the region. >> we explained to afghan friends that unless we resolve the differences united states of america has no choice but to continue with its commitment, something we don't want to do, but it's something that can't be totally ruled out. >> after meeting with president karzai thursday, the differences could be resolved. if a deal is not signed u.s. and n.a.t.o. troops would have to leave afghanistan at the end of the year. the head of the army in south sudan is calling on parties to talk. al jazeera's mohammed adow has more from juba. >> fighting is going on in the flashpoints in south sudan. government forces are engaging rebels around the town of bentiu. the original headquarters of the unity state. on the side of bor, some 200km from juba the capital, government forces are fighting the rebels 10km out of town. now, in the past few hours, the chief of south sudan defense forces - this is the

where president hamid karzai is playing hardball and talks to allow a u.s.ounter insurgency force to stay. >> if the united states and the international community leave afghanistan, the taliban have a good chance at coming back to power. if they do, the legacy in afghanistan, and personal security and that of hamid karzai's family is at risk. is that a danger he's prepared to tolerate. is that a risk he's prepared to run. >> if the situation is not dangerous enough, there's a concern among policy makers. a lot of what we see is a spillover from the chaos of the civil war in syria. al qaeda affiliated fighters in fallujah and ramadi got training in al qaeda controlled areas of syria. >> mike viqueira reporting from the white house. >> in south sudan, there's an effort underway to stop the fighting. the president omar al bashir was sudan salva kiir. with south th they discussed joining troops, and also present was china. >> one of three detained journalists has been interviewed in prosecutors. mohamed fadel fahmy has been detained for eight days. peter greste

hamid karzai will not be president after this spring. there is election coming up there will be a new president in afghanistan and hamid karzai is not running. what we should be doing and what president obama should be doing i thank you, mr. karzai for your opinions but we don't care what you think. when there is new president in office we look forward to signing the agreement with him, keeping in mind just about all the major candidates for president in afghanistan said they would sign the agreement and urged karzai to sign it. what we need to do is take the artificial time pressure off. stop making karzai so important. wait until his successor takes office and then sign the deal with that successor. i think there is very good reason that successor will want to sign the deal with us. jenna: let's talk about a little bit about our approach to afghanistan in general. it is interesting in the article you compared and contrasted the way not only our country but the soviet union addressed afghanistan. one of the quotes that you used is this

hamid karzai agreed to free 72 prisoners considered a danger to the united states.here problems to come. elizabeth prann is live for us in washington to explain all of this. >> in a statement hamid karzai said he found no evidence or little evidence and 72 prisoners must be set free. they strongly opposed their release and want 88 prisoners to face trials. the prisoners have been involved in terror related crimes. >> as you may also know these 872 de ta knees are dangerous. >> this has been warned the time table set for the agreement after it has been failed. they are there for troop withdrawal as far as time to assemble a military coalition after. the deadline set for last fall has been delayed numerous times. but last month the u.s. intelligence community warned total withdraw from the country could lead to a rapid clap of government for the taliban. >>> three americans are dead after their military plane went down in eastern afghanistan. the plane, reconnaissance aircraft typically used for surveillance was flying a mission when it crashed. no word what caused it

hamid karzai is looking at a neighbourhood absent u.s. presence. nouri al-maliki has done the things he has done. libya we should have helped and didn't. egypt is adopting a constitution that shrines the superiority in every way of the military. they'll have an insurgency op their hands. >> more of my conversation with senator john mccain coming up later. next - failure to notice. a disturbing new report on the west virginia chemical leak. plus - reducing the list. five years after the miracle on hudson, new efforts to stop bird >> minutes ago senator john mccain told me he believes that under the obama administration influence influence in the middle east is waning. joining me from tel aviv early morning in carlos tevez is -- morning in positive , is alawn pinkas. ambassador alawn pinkas. thank you for getting up early for us. >> thank you. pleasure to be with you. >> i want to address the issue that's been in the news for the last couple of days. the minister of defence in israel came out with tough statements regarding the secretary of state joh

