haqqani realizes it is a threat to them. the other thing is that we do have a population that supports not only haqqani but other insurgent groups from the standpoint of the justice they bring. they all up to them to solve problems and do those kinds of things. so i think that rightly so, our leaders identified this as an issue that we must address, and in an immature state, i thought she got in paktika. one of our most successful programs was the internship program that we had with both the university in paktika. these law students would come out and work with the judges, work with the governor and do those kinds of things. we kicked that off when we were over there. again, another aspect of participation from the community and acknowledgment of there being a source for solving issues at the government level. although largely she realized -- sharia law is in place. i am a believer. if that can work there, that is pretty phenomenal. >> colonel, thank you for your time today. a couple of questions. you mentioned outside suppo

the taliban and the haqqanis are one in the same thing. the haqqani network sometimes works autonomously. but they do swear allegiance to mull a omar. the haqqanis have never claimed responsibility for an attack. the taliban always claims responsibility for those attacks. the two work together. they're separate but they work together. >> brown: the haqqanis, of course, have often been tied to pakistan. to pakistan's intelligence forces. is there any talk about a link now? >> well, look, the haqqani network operates and is based in the pakistani tribal areas which are located on afghanistan's eastern borders. these tribal areas are often lawless. they are in pakistan. the united states has often asked the pakistani government and the pakistani army to intervene, to stop the activity of the haqqani network. and also the infiltration of taliban fighters and haqqani operatives into afghanistan from pakistan. so far that has not been successful. u.s.-pakistani relations are not very good right now. they haven't been good since the cross-border

this threat that is now opposed against haqqani, this aspect of the loss of leadership, the senior haqqani operational commander captured weather -- you have to ask one of the governor's what happened, right on the border. the intelligence we got was linked to someone we captured and trying to get in the spirit in 2006-2007 and we got him. one of these great night operation that resulted in no shots fired and pull off of the battlefield and provided a great deal of intelligence. it lead to the capture and killing of four deputies which even sir rated the haqqani operational capacity in terms of command and control overnight. that is when the exodus occurred. that is one all the support commanders left and got out. >> do you think the haqqanis are reconcilable? have you seen any evidence? >> this is my personal view. i haven't seen any concrete evidence. can speak to any intelligence. my personal view is knowing the history of haqqani, knowing what he is trying to do, knowing the difference between the father and the suns, the funds are driving the operation and i don't think there reconcil

we have the first exclusive interview with ambassador haqqani since then. he will tell us what happened to him and what's happening in pakistan. >>> also, why in the world has immigration from mexico to the united states stopped in its tracks? we'll take a look. >>> next up, the american elder statesman brent scowcroft on syria, iran, the middle east, and how he feels today about the republican party which he served for decades. >>> finally, do you procrastinate, waste money, over indulge. what to do with your bad hakts -- habits and how transforming them could help you, your company, your country. >>> first, here's my take. after months of meandering, it seems that president barack obama's re-election campaign has settled on a theme. the problem is it's the wrong one. the buffett rule tax on millionaires has become obama's bumper sticker. the proposal is reasonable, but it does not deserve the attention obama is showering on it. it raises a trivial sum of money, $47 billion over the next ten years, during which period the federal government will spend $45

we have not been able to touch haqqani.us are they to america and the west. >> that openings up the issue the haqqani network many believe, was protected by the pakistan, so you then go in to what is a relationship with pakistan. >> and this is why from the very beginning people said it's pakistan. joe biden famously said it's not afghanistan, it's pakistan. the mistake they made was thinking that pakistan was more influenceable, more shapeable by the instruments that the united states had. if anything it's more more recalcitrant. >> is it possible to focus on the terrorist threats, al-qaida, leave eye loan afghani civil society and create a better argument that we've succeeded something-- >> that's what we are going to do. we've redefined what a victory means. we're accepting the civilian side that this is not going to work. i hope we continue in the civilian role. we're going to say the gospel is, as obama said, to degrade and disrupt al-qaida. we will leave in a few years and we will sea that the afghan security forces a

knowing the history haqqani history -- the history of haqqani and what he's trying to do, the difference between the fathers and the sons, the suns are driving the operations and i do not think they are irreconcilable. -- the sons are driving the operations and i do not think they are reconcilable. i am not sure if they even thought about doing it if they could. i really do not know what the relationship is in pakistan. i do not have any insight on that. i can only go back to the historical analysis of haqqani and the support they received during the soviet era. i'm just making an assumption. >> [inaudible] it is great to see the difference between 2006 and 2007 and now. what he had done is provide the space for the government to extend the rule of law. it sounds like there has been major progress on parts of the police and set national governance. what is the next step? the government really needs to continue to firm up its services. what should we be doing to try to solidify what you have gained already? >> i will just be to the campaign plan and where we were headed as i left. i thoug

