i had first been to karachi in 2002. it was a way station on my way to cover the war in afghanistan. i was assigned to spend time there, the first story i covered there was the death of a "wall street journal" journalist. daniel pearli heard some of the stories of the people who lived there. i became fascinated with how the city looked. there would be these pieces of british architecture from the victorian era. there would be massive neighborhoods of concrete block homes where millions of people lived. i was drawn into the story of the place. i had been covering cities of different kinds all my career as a journalist. i went to the university in kentucky, but also spent a year in new york. at hunter college. i was assigned to read a book, "the power broker," about robert moses. this great builder of new york city. i was so fascinated about the city around me and the ways it grew and changed over the years. that has informed almost every kind of reporting i have done ever since. many different stories i have done over the

in the southern city of karachi, gunfire is rampant. in karachi when japanese people go out by car they usually take an armed security guard with them. this representative of a japanese company is one of them. he started traveling with an armed guard in june on the orders of his employer. he keeps cash in the car to offer in case he's robbed. >> translator: this is a dummy purse with small amounts of cash. not having any cash could be dangerous. so i always keep this in the car. >> reporter: japanese corporations are making a calculated bet that expansion in pakistan is worth the risk. and they feel welcome in a country where anti-u.s. sentiment runs deep. pakistani president zardari this month invited a delegation of more than 30 corporate officials from japan to his office. he promised to support japanese companies doing business in the country. pakistan is a member of the so-called next level. countries that have potential to form the bricks in the next wave of emerging economy. japanese firms hope to make inroads in to the pakistani

in karachi, when japanese people go out by car. they usually take an armed security guard with them. this serves as a representative for a japanese company is one of them. he started traveling with an armed guard in june on the orders of his ememployer. he keeps cash in the car to offer in case he's robbed. >> this is a dummy purse with small amounts of cash. not having any cash could be dangerous. so i always keep this in the car. >> reporter: japanese corporations are making a calculated bet that expansion in pakistan is worth the risk and they feel welcome in a country where anti-u.s. sentiments run deep. pakistani president spoke to more than 30 corporate officials from japan at his office. he promised to support japanese companies doing business in the country. pakistan is a member of the so-called next level of countries that businesses believe have potential to follow the bricks in the next wave of emerging economies. japanese firms hope to make inroads into the pakistani market by pitching their technology and know how. >>>

but i don't think there's any question, this one in karachi on sunday, one of the biggest yet.ys hard to guess how many people are in these crowds. but by my estimation, there's at least 20,000 people here, maybe more. this gathering organized by the mqm, a political party that's already fiercely anti-taliban. they believe the taliban poses an immediate danger to pakistan and point to the attack on malala. messages for mahalia, saying our prayers with with you. and a banner that spans 20 football fields where demonstrators are writing get well wishes. obviously a lot of support here for this 14-year-old human rights activist. but here is what else you're seeing, intense outrage and anger aimed at the taliban. >> i want to crush the people who killed -- who tried to kill mahalia. >> reporter: you want to crush the taliban? >> of course. they should take necessary action. >> we are praying for her. >> reporter: it's that type of anger many here say could be a turning point in pakistan's fight against violent extremism. many here say it's time, not just for the government, but eve

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tens of thousands took to the streets in karachi, pakistan's biggest city. a massive show of support for this young girl, shot and nearly killed by the taliban. finally, some good news. doctors say the young girl is responding to treatment. >> she has created a movement across pakistan. our girls want to follow. >> reporter: for years, she was a thorn in the taliban's side. when they closed her school, she dared to speak out, fighting for the right of all girls to an education. >> i want to get my education and i want to become a doctor. >> reporter: when the taliban couldn't silence her, they targeted her. earlier this week, a gunman shot her in the head on the way home from school. that attack led to massive outrage. ordinary pakistanis uniting to denounce the taliban. even the country's christians, themselves a small minority, are now praying for her. >> everybody feeling the same way. right, left, and center. people, whatever their political ideologies are. >> reporter: now the hope is her attack is a turning point. turning the entire country against the

today tens of thousands turned out in karachi to register their dissent to the taliban. hundreds of schoolgirls gathered to support her. some here are now saying that this is the chance for the military to strike at the heart of the taliban in the border region as the outrage over the attack grows, as do the cries for justice for mallal. >>> still ahead, as nightly news continues, the uproars over the way some schools are tracking students, every movement, every move they make. >>> and you just can't believe your eyes. many medications. dry mouth can be frustrating... and ignoring it can lead to... sipping water can help, but dentists recommend biotene. biotene moisturizes and helps supplement some of saliva's enzymes, providing soothing relief when you need it most. don't ignore dry mouth... look for biotene in your oral care section today. this has been medifacts for biotene. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a

tens of thousands rallied in karachi for malala yousufzai, shot on her way home from school five days ago. she remains in critical condition tonight but doctors say mull allah did breathe on her own today when they briefly removed her ventilator. yesterday she moved her limbs. the united arab emirates is sending a plane outfitted as an air ambulance if doctors send her abroad for treatment. relations between neighbors turkey and syria are growing more tense tonight with turkey today closing its airspace to all syrian aircraft. human-rights group accuse the assad government of using cluster bombs in its fight against the rebels. those weapons are widely banned around the world because of the danger they suppose to civilians. more than 32,000 people have been killed in syria since the revolt against bashar assad erupted 19 months ago. >> still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", the shuttle endeavour's slow roll to its final home. hot proposition on the ballot, and not just for medical use. and nine months after the costa concordia ran aground, preparations to move the wreck. am i on

this weekend, thousands of people took to the streets in karachi, at a rally to support malala (mah-lah'-lah). three men have been arrested in connection with the attempt on her life. malala (mah-lah'-lah) has been sent to the u-k for treatment. she remains unconscious, but doctors say she is making progress. the taliban has vowed to kill her, if she survives. >>a court hearing is underway in italy for the captain of the costa concordia. the cruise ship that wrecked off the coast of italy, killing 32 passengers. francesco is accused of steering the ship too close to shore. he says he was distracted.. when the ship rammed into a reef last january.a lawyer for the families of the 32 people killed says no one should have died in the incident and that the captain is not solely to blame but also the company that runs the cruise line.,who faces multiple charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship, did not speak during the hearing. he went up. way up. more than 24 miles into space then went hurling towards the earth at speeds of more than 700 miles per hour. australian daredevil felix baumgart