you read in the paper that hamid karzai hears the stories about barack obama not being happy with hamid karzai, but not liking hamid karzai, and it affects the decision making. the timing is terrible. i'm surprised that gates did this. >> bad form. >> bad form. he could have waited until after barack obama left office. >> michael cowan, thank you for joining us this morning. >> iraqi drews can trace the heritage back 2,000 years. thousands of artefacts, records and photos of the jewish community were found by american troops after the invasion of iraq and brought back to the u.s. a plan to return them to baghdad is proving controversial. rosalind jordan explains. >> in may 2003 u.s. troops searched baghdad for weapons of mass destruction. they didn't find any. in a blooded basement of the former fly headquarters soldiers found thousands of materials connected to iraq's thriving jewish community, religious artefacts, business, government records, photos, records and other personal effects. later that year the coalition provisional authority and the interim iraqi government agreed to rest

hamid karzai insists that an american soldier should leave afghanistan unless the u.s. starts peace talks with the taliban. >> hamid karzai said he will not sign a deal until the april elections, and demand the u.s. end military operations on afghan homes, including drone strikes. >> this relationship which benefits them cannot come at the cost of the lives of people of afghanistan. it cannot come at the cost of the lives of the women and children of afghanistan. and in return of signing the agreement we want peace and security for the people of afghanistan. without that, it is better they leave and afghanistan determines its own future. >> right now there are 38,000 u.s. troops still in that country. >> well, edward snowden is now revealing the u.s. spies to hep corporations. the former n.s.a. contractor gave an interview to a german broadcaster, his first since fleeing hong kong. >> does the n.s.a. spy on d successful german companies to have the advantage of knowing what is doing on in the scientific and economic world? >> i don't want to pre-empt the editorial decis

hamid karzai will not sign a deal until the april elections, and demanded the u.s. end military operations on afghan homes and villages, including dron strikes. >> the relationship, which benefits them, cannot come at the cost of people of afghanistan or the women and children of afghanistan. in return for signing the agreement, we want peace for the people of afghanistan. without that, it is better to leave and afghanistan determine its own future. >> there's about 38,000 u.s. troops in that country. >> for some it's been a brutal winter. the town of breken rig colorado is -- breaken ridge colorado is creating a winter wonder loanla. >> jim huli is there live for us. what do you have? >> this is something you don't need in new york. this is a special tool or saw to cut the snow in the snow competition. this was used by some of the students. the artist wrapping up the work. the publy is allowed to come through and look at the finished products. we have 16 teams from around the rules. 12 different countries, and each team has their own design and theme as well. >> th

the president canned stand hamid karzai.re's what jay carney had to say to that charge. >> i think the issue here is not about perso personalities, theye about policies. the decisions that the president makes about sending and keeping military forces, american men and women in uniform has to do with u.s. national security interests, not those kinds of issues. >> reporter: tony, we're going to be chewing over this gates book for quite some time. the book is just coming out now. robert gates is going to be making the media round starting tomorrow for the next several days. >> does the former secretary of defense offer up any praise for the president? >> reporter: sure, we were talking about this at the top of the hour, especially when the president was deciding to launch the commando raid to go after osama bin laden. when the president announced that that mission had been successful, gates says it was one of the most courageous decisions he has ever seen made in the white house, and of course the president, the gates lauds the

you were one of the people who had a relationship with hamid karzai. i don't understand why after all this he still seems -- either he is just purely political and perhaps corrupt -- likely corrupt, and yet, after all america has done -- he would not be in power without america. he seems so resentful. >> there is a saying, give somebody something in the first somebody something and the first person they hate is you. there was a paper during the vietnam war that said the paradox of counterinsurgency is the client state that you are helping is soon finds itself less committed to it than you. the donor cares more than the recipient. in the case of afghanistan, there are a number of things at work. they are trying to come to grips with imminent abandonment. they're trying to steel themselves to be emotionally and physically prepared. >> because that happened before. >> correct. >> i think president karzai and i -- i certainly would not presume to do a psychological study, but he does not want to be portrayed as a puppet. >> as washington's man. >> that's r