ambassador ryan crocker agreed saying this is a network of haqqani operations.very indicative of that and told cnn he didn't think the taliban were good enough to carry out such a sustained attack as we saw yesterday. a senior security official today confirmed that some of the insurgents who were arrested confessed that it was all planned by the network but we're yet to find out. however, on the other hand, the of taliban soaksman told reuters, had a conversation with reuters today and talked to them about strategy behind the attack, how their military experts sketched the maps of the targets and created a mock-up where fighters practiced before carrying out the large scale operations in the four provinces, including kabul that we saw yesterday. it was a rare insight into their thinking. >> so i wonder how this affects the americans -- well, our country as we try and -- as the president tries to sell the notion of negotiating with the taliban. >> well, you know, the negotiations with the taliban are setting up meetings, loya engineering gas with the taliban, the

it was the haqqani network that has done it, and they have a history of doing it.rankly, what is really going on is that last year was a critical year for the taliban. they tried to regain the territory and the population control that they had lost in 2011 in the south. i was there in january, and verified district by district that there was not a single place where they regained territorial control or population control. their middle leaders are going home to their sanctuaries in pakistan and telling their senior leaders that look it, we're loseing this war. so what this is about, the beginning of the spring offensive, is to undercut the government of karzai to protect its people and to gain a headline in the world. the fact of the matter is it's a limited attack done with small arms weapons, the early reports are the afghan security forces accorded themselves well and if that bears out to be true it's going to be pus for. anst and that's a good thing. the afghan people, if you've been to kabul, they'll be on the streets tomorrow in the market, kids will be going

that's where the haqqani network has its headquarters. so they can sit and plan all they want in relative safety, where there are no packy troops going after them. and then put into effect plans that will use a few loyalists dotted around afghanistan to get to the places where they want to be. and continue the attacks from there. video i've seen of past attacks, these guys have looked very brazen, often the jihadist type terrorists, with a big beard and backpack full of rocket-propelled grenades on their backs. these guys do stand out in a crowd. >> that's our nic robertson reporting. he's spent a lot of time in the nation of afghanistan. >>> days after the humiliating failure of a rocket launch, a defiant north korea is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the nation's founder. a military parade featured what appeared to be a new larger ballistic missile. but defense analysts are unable to confirm if it's real. the country's leader kim jong-un said they will not be bullied by nuclear armed enemies. >> translator: our militar

network for something like thirty to forty percent of the haqqani network funds come through illicit trade of pine knots pesto pine nuts ok so the war the fire operate of the operation taking place is that the taliban the insurgency is about they are a political group they want money the same way but also as they want power they want all those sorts of things and use have to find the resources of the negotiations to make it feasible for them because the same thing about iraq you know that and more problems all those shakes are never going to join they're never going to put their guns down to cuba can and just takes time you have to be creative the problem with the united states is that we've brought relied too much on the military to accomplish these things we've put too much pressure the wrong places and we've trusted corrupt leaders inside of kabul that's why we can't fix this problem and now you kind of point it seems more of a diplomatic solution is a diplomatic solution an answer a possibility to get well now there's on as we continue the same process we're going i don't see the

ambassador to afghanistan, told our candy crowley the attacks may have been orchestrated by the haqqani network. >> the taliban are really good at issuing statements, less good at actually fighting. my guess, based on previous experience here, is that this is a haqqani network operation in the pakistani tribal areas. frankly, i don't think the taliban's good enough. >> now, take a look at these pictures. that was the grandview palace condos in fallsview, new york, in the catskills mountains. this is the second weekend in a row a cats skills landmark has been destroyed by fire. the building is probably best known as the inspiration for the resort featured in the movie "dirty dancing." >>> halifax, nova scotia, held a memorial service to remember the moment the "titanic" went down 100 years ago this very day. people gathered at a cemetery where more than 100 people who were aboard the ill-fated ship are buried. the service was part of a weekend of events remembering the "titanic." >>> back now to the devastating aftermath of this weekend's massive tornado outbreak in the midwest. twisters

