the horn of africa, somalia and kenya are high priority.abab in many respects is an indigenous phenomenon to somalia. while they are simplet this ittic to al qaeda, they don't have what i call direct links at this point. what most people are worried about, kenyan officials and american officials is this porous border between kenya and somalia and the ability of operatives to be able to move across, avoid tracking and therefore, if they are going to do operational planning, this he can do it in a way there is a high degree of confidence they won't get caught. >> of course, the porous boarder is rooted in the precolonial history. i mean, these were peoples who lived together, the somalis in kenya are the same as the somalis in somalia. so, you -- the colonial governments established these borders and it's very hard to even keep the borders -- the borders properly patrolled for normal traffic to say nothing of terrorists. >> that is exactly right. so think about lines on a map that really have no meaning for tribings and for how tribes have in

heaid, well, i got to send him e of my horns!urse tha got us splashed all over the newspapers. at a timewhen louis armstrong waon tour in africa, heas banned from south afric because people of african origin who didn't ce from south afri could ntinental come in as endangered servants or grant laborers. when sidney porirtier came in 1951they came to south africa as endanged servantsf the directors. lieu we armstrongoo much influence, butis trumpet came. it made us very famou for most of the year. we appeared in just aboutvery newspaper. then the music commuty found us and they nurtured us, five of us are still professional musicians today. >> charlie: five om that group. >> yeah.arlie: you stain touch? >> oh, yeah we're veryood friends. we are all alive. i gomeet louis armstrong about six years later when i was in hool i went tohe gramm awards. and he just said, the on thing you have got never to fgets where you came fm. beuse when i tk, i neve finish any sennce wiout lking abounew orleans. >> charlie new orleans,es. when you ce t

he said, well, i got to send him one of my horns!urse, that got us splashed all over the newspapers. at a time whenen louis armstrong was on tour in africa, he was banned from south africa because people of african origin who didn't come from south africa could continental come in as endangered servants or migrant laborers. when sidney porirtier came in 1951 they came to south africa as endangered servants of the directors. lieu we armstrong too much influence, but his trumpet came. it made us very famous for most of the year. we appeared in just about every newspaper. then the music community found us and they nurtured us, five of us are still professional musicians today. >> charlie: five from that group. >> yeah.charlie: you stay in touch? >> oh, yeah. we're very good friends. we are all alive. i got meet louis armstrong about six years later when i was in school i went to the grammy awards. and he just said, the one thing you have got never to forget is where you came from. because when i talk, i never finish any sentence without

>> well, andrea, i think the threat is particularly high in the horn of africa, both kenya and somalian africa, the very group that attacked the embassies in 1998 is very strong. one of the leaders of that plot is still at large. and you have indigenous groups like al shabaab in a somalia, which is not a subsidiary of al qaeda, but is sympathetic to it and has its own national holistic approach. and you can go to west africa and have similar issues. al qaeda has a presence, particularly in the mowerya, mauritania and indinlgenous gros as well. africa is a real priority when you look at our counterterrorism division and how we need to confront the threat that's out there right now. >> john brennan, the counterterror adviser for the president spoke on this "today." this is what he had to say, the president has been very clear on this. poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. lack of education does not cause terrorism. but just as there is no excuse for the wanton slaughter of innocence, there is no desire that when people have no hope for a job and feel disconnected from the modern

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our financial guru dale horn is here. what do you think? >> i love it.looked like she was having a little trouble getting the vault open. but i love stories like that. they didn't get into any of the financial mess, they kept things simple and it paid off. >> and no atm. i love that quote. if you need money after hours -- >> you're up to no good. >> ain't that the truth. thank you for coming in. you often take questions from viewers. one from molly. she said we're starting to save for the first time. we're not interested in investing. we just want to save. we want something that is risk-free and has the opportunity to grow. is there a better option than a traditional savings account from our bank? the interest rate is so low. >> the answer is yes. when you say save and she doesn't want to take risks it's easy to narrow it down to three categories. one is usually your savings account. the second would be cd's or certificates of deposit which you purchase through the bank. then the third would be treasury bills, bonds, which can be purchased directly from

he was grazing with his friends and horns got caught on a wire. as he struggled to get free he slid down the mountain on the wire. and ended up dangling there. the tourists used a fishing pole to pull the wire to the ground. they unhooked the ram's horn. he went back to the pasture to join his flock. he appears to be doing okay. >>> a bike that can fly. and he took off on his flike to try to fly across great britain. a cross between a tricycle and propelled by a twin motor. he is trying to get to the northern tip of scotland. he hopes to be there by the end of august. looks like it is a smooth, cool ride. that's our show. the tonight show is next. we'll see you tomorrow.