the language that hamid karzai used was some of the strongest.et he, of course, has been in negotiations with the obama administration about signing the pact for a lopping time. he -- a long time. he reiterated saying he would not sign if until a peace process was underway, that the americans were bringing piece to afghanistan and won't sign it until he proves that the presidential elections will not be interfered with by the americans. sticking to the same stance, using stronger language. >> he made a parallel agreement packed with the u.s. >> on a treaty signed in afghanistan by the king in 1879 he was forced to sign it by imperial britain, not the part of history that most look back on. it's shameful, something they are angry about. strong language hitting at the heart of afghans. >> i want to listen to something that hamid karzai said today about this. let's take a lisp. >> this relationship which benefits them cannot come at the cost of the lives of the people of afghanistan. it cannot come at the cost of the lives of the women and children

hamid karzai's position raises questions about afghanistan's future. insurgents could gain control over key areas in the country if american troops fully withdrew as soon as next year. with us is professor of islamic history at islamic university, richard bullet. >> hamid karzai's comments suggest he's hesitant for two reasons. he doesn't want n.a.t.o. counterterrorism raids and wants the u.s. to step up peace talks with the taliban. is there a chance he'll get what he wants. >> he's a lame duck. he has an election coming up. he cannot run. it's for the next president to push his agenda or whatever agenda the next president has. all he can do is raise issues that he holds this agreement hostage. and yet the agreement has been negotiated and reopening that notion is not in the cards. it's more posturing on his part at this point. than a serious effort to change the terms of the agreement. >> speaking of presidents, let's talk about the timing. why is it so important that he sign this ahead of president obama's state of the union address. president obama

. >> afghan president hamid karzai reiterated his refusal to sign a peace agreement with the united states. he assisted that u.s. troops should leave afghanistan unless they're able to peace talks with the taliban. they say it was critical to information central government. they're also demanding an end of all mil military against homes n afghan. >> this relationship benefits cannot come at the cost of the likes of the people of afghanistan. it cannot come at the lives of the women and children of afghanistan. and in return signing this agreement we want peace and security for the people afghanistan. without that it is better they leave and afghanistan determines it's own future. >> coming up on al jazeera america, treating drug cartels as if they were cockroaches. mexico's new approach to organized crime. plus the virtual currency of bit coin from speculations right into the mainstream. join us for exclusive, revealing, and suprizing talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> our journalists are the best journalists in the world. >> she's the first female executive editor of t

afghan president hamid karzai repeated his refusal to sign a peace agreement with the u.s. hamid karzai's demanding the united states restart peace talks with taliban else american troops must go, and is insisting an end to drone strikes. >> those are the headlines on this saturday. i'm jonathan betz. "inside story" is next. more news in an our. for updates all day long go to aljazeera.com. have a great day. so what? >> wow. there is the only prison in the world with a sun bed. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

people are making their own accommodations for the departure the united states, whether it be hamid karzai, or whether what nouri al-maliki did, or the saudis who have lost trust in us. yesterday the defence minister of israel basically insulted our secretary of state and the prime minister of israel did not repudiate him. >> the u.n. says 2013 was the deadliest year in iraq since 2008. almost 8,000 people were killed last year. >> there is now hope a u.s. soldier who disappeared from a base in afghanistan in 2009 is still alive. army sergeant bo bergdahl is the only u.s. prisoner of war. the u.s. military says it has proof of life video shot by its captors. u.s. officials believe bo bergdahl is held in pakistan by a network with links to the taliban. the pentagon said in a statement: >> reacting to the video the bergdahl family said: >> a massive scandal is upfolding that involves air force personnel in charge of the country's nuclear arsenal. 34 air force officers are facing accusations ranging from drug use to cheating on important exams. there are - there are supposed to be safeguards