they blamed the attack on the haqqani. while the taliban has claimed responsibility the state department and u.s. military we have been hearing those arrested as part of the attacks in the past 17 hours have been saying they were sent here by the haqqani. >> that makes total sense to me having seen the attack. >> it was a well coordinated attack. it was outside of the gates of the green zone. they had targets in the british embassy they were going after the westerners that weren't targeting them as they normally do. >> our dear friend long time afghan producer he has the taliban spokesman on the line asks how he feels about getting his ass kicked? >> (speaking foreign language) >> t >> they showed their hower. >> you have 17 of your duds killed what did you accomplish? >> t (speaking foreign language >> he is making a speech. it's propaganda. >> what did he win? what did you win? >> what did you win? (speaking foreign language) >> we killed americans. >> you killed no americans. no westerners. nobody. up next we will get a

of the pakistani government to crack down on the haqqanis? >> the intelligence indicates that the haqqanis were behind the attacks that took place. and we had received a great deal of intelligence indicating that the haqqanis were planning these kinds of attacks. and obviously, we're always concerned about the attacks that take place. they reflect that the taliban is resilient, that they remain determined. and yet i think we're also confident that the afghans have increased their capability to deal with these kinds of attacks. there were no tactical gains here. these are isolated attacks that are done for symbolic purposes, and they have not regained any territory. they haven't been able to really conduct an organized attack since last year. and what it told us -- and i think general allen pointed this out -- is that it confirms that the afghan army and police did a great job of reacting to these attacks. they quickly restored order, they quickly restored security in those areas, and it gave us an indication that they really are improving in

they blamed the attack on the haqqani. the taliban has claimed responsibility the state department and u.s. military we have been hearing those arrested as part of the attacks in the past 17 hours have been saying they were sent here by the haqqani. >> that makes total sense to me having seen the attack. >> it was a well coordinated attack. it was outside of the gates of the green zone. they had targets in the british embassy they were going after the westerners that weren't targeting them as they normally do. >> our dear friend long time afghan producer he has the taliban spokesman on the line asks how he feels about getting his ass kicked? >> (speaking foreign language) >> t >> they showed their hower. >> you have 17 of your duds killed what did you accomplish? >> t (speaking foreign language >> he is making a speech. it's propaganda. >> what did he win? what did you win? >> what did you win? (speaking foreign language) >> we killed americans. >> you killed no americans. no westerners. nobody. up next we will get a hard-

. >> you're talking about haqqani al oseary. he is believed to put the bombs inside printer cartridges. generic threats from terrorist groups in yemen and somalia to avenge his death that happened one year ago this coming wednesday. >> from white house, to the hoover building, well beyond, may 2nd is booming with the possibility of a revenge attack. >> i did not even know the anniversary was coming up. >> it is not in the news. now that you mention it it has already been one year. >> there has been a noticeable increase in transportation for the next week or two, but no specific threats. >> however allies remain intent on attacking the homeland, possibly to avenge the death of bin laden but not necessarily tied to the anniversary. >> that is not to say there has not been increased chatter on terrorist websites encouraging attacks on churches and arenas. and this morning has been issued restricting employees to travel until may 5th. three men were arrested in copenhagen accused of plotting an attack. no word on if it was an attem

that is why haqqani is trying to kill them.ind a contingent to protect the governor at his compound. i did monitor intelligence. i'm a little protected by nature. i made sure i knew when they were going. haqqani did not get an opportunity to kill one of them. >> we're running to the end of our time. i would like to know if there is anything else that you would like to say about your thoughts on the future? >> thanks for this opportunity. hopefully i'll provide you some insight. it is only from my perspective. if you were with me now could 2006-2007, and you can understand why i am an optimist. what has not change me over that time is the commitment of great afghan patriots. i have to be careful because i get a little emotional. i described them as founding fathers. did they put their lives at risk. the man could be making lots of money in a very benign environment summer in the world. the last thing is their families. it is often a challenge to watch them go off to their families in kabul and not place the matter rest. -- niot

he says they have failed in their efforts to deflect the attacks, which are being blamed on the haqqani network. more than 50 people died in the fighting that saw one of the most secure districts of kabul, under siege. the bbc is in the capital. >> this is one of the fiercest -- one of the scenes of the fiercest battles in kabul. the insurgents used this as a firing position to attack the nearby british and chairman embassies -- german embassies. president karzai is calling it a huge intelligence failure by both nato and afghan security forces. the insurgents were able to repeat the same tactics they used to lay siege to the american embassy last year, again, just a short distance away. afghan security forces eventually brought things under control here and under the -- hear and that the parliament. it was an afghan-led -- under control here and at the parliament. it was an afghan-led operation. nato backup was still essential. behind the scenes and directly in the fighting. >> enter north reporting from kabul. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come from a welding mean