a message is sent to every horn player within 100 miles of the funeral.ives away bugles and helps with uniforms. while he gets support from foundations, he runs a deficit every year. how do you make up for the the shortfall? >> i kind of make it up myself. >> 15,000, $20,000 a year. >> probably $10,000. you finish your last of the 24 notes, you put the horn down, and the flag has been presented. then the family comes over. the kisses, the handshakes from these families, there's nothing, no amount of money could ever buy the feeling that i get from the family once i finish the 24 notes. >> but soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan plus 1800 veterans of world war ii dying every day, there is a flood of military funerals. day, who is 69, says he wants to keep going until he dies, then leave his organization in solid shape to carry on. >> i want every family to have live "taps" at that going away presentation of their veteran, and it kind of tells the marines, who are guarding the gates in heaven, live "taps," we're gointo let this veteran in. >> after our

these people don't either pit burning an effigy, horns on the members' faces. those are the people who have taken it too far and those are the people steven pearlstein is talking about. but beneath that, there are real concerns among people about what this means for them, and the democrats have not done a good job of trying to make that case. they only now are getting their act together, and we will see if they can push back against this. i do think that the rebel part of this has overplayed its hand. >> code pink is not comparable pretty clever on charles, but it is not accurate code pink is a very much of a splinter group, never endorsed by mainstream democrats or leaders. if i could finish while you are interrupting -- that is the first point. the second is that there is an awful lot of misinformation being circulated. there are advertisements saying "why will they cover abortion," which is not in the bill, "but not an emergency appendectomy? why is there euthanasia in?" there is truth squad working done. >> the idea that the republican establishment is endo

we have to take the bulls by the horn and say, look, we know what's going on. we've known what's been going on my whole life, but we've never just stepped up and done something about it. that's the difference now, and i think this generation, my generation wants to do something. it's just a lot of them are afraid to do something because they're scared they're going to get knocked on the ground. >> professor from a historical perspective, and then follow up, terrence -- from a historical perspective economically, can what we've seen -- we tend toly of what one african-american can do from the white house -- are we being pollyanna with the expectation, this seat change, because we've seen the election of this man? >> listen, barack obama is going to do more for the african-american community than many of the past presidents combined. i mean, he, for example, has a special office in the white house that deal with urban problems. that's so unlike the previous administrations. and he's gearing up to address issues of poverty and joblessness in the inner city. >> ter

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i think secretary clinton is going to articulate goals around security and peace around the horn of africa i think on the somalian end, there are tremendous concerns being raised that really the u.s. is being looked to -- to prop up a transitional government that many see as being imposed really from the outside. i think clearly what's at stake is that a government that was seen as credible was ousted by the americans back in 2006 and since then, there's been a succeeding series of governments, transitional governments with more or less problems around credibility. and here again what you is a quest for support and legitimacy from the u.s. by this new transitional government there in somalia. >> why is the state of smaa sta crucial? >> somalia is in a vital area. it's the gulf of aden through the coast of somalia through which much of the world trade flows. this is why during the cold war somalia was such a strategic point that it also went back and forth between the u.s. and the ussr trying to create puppet state that's would be client states for their interests in that region. i think be

i remember, ed, your getting lena horne to tell you some secrets about her sex life. >> lena horne: ♪ again... >> bradley: ♪ i'm a rich, juicy, ripe plum again... >> horne: yeah, but you can't help your sexual nature, you know. that's what that line means. >> wallace: i really didn't like you back 30 years ago. >> stahl: even when we went to the "lighter side" in terms of subject matter, don still wanted us to bore in and ask the real shockers. >> bradley: someone told us that you spent most of the '70s stoned. >> who s... who was that? who said that? >> bradley: an... an ex-wife. >> an ex-wife? >> kroft: do you think you're immature? >> oh, yeah. >> kroft: in what ways? >> name one. go ahead, name one. >> kroft: sexually? >> seinfeld: yeah. >> kroft: why? >> seinfeld: i don't know. embarrassed. >> kroft: what do you mean? >> seinfeld: i am not going to talk about being sexually immature on "60 minutes". >> hewitt: somebody once said to me, would you do britney spears on "60 minutes"?& i said of course, i would do britney spears on "60 minutes," if she had something to say. >> stahl:

i flicked my lights and honked my horn in an approach the try the warn him, and i applied my brakes. >> police found no skid marks and stallworth says he had at most two seconds to react. >> we collided and that's one of the many vivid things that still plays in my head to this day is the sound of that accident. >> how soon after did you call 911? >> i immediately reached into my bag that was in my passenger seat and i called 911 right away. >> 911. miami beach. what's your emergency? >> on the causeway. >> where on the causeway, sir? >> damn, you know what, i'm right in front of the alton sign, beaches and art deco history sign. >> okay. did you pass the marina? >> um, i don't know what the marina is, sir, but... >> okay, listen, listen, this guy just ran in front of my car, and he's [bleeped] laying in the street. >> so your vehicle hit someone in the street. >> yeah, you got it. you got to send an ambulance right now, man. >> we played the 911 call for stallworth. what does it feel like to relive that? >> it's horrific for the mental images in my mind and it's like a slow motion v

[ ship horn blowing ] get out.[ jazz band playing "anchors aweigh" ] [ ship horn blows ] >>> racers to your marks, get set paddle. if you have that competitive spirit it's time for you to sign up for the baltimore drag spot. >> reporter: you must be competitive because you look like you're ready to go. >> reporter: i'm competitive i'm at a dra dragon boat, i gote life best, and the shine is perfect this morning. it's time to get out and get some exercise. for more information on what is going on this saturday, i'm joined by the club founders. can you walk me through a typical practice for you guys. >> the practice happens for one hour. we do 15 minute warm up which reinforces our technique. we make sure that our hips are against the gondola and we work on our technique and up to 15 minutes are over, we do our race practice, we practice our start. we make sure that our start is flawless, because that is the beginning of the race. and then we kind of just go through the race and through our tactics, which i'm sorry,

got one of his horns caught in a wire fence. he slid down a mountain and went airborne. the tourists used a fishing pole to pull the wire to the ground and unhook the ram's horn from the wire. the ram was so still they thought they were too late, but then the ram opened his eyes and jumped up and ran away. no thank you, no nothing. >> he was probably embarrassed. he's probably thinking, i hope the other rams aren't watching me. >> the other ram says is that you? d heaid, no, ram. sorry. i couldn't resist. >> outside today we had clouds. we had light rain showers for some of the wildflowers that are out. there's a lonesome dandelion still out there. high temperature today,deot t 79 made it to 79 degrees. right now outside our temperature is down to 77 degrees. we are getting breaks in those clouds. dew point is 62. southeasterly wind at seven miles per hour. first time since early july our temperature didn't get to 80 degrees. because of that cloud and that little area of low pressure, look at the temperatures to our west. still not bad. the big thing we'll have noticed t

she has the horns in mid town manhattan. look at her backing up. that's great. we need one of them in this town. >> can you imagine us doing the news like that? >> i would stop and -- you were great. >> and orioles accomplishes something rarely seen at the ballpark. >> kristen berset joins us with a historic night at camden yards. kristen? >> maybe the fans were dancing like that, but players were not. coming up on "sports unlimited". cal ripken, brook robinson, huff, apie, find out what pie did to join three other orioles in one of the rarest feats in baseball. >> marcus smith hoping to be a target for joe flacco, but he will have to wait until next year. the injury that will keep him out for 2009 coming up next. >> and bruce cunningham goes one-on-one with one of last night's breakout performers. find out if mat moren thin

"you mess with a bull, you get the horns." "look, kids, big ben, parliament.g ben." [ light laughter ] and, of course, "life moves pretty fast. if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." thank you, john. we'll be right back wi more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] [ band plays "danke shoen" by wayne newton ] ♪ when morning comes in the middle of the night, [ rooster crow ] it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer diolves quickly... to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and eating or driving... while not fully awake with memory loss for the event... as well as abnormal behaviors... such as being more outgoing or aggressive than normal, confusion, agitation and hallucinations may occur. don't take it with alcohol... as it may increase these behaviors. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath, swelling of your tongue or throat may occu

we don't have any precipitation this horning. we will goat get those popping in here late -- we will get those popping in here later this afternoon. let us turn our attention to the tropics. this is the second tropical depression of the season. it is just a tropical depression at this point. it is off the coast of africa. it bears watching. it has maximum sustained winds of 30 miles per hour, not yet a named storm but we'll keep our eyes on it because some of the conditions are favorable for storm development. this is was happening in our area. the five-day forecast, high today about 92 degrees. we'll see some scattered showers and thunderstorms this an and this evening. tomorrow, our temperatures drop off after a cold front comes through. 88 for your high and it will be cooler than that for thursday and friday with highs in the mid-80s. every day this week, we have a thunderstorms. now, let's get the latest on this morning's rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> all right. lanes are open right now along 66 for those traveling