bush, he criticised president barack obama, hamid karzai: >> >> u.s.ews reports about gates' memoires, the book is about settling scores as establishing a record of his 45 years in government. gates has harsh words for vice president joe biden, a man considered by many to be a foreign policy expert. i think he's been wrong on every major foreign policy over the decades. >> gates accuses staffers of micromanaging and being clueless about the war. he admitted that he at first was opposed to the raid, leading to osama bin laden's death in to 11. some observers say his frankness should not be a surprise. >> former secretary gates is about the fray. he knows he will never serve in washington. everyone that selected bob gates knew what they were getting. joe biden called gates one of obama administration's closest advisors. it is possible that he doesn't care what anyone thinks. even a president whose intel ect and judgment, gates says he demirs. >> security forces are on high alert in egypt as the trial against their first democratically elected president m

>> i think ultimately afghanistan will sign it but right now i think hamid karzai is trying to extrapolateical concessions as much as possible going forward. this is -- the counting clock for him because he has to step down towards april. >> i want to play something president obama said during a major national security speech. >> beyond afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless global war on terror, but rather as a series of persistent targeted efforts to dismantle networks of violent extremists that threaten america. >> there continues to be this debate in the country over what we're talking about, who we're talking about when we use that term al qaeda. >> al qaeda used to be a very defined organization which osama bin laden and his lieutenants launched around the world. that has largely been anile lated. imagine it as a franchise where you now have groups, organic groups committed to islamic extremism and violence that have affiliated with al qaeda but not being run by the old central al qaeda. this is what peter bergen called holy war inc., you have very attachments run

. >> jay carney played down concerns the president's dislike of hamid karzai will complicate negotiations over the future of american forces after their combat role ends this year. >> the issue here is not about parliamenties, but policies. >> robert gates served as defense secretary at the ned of the bush administration. president bush does not go unscathed, he comes in for criticism. diverting resource, choosing to invade iraq, it was an opening for them, they were on the battlefield, that brought about the surge that came about under president obama's administration. back to you. >> mike viqueira in washington. >> robert gates is taking heat from former white house colleagues over the book. william daly, the white house chief of staff said robert gates should have published the book, or shouldn't are published while president obama was in office. former advisor afl said he was surprised brie the back because gates had a good relationship with the president. >> the obama administration is asking public schools to drop a zero tolerance approach, releasing new discipline policies in creat

officials struggle to hammer out a post- 2014 security arrangement with afghan president hamid karzai there was another snag today. the afghan government decided to release dozens of prisoners the u.s. deems dangerous. >> the 37 detainees are dangerous criminals against whom there is strong evidence linking them to terror-related crimes, >> ifill: washington's already tense relations with the afghan government worsened again with kabul's decision to release 37 prisoners from the parwan detention facility. state department spokeswoman jen psaki. >> these insurgents, who pose threat to the safety and the security of the afghan people and the state, are being released without an investigation and without the use of the criminal justice system and in accordance with afghan law. >> ifill: the prisoner release came on the heels of a story in saturday's "new york times". it involved a u.s. attack on the remote afghan village of wazghar on january 15. karzai's government-circulated dossier included this photo, purporting to show a funeral held the day after the attacks. but the picture was ac

defense secretary chuck hagel suggested that time is running out for hamid karzai to sign an agreementhat would let some u.s. forces stay in the country beyond the end of this year. as the troops prepare to withdraw after 12 years of war, discussion. >> they're prepared to russian or the threat on roadside bombs and now they are on their way out of the country. they are flown over the stunning snow-covered peaks of the hindu kush mountains across northern afghanistan. they load before their onward flight of the country. forces leaveonal afghanistan facing an uncertain future. a weekend corrupt government. they are ending up because it has been won but because of a timetable drawn up in london and in washington. for all of the lives lost and money spent, it could have been so much better. troops board the same plane. this is redeployment on an industrial scale. flying around-the-clock as the american withdrawal moves up moves up a gear. the relief is visible as men relax for the first time after seven months in afghanistan. transit base, the already feels a long way from the war. the ba