forces had thwarted a second plot to assassinate the afghan vice president, allegedly organized by haqqaniwork of terrorists based in pakistan who are also blamed for last week's attacks. clearly the government of afghanistan trying again to pressure pakistan to help with its security problems. clarissa ward, cbs news, kabul. >>> the united nations is sending more observers to monitor the cease-fire in syria. the observers visited opposition stronghold of homs yesterday. rebel forces say government troops continued to attack. the u.n. voted to send up to 300 observers to syria. >>> france will hold a presidential runoff election on may 6th. hollande barely beat sarkozy. in yesterday's first round. it's the first time a sitting president has lost the first round of voting. hollande promises to boost government spending. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," gas prices hit reverse and bribery allegations against walmart. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> markets overseas were cautious. tokyo's nikkei fell a fraction while hong kong's hang seng dropped mo

an afghan government minister blames forces for what is also known as the haqqani network an offshoot of the taliban headquartered in pakistan. >> one has to be concerned about seven simultaneous attacks countrywide. it does show a certainly resilience by the adversary. in the end there may be more casualties from the insurgents than there are on the side of innocent civilians or government troops. >> in a written statement the international forces commander u.s. general john allen says he was enormously proud of the afghan response. they were on the scene immediately, well led and well coordinated. the shooting continued until well after dark. the taliban spokesman said the attacks had been planned for months. and he promised there were more to come. >> glor: allen pizzey, thank you. the first members of a u.n. observing team arrived in syria late today charged with over-- overseeing a cease-fire that seems to be collapsing as government forces once again shelled the city of homs. elizabeth palmer is in damascus. >> those in favor of the draft resolution. >> reporter: only one day af

it could demonstrate a more disciplined militant fighting force, particularly among the haqqani network. >>> just this morning in some news coming across the wires, australia announcing its plans to begin withdrawing troops from the war zone in afghanistan this year, earlier than was previously planned. all foreign combat troops due to be out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. >>> still ahead on "way too early," washington nationals sensation, steven strasburg looks great on the hill. where were all the people in d.c.? we're a long way from strasburg mania or whatever they called it. highlights from around the big leagues ahead in sports. >>> plus mitt romney reagts to his portrayal on "snl," saying he enjoys humor. that story and a check on weather. >>> american officials believe scarily a genuine tear will be shed anywhere in latin america, when and if castro is gone. and they believe finally that the mass of cuban people will support the anti-castro regime. of course, if today's revolt fails, it will be embarrassing. ♪ [ female announcer ] gross -- i'll tell you what's really gross:

the haqqani network, a pakistani terrorist group is, also believed to be involved here. >>> a british politician suspended on accusations he offered a $16 million bountiy for the capture of president obama. nazir ahmed is a labor party number the house of lords. he made the naufr pakistan in response to a bounty the u.s. made for the leader of a militant group. his party says it's investigating the claims. ahmed has denied the accusations. >>> president obama is speaking publicly about what's being called the biggest scandal in the secret service's history. 11 agents and personnel have been fired. they're accused of bringing prostitutes back to a hotel in colombia last week ahead of the president's trip for the summit of americas. five members of the military are also under investigation. >> we're here on behalf of our people. and that means that we conduct ourselves with the utmost dignity and probity. obviously what has been reported doesn't meet the standards. >> they were involved with the elite presidential protection division. >>> the senate expected to vote on the buffett rule.

that's the largest challenge right now. >> and, general, what is the haqqani network?etwork that's been in place in afghanistan for the past, oh, well over 20 years. in fact, they really cut their teeth against -- with the mujahadin against the soviets during their occupation. it's been in a place a long while. it's got a lot of great experience. it's grown and developed leaders within their ranks and most of their safe havens now are in pakistan, and we know that, we would acknowledge that. pakistanis do not, yet that's the biggest concern and that is what is our relationship with pakistan and afghanistan's relationship as they try to get their legs underneath themselves. >> i couldn't help but notice a lot of similarities between this attack and the one that happened a couple days after the seft -- september 11th anniversary when i was there in that neighborhood. they attacked using the burqas covering them, and also a construction site. i want to play a little bit about what we saw that developed and played out back in september. >> six guys in a vehicle pulled up,

haqqani, some other commanders in eastern afghanistan and also of course, to reconcile with afghanistan and it will be a painful process, a difficult process. it will also address the interests, it has to address the interests of other neighbors of afghanistan, but pakistan is really the key to this. and in a peaceful afghanistan, pakistan will be the main beneficiary. just consider that today there are like half or at least half close to half of the population of afghanistan is pastun. and pakistan has a large pastun minority, maybe 30 to 35 million. historically, most of the pastun political movements and most of the intellectual movements were based on the pakistani side. so the afghan pastuns still look toward afghanistani pastuns for leadership. there is the leadership to leadership contact. every month karzai writes a letter to a leader in afghanistan. if pakistan is a state involved its own pastuns in afghan reconciliation, that would be a tremendous break through. but we shouldn't forget about the hard-core innovate strategic military analysis which i think is not entirely wrong

