my predecessor, general john campbell and the 101st division, had made some headway prior to our arrival. as most people know, the mission that took out osama bin laden in early may caused the pakistan government to start to limit the cooperation and collaboration along the border between our forces. we have a couple of cross border incidents subsequent to that that added to the limitation of our ability to do that. we did not make progress with complementary operations that need to happen to be able to achieve some level of effectiveness against the free movement of man, weapons, and equipment across that contested border. a ultimately, the afghans, both military and civilian leadership, are going back to take the lead in the coordination that has to go on with the government of pakistan. our approach to that was in the border dialogue that happens that it appeared to before had been led by u.s. forces, u.s. leadership. we changed that during our time there. we have the afghan border police commander post a quarterly meeting that we held in october 2011. he not only hosted the meeting a

campbell, abc 7 entertainment. >> elkton john can sleep easy now because madonna says she forgives him. sure he's been waiting patiently for that. been in a feud since criticized a lady gaga song ,nd elton john fired back calling madonna a stripper. madonna dedicated her song elton john and not ahe'srowd i forgive mine and him. the first lady making an appearance on the dr. oz show. michelle obama will tape a segment next week to discuss her campaign and that will air on september 14. a british tabloid finally the first british paper published the nude of prince harry in s.s vega >> and james palace formally asked the british newspapers not the photographs on the grounds they would infringe on the prince's privacy. but the managing editor of the changed his mind, saying of freedom of the press. labatt 6:00, how las vegas hopes to profit from the scandal. we will hear from the bill girls him on the weekend on good morning america. partyinghe girls him. a couple got married in newport beach, california packs. jet ceremony, sounique husband said i do while wearing wetsuits. who would pass

. >> is there a glen campbell here? it was john wayne. he had his little girl with him.that gig was a starring role in the 1969 film "true grit." >> i never acted before. he said, hell, you can do that. it was duke, you know. what are you going to do say, no, i'm not going to do it >> i dispute your claim. i'd muddy up the water >> you do that and i'll kill you i looked so bad in it compared to john wayne. he won the oscar. ♪ i've been walking these streets so long ♪ >> reporter: campbell's biggest hit was still to come. in 1975, he heard a demo that he thought could be his signature tune. ♪... dirty sidewalks of broadway ♪ >> reporter: you knew right away you wanted to record that song >> oh, yeah. i've been walking these streets so long, singing the same old song. that was just perfect. ♪ like a rhinestone cow boy >> reporter: rhinestone cow boy was his first number-one record. campbell soon entered a dark period that included a notorious cocaine-fueled affair with singer tonnia tucker, a time he himself would call run-away madness. you went through pretty rough times

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john mccain and former governor of florida jeb bush. democratic convention speakers include san anotonio mayor julian castro delivering the keynote address. plus first lady michelle obama and former president bill clinton. host: andrea louise campbells a political science professor from massachusetts institute of technology. you have a piece coming out in "foreign affairs" magazine in just a little bit. is america undertaxed? guest: the united states has lowered taxes. total taxes in united states if we add federal and state and municipal taxes comes to about 25% of gdp. compare that to the rich industrialized democracies, they earn about 34% of their economies in taxes. u.s. taxes are low in comparison. host: you can see it denmark at the top with 40%. new zealand, spain, switzerland ancoming in above the united states. what do those numbers tell you? guest: we spend less in a variety of areas. we learned last tax revenues of various types in the united states. the difference is not so much in the income tax. it is about the same as the other countries in average. we earn somewhat less in corporate taxes. the largest difference is in value-added taxes. that is a tax that most countries have but the united states does not. we have