afghan president hamid karzai is threatening not to sign annal agreement keeping american troops in the country. >>> the president and the prime minister of the central african republic have resigned and thousands in the country are celebrating. the leaders stepped down after admitting they haven't been able to contain the violence in their country. christian militia groups have displaced close to a million. a u.n. group has 15 days to replayerreplace djotodia. >>> if humanitarian crisis on the ground continues to worsen. the international crisis group says close to 10,000 people have been killed in less than a month of fighting. >> the warring sides are meeting face too face in ethiopia. al jazeera mohamed ado is there. mohamed before we get into the premise of these talks can you remind us what the current fighting there is all about? >> well, currently, the -- both sides in the negotiations here in addis ababa are waiting for the mediators are waiting for a cease fire. concentrate efforts on what they say the suffering the people been displaced and the killings have to stop first bef

raising concern about security for the upcoming presidential election to choose a successor to hamid karzai. campaigning will start next month. the voting is scheduled for early april. >>> the world cup kicks off in brazil in less than six months. rocker fans from across that country and around the world will flock to gather for the one-month tournament. many brazilians are thrilled to host the event. but, they're already bracing for the down sides. they've seen the cost of airline tickets soar. only higher priced seats are available on most routes connecting to match venues. for example the cost of a ticket between rio de janeiro and sao paulo is about $500 u.s. dollars. that's roughly eight times the cheapest fare. world cup fans are also finding it difficult to reserve combinations. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: booking a hotel room for the world cup in brazil has become so difficult, it's big news. the media pointed out almost daily, rooms are in short supply. rates are surging. >> translator: the process of hotel accommodations are continuing to increase in all of the 12 cities

afghan president hamid karzai has not signed the bilateral security agreement or bsa that would let u.stroops stay to help with training or security support. whether u.s. troops remain, the u.s. official says the u.s. needs to continue investing in the afghan people. there has been a huge amount of progress. certainly there needs to be better oversight. you can't have oversight if you don't have the people, the political commitment here in the united states. >> the states are high. making sure the $100 billion in afghan reconstruction it money well spent, and not thrown away. >> now, a new medical report blamed vodka for early deaths in adult men. researchers found 25% of russian men died before 55, due to heavy drinking, cause of death lefr disease and alcohol poisoning. 64 years is the death age, among the lowest 50 countries in the world. >> brazil's largest, powerful criminal organizations was born out of the prison gangs. such groups call the shots. many jaded officials are forced to cut deals with gangs to keep the peace. >> this is the stra prison complex. it is an area of crimin

president hamid karzai refused to sign the agreement. he says it undermines the afghan position.ithout a deal the u.s. may be forced o withdraw all its troops, leaving afghan troops to fight the call pan on their own. in a separate below to u.s.-afghan relations, afghanistan authorised the release of 72 suspected taliban fighters. the united states says they've been involved in attacks on international troops. afghanistan says there's no proof of this. >> in egypt three jazz adjournmentists will -- journalists will be detained for a further two weeks. mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed and peter greste are accused of spreading lies and joining a terrorist group. the three are held outside cairo in toour. >> peter greste - he's an award winning correspondent working extensively across africa. mohamed fadel fahmy is an experienced journalist working for several companies and the red cross. and baher mohamed has been working as a producer for most of last year. >> tunisia's prime minister resigned, part of a deal between the ruling coalition and the opposition minister. industry min

afghan president hamid karzai has yet to sign the long-term security agreement with the u.s. ahead of plans to withdraw by the end of 2014. back here at home investigators are now trying to figure out what caused deadly plane crash yesterday afternoon in aspen, colorado. en route from mexico, the plane crashed while trying to land and it flipped upside down and quickly went up in flames. one person was killed, two hurt, one seriously. >>> pope francis heading to the holy glounld. he announced yesterday he will head to israel, jordan in may. he will become the fourth pontiff to visit that region. the vatican is rejecting the thought that he will accept same-sex marriage for couples. he was quoted as saying on an educational level gay unions raise challenges for us today which for us are sometimes difficult to understand. i remember a case though where a sat little girl said my mother's friend doesn't love me. the vatican said pope francis's words were manipulated. >>> let's turn to the debate over the nsa. rand paul will file a class action lawsuit against the obama administra