that plot allegedly organized by the haqqanies, a network of terrorists based in pakistan who are also blamed for last week's attacks. clearly the government of afghanistan trying again to pressure pakistan to help with its security problems. clarissa ward, cbs news, kabul. >> jeff: in france, a socialist has won the opening round of the country's two-stage presidential election. francois hollande lead a field of 10 to finish nearly ahead of conservative incumbent nicolas sarkozy. among those voting was dominique strauss-kahn. hollande and sarkozy compete in a runoff two weeks from today. coming up on tonight's "cbs evening news", a look ahead to opening day in the trial of former vice presidential candidate john edwards. [ male announcer ] your eye doctor can't always be there if you sleep in your contact lenses. lucky for you, air optix brand has a lens approved for up to 30 days and nights of continuous wear. [ male announcer ] that's why they're recommended most for people who sleep in their lenses. visit airoptix.com for a free one-month trial offer. for people who sleep in their

to province and according to one of the captured militants the attacks were linked to the haqqani network from the afghan pakistan border i mean attacks were just deadly for the militants they also left eight casualties for the afghan security forces whose efforts were praised by president hamid karzai but who also quickly called out nato for having a serious intelligence failure and an effort to deflect blame but there is plenty to go around on sunday john mccain took the opportunities have blamed the troop drawdown and president obama's withdrawal timeline for the taking. it every time the president announced another woodrow his military commander said it increases the risk that's what. actually what you're seeing there is the years of mounting failures and afghanistan and i'm going to disagree with senator mccain because i think that the evidence is clear i think higher counterinsurgency experiment has completely backfired and the pentagon knows it and if you remember we've had a colonel gangle davis his report he highlighted how inconsistent the line is that sending more troops is goi

networkeat the haqqani exists on both sides of the border. you asked what does it mean. means we are still in a fight, and i do not think any of us have suggested there would not be fighting still needing to be done. we have been talking openly about the fact we have three tore fighting seasons diminish the capability of the taliban. as secretary said, we did have intelligence, but we were not trying to protect a discreet moment but we were before. when president karzai called for the jurga, the security was remarkable. there was not a single incident around that, although the asf was in the lead in that regard. the intelligence is vague about timing, and you have to keep your guard up constantly. last thing, and i worked with both the iraqi security forces and the afghan security forces, and the afghan security forces performed their duties admirably, even though it was on short notice over the last 48 hours. >> what you had to say about the afghan ministers here last week, the defense and interior ministers, the interior minister said they received assurances from you

one insurgent was captured and reportedly confessed to being what what's known as haqqani network that operates from pakistan. u.s. ambassador ryan crocker backed that up yesterday. attacks like this demonstrate why we need to be here, he said, to get out before the afghans have a full grip on security which is a couple of years out would be to invite the taliban, the haqqanis and taliban back in and set the stage for another 9/11 and that, i think, is an unacceptable risk for any american. preventing further attacks is a serious challenge for afghan authorities, especially trying to keep weapons from coming into the city and they've asked for scanning equipment to help do it. >> thank you very much. >>> in san francisco this morning, a search has been called off for four sailors lost in a yacht race over the weekend. as bill whitaker reports, one other body was recovered. three people were saved. >> reporter: it was a dramatic coast guard rescue. three sailors lifted to safety after clinging to jagged outcroppings off the coast of an fran, holding on for their lives in a pounding'. th

haqqani will get him -- the economy will get him one or two votes. this is romney's approach. they will go to the polls -- "did the president the fill his promise to me?" that will be the thing that wins him -- romney as to back away from actively turning people off. >> a lot of republicans will tell you that that will be his strategy. he needs to be something. t knows care mostly about the economy -- latinos care mostly about the economy. emigration is what we call a filter issue -- immigration. if we do not like the way you're speaking about immigration -- >> you're saying there is the tone of immigration as the entry issue. mitt romney has a problem with the tone. if you say you don't care about a vote, they will not vote for you. mitt romney has been broadcasting is measures that he does not care about your vote and he has to solve that. let me ask you guys. let's say that you're called then -- let's say mitt romney is set to go and he says, "one of the points that i have to bring up in spanish language media to try to mitigate the damage?" what would you suggest to mitt r