but this could be different, according to the police, went instead to the turmoil in the horn of africa. >> police in khartoum broke up the trial of a women exposed of indecency, facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers and a restaurant. it has provoked an outcry among human rights groups. iran holding three americans who travelled illegally into the country from neighboring kurdistan. they say that they strayed into the border while hiking. hillary clinton called on to iran to return as quickly as possible. thousands of palestinian fat of members attended their first meeting in decades. the meeting was opened by a call for unity, but the comments were shattered by a fight with hamas, who accuses him of collaborating with israel. after two months of process challenging his election, mahmoud ahmadinejad was brought in for a second term officially. he used the opportunity to blast away western nations. but it may be enemies within his own country that ought to console him more -- concern him more. if i crackdown, taking to the street. and expulsion from tehran by australian authorities, and

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and they found it hanging out in a pine tree where they let him stay there for an hour and then used horns to scare him back into the woods. that's a chase that we like. >> how long do you think they followed that bear for? >> i don't know. >>> we got a holdup in the bar with off-duty cops and a chase of a bear. which one do you want? >>> it looks like at -- like this family is expanding to the family. wow, is this... fiber one honey clusters? yes. it's delicious. delicious. i know. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i assure you it does. i was expecting... expecting sawdust and cardboard? i know. i can only taste... only taste the crunchy clusters, honey, and brown sugar. no madam, i don't have esp. ok. i'll take a box, but you probably already knew that. (announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> time to go to new york and get the tech beats with have anita fire in. >> reporter: according to the new york times, the change will take place by the end of the year. sony and other companies are hoping to counter amazon that has become the dominant

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so your family can get more mileage out of less. [ horn honks ] new charmin ultra soft.ca's softest bath tissue. cocktail moment for sflu oh, very good. >> this, i'm going to be on "meet the press" this weekend. >> yes, excellent. >> that means i've never done one of these shows. i have to go to d.c. and picked out my reading for the trip home because i'm dork ki like that. i make sure i have something to read. a giant new article on c street published by this christian magazine that's called "the world." there are two big relatively mainstream christian right magazines in the u.s. one is christianity today. one is called "the world." "the world" did a huge new cover on "c street." i haven't read the whole thing but interviews with people who left the family and have lots of criticism for it and an explanation of how they don't consider themself christians and dictators and how the guy has put 11 of his family members on the group's payroll. it is that story from the world is linked on our website in case anybody else wants to do their homework with me on "c street." coc

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about 50 people prayed and sounded the ram's horn on board this plane. >>> if iseems to good to be true you know what they say. case in point a 5 2 inch flat screen with a ten dollar price tag. that didn't stop people from trying to cash in on the big blooper today. >>> also, killer asteroid possibly on a course with earth. now the agency said it doesn't have the cash to do anything about it. >>> first remember paul? 18 years he thinks long enough for everybody to think about that whole indecent exposure in the movie theater thing. he is bringing pee wee herman back. . >>> some shoppers couldn't believe this a 51-inch flat screen tv $9 and 99-cents at best buyt. was to good to be true. the retailer said no dealt. was a cyber slip up. everybody knows -- it's almost e legend if you see a price at the store on the shelf you walk up to the manager and say that's what it said and you get that price. what's the deal? >> reporter: as it often the case, this is a situation of everything being in the fine print. right there it is. it's only a deal if best buy says it is. they call themselves bes

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darlene was hearing that horn blaring in her head as she sat on her back patio one night in 2007. she was dreaming of an upcoming trip to paparadise. she was pumped to go on this cruise? >> absolutely. >> reporter: why not. she loved adventures but never travelled to exotic locales. she had been a young bride who raised two children in harrisburg, pennsylvania with her husband, todd, a carpenter. life had been good, but tough. >> some of it was difficult. there's never enough money when you're young and you're starting a family, especially that young. >> reporter: did you work long hours? >> i worked long hours. >> reporter: back then with little money for lavish vacations, darlene had to find fun in her own pennsylvania back yard. it sat down the road from interstate 81, friends and strangers alike, always welcome, says her daughter. >> she would try and just make everybody happy. she didn't want somebody in a corner by themselves a i loan not having a good time. >> reporter: if you were not in the mood, she would pick you up, boost you up? >> she would do something to kema you l

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