relationship with afghan president, hamid karzai, is deteriorating. the vice president is advocating just leaving 2000-3,000 troops. some want triple of that there. new stats from the v.a. are jaw-dropping. some 40,000 vets are said to be homeless. that reflects an increase of 20 thune men and women in just one year alope. >>> the latest wave of subpoenas is out in new jersey trying to get to the bottom of the george washington bridge scandal, a source telling nbc news among those subpoenaed, governor christie's re-election campaign organization. the governor has hired an attorney to handle the inquiries. he is a former federal prosecutor and an associate of rudy julie a rudy giuliani. the event was scrubbed last week. the governor closed his speech with a nod to the growing head winds in trenton. >> i want to assure the people of new jersey of one thing. i was born here. i was raised here. i'm raising my family here. this is where i intend to spend the rest of my life. whatever tests they put in front of me, i will meet those tests, because i'm doing

president hamid karzai has condemned the attack. the presidential office said the attack on wednesday was targeting the taliban in parwan province north of the capital kabul. they say the incident occurred during a joint operation by afghan and coalition forces. they said two civilians were killed in a building from which insurgents were firing on afghan soldiers. u.s. troops account for the bulk of the international coalition. some are scheduled to stay on in afghanistan even after most international forces pull out by the end of this year. karzai is demanding that the u.s. troops halt operations against afghan homes as a condition for allowing them to stay. some analysts say the latest incidents may toughen his stance. >>> thursday marks the first anniversary of the hostage crisis at a natural gas plant in algeria that left dozens of foreign workers dead. security has since been upgraded at the facility. but this has not convinced foreign firms to send workers back. nhk world's keiko ab bay has more. >> reporter: one year ago an i

president hamid karzai said he will not sign a deal with the u.s. until peace talks resume with the taliban. that announcement coming one week after americans were killed in a terror attack in kabul. they will not be able to keep troops in afghanistan as long as they want. i'll send you back to cavuto on business only on fox. . >> call it the billing chill. i'm not talking about the winter blast gripping most of the company. a report from the united nations saying rich nations are fuel close global warming. here's our argument. they are producing more gdz for a developing country and compounding their sins. charles payne, i think that means they are blaming pos spert. >> no, but they're blaming global prosperity, too. noon of those countries are getting to a position where they can afford this stuff. shame on america for selling it to them. oh, you want a harley-davidson in brazil? you want a whirlpool washer and dryer in argentina? america shame on you for selling it to them. this is all a part of the whole thing, redistribution of money. that's al

in a more than questionable move president hamid karzai of afghanistan ordered the release of 72 prisonerseen called dangerous criminals by u.s. officials. karzai claims there is not enough evidence to hold the prisoners. the united states says they have been involved in the killing of u.s. and coalition troops. >>> new criticism launched at the obama administration as iraq tries to retake fallujah and ramadi from al qaeda forces. >>> senator john mccain had harsh words regarding the white house's strategy in iraq. he talked about american lives lost there. >> what do we tell the young people and their families? what do we tell them? i'll tell you what we have to tell them. we have to tell them that their sacrifice was squandered by an administration that wanted out. >> fbi director james comey is not a fan of the hero whistle-blower title that people have been giving to nsa leaker edward snowden. he does not consider snowden a whistle-blower at all, saying the nsa has been operating the way it was intended to. instead comey simply considers snowden a fugitive charged with espionage for le

in in his book gates says the obama administration expressed skepticism about working with hamid karzai and did try to oust him four years ago. gates writes. as i sat there i thought the president doesn't trust his commander, canned stand karzai, doesn't believe in his own strategy and doesn't consider the war to be his for him it is all about getting out. as al jazeera's jane ferguson reports this confirms exactly what the afghan president often said himself. >> it was an accusation often dismissed as paranoia. during his reelection campaign in 2009, afghan president karzai accused the u.s. of trying to get rid of him. >> there were a lot of stories in the british and american media about the plans in washington and in london to bring a change into the structure of governance in afghanistan, to weak 10 central government of afghanistan and go in afghanistan and put resources through them to afghanistan. >> now exceptor from then u.n. defense secretary robert gates new book says that was true. gates writes angrily about the special envoy richard holbrook's attempts at what he calls a pu

during his reelection cook pain in 2009, hamid karzai excused the u.s.d of him. >> there were lots of reasons the british media wanted to bring a change into the structure of governance in afghanistan to weaken the central government of afghanistan and go to the strong men that they like in afghanistan and to put resources through them to afghanistan. >> now, excerpts from then u.s. defense secretary robert gates new book say that was true. gates writes and gally about president obama's special envoy at the time, richard holbrook's attempts as what he says extended support to karzai's challengers. the presidential palace deputy spokesperson in kabul has reacted with an eye told you so. >> what secretary gates has revealed in his book further proves the righteousness of president karzai's claims that there were deliberate efforts to disregard and to manipulate the very genuine votes of the afghan people. >> but karzai was also accused of foul play at the time. evidence of a campaign to rig the vote in his favor was widely reported. new allegation of inter

presidential elections in april washington north hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after the withdrawal of all foreign forces and twenty fourteen under the deal the glass is demanding in unity from prosecution for all of its soldiers something karzai is reluctant to accept again m.p. and presidential hopeful daoud sultanzoy says the security situation in his country is not likely to improve either way. or the lack of national cohesion aware of the national security forces of afghanistan or doored to cling on definitely the national army will be sort of divided into different groups and then but taliban can take advantage of that sort of a division from from which they can come and stage attacks and the civilians will probably not stand on the military side and they'll just stand just neutral rosmer . awaits i'm going to stand up to foreign troops even twenty fourteen when i joined by live ten and colonel richard williams former commander of the special air service mr williams thank you very

presidential elections in april washington was hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after the withdrawal of foreign forces. but none of the daily u.s. is demanding immunity from prosecution for all its soldiers something. to accept. in iraq and afghanistan explain to me why the deal is crucial for the u.s. . no settlement in my view anyway is likely to have any chance of success by settlement time the sort of political way forward from the american perspective unless it got troops there because what will simply happen is that the insurgency in the south that we call the taliban is likely to take a far greater stake in any political arrangement after the election assuming of course that the elections go well this is an absolutely crucial deal for the americans and they're playing a very dangerous game here the cards aren't that good because our house has all the good has all the good cards admiral allen west who was britain's head of the navy when the u.k. went into afghanistan has said the operatio

nighttime a raid details coming in from the afghanistan president hamid karzai part of this it took place on choose day night in the central pa and province but the details have only just been released civilian. have been one of the most sensitive issues a cause of this thirteen year western military intervention in afghanistan will be following that up over the coming hours that was ramifications for that i'm sure other news further eruptions from indonesia as mount center berg is seeing here they've pledged swathes of the country into darkness and left at least sixteen people dead so far the volcano has been spewing lava no since september it's forced twenty six thousand people to flee to safety farmlands and homes have been blanketed by thick layers of the gray ash that many families of fall ill because of it so in a bird had been quiet for for centuries until becoming active again in twenty ten. masses a protest is an island still refusing to back down continuing to try to disrupt bangkok to try to force the government to quit gunshots were fired at a crowd overnight that injured at l

term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after the withdrawal of all foreign forces this year under the deal and the u.s. is demanding immunity from prosecution for all its soldiers something karzai is reluctant to accept frank lead which is a barrister and former military officer who served in iraq and afghanistan explained to me earlier why the deal is crucial for the u.s. . no settlement in my view anyway is likely to have any chance of success or by settlement time the sort of political way forward from the american perspective unless it got troops there because what'll happen is that the insurgency in the south that we call the taliban is likely to take a far greater stake in any political arrangement after the election assuming of course that the elections go well this is an absolutely crucial deal for the americans and they're playing a very dangerous game here the cards aren't that good because our house has all the good has all the good cards the host city of the twenty fourteen winter

presidential elections in april washington was hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after the withdrawal of all foreign forces this year one of the deal us is demanding immunity from prosecution for all its soldiers something that karzai is reluctant to accept well to discuss this i'm now joined live by frank lead which is a barrister and former military officer who served in iraq and afghanistan why is this security pact so important for the u.s. . oh this is very high stakes poker that's going on here the americans absolutely need this settlement the political settlement is beginning to make me evolve towards the end of this year they need to work i may need it to be seen to work no settlement in my view anyway is likely to have any chance of success by settlement i mean a sort of political way forward from the american perspective unless i've got troops there because what will simply happen is that the insurgency in the south that we call the taliban is likely to take a far greater stake in

in this is out international our top story this hour afghanistan's president hamid karzai ordered an inquiry into the u.s. airstrike that killed eight civilians seven of them children the night raid targeted a residential area north of kabul despite the government's pleas for american forces to stop hitting villages he didn't for a marty's arabic channel reports from the region. as a result of american barman's in afghanistan there have been a lot of civilian casualties one women worst was killed and seven children along with one civilian is injured according to the statements by. office they have asked the americans to give an explanation as to such a barman's to civilian area for the past few weeks it has shorn kinds of resentment and fighting between the nuttall forces and of our forces in one side and the taliban forces and the other side but the barman's has not actually touched or hits any kind of taliban house or any type of our leaders in that area it's only has. targeted the civilian and because reality has been civilians according to the statement by the car as it were for

presidential elections and april washington was hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after they was troll all foreign forces in twenty fourteen and under the deal the glass is demanding in usa from prosecution for all its soldiers something cuz i was reluctant to accept going and p. and presidential hopeful daoud sultanzoy says the security situation in his country is not likely to improve either way and that a lack of national cohesion where the national security forces of afghanistan would do would to cling on the national army we sort of divided into different groups and then the taliban can take advantage of that sort of a division from which they can come in staged attacks and the civilians will probably not stand on the military side and they'll just stand just. silly. time now to check out on she is a wild day three hundred thousand people in the u.s. the west virginia have been told not to use tough water following a large scale chemical spill along a river a state of emergency has be

presidential elections in april washington was hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after the withdrawal of all foreign forces in twenty fourteen and of a deal the u.s. is demanding immediately for a prosecution of court ordered soldiers something karzai is reluctant to accept what we spoke to the former commander of the special air service lieutenant colonel richard williams and he explained why he thinks u.s. is insisting on immunity for its troops. they would wish to ensure that any soldier commits a crime in afghanistan can be tried under american law and in an american court as i understand it the area of debate at the moment is that there is a proposal that an american soldier who did commit a crime in afghanistan could be tried in afghanistan in american law as a compromise but i think it's very important when american support ongoing operations in afghanistan is tenuous to say the least that the american public doesn't believe that it will be throwing its soldiers to the afghan to th

we left two thousand and thirteen with a very uncertain picture about whether or not president hamid karzai was going to allow troops to stay in that country are u.s. troops and nato troops to stay in that country there's a number of sticking points in terms of getting a deal meanwhile we have tens of thousands of troops still there bases equipment obligations we have an entire army that the afghan army that the united states has helped train we don't know what the fate of that military is going to be without the assistance of the united states we don't know what the fate of the afghan people are going to be you know my gut is that if we if no deal is struck and we leave precipitous lee the entire country could fall right back into some terrible violence and chaos and political uncertainty so as an american i'd like to know what's going to go on in afghanistan from here on i am tired of this cloudy picture of where my money is going you know where our efforts have gone for the last twelve years what our veterans have fought for died for have been injured for i want to know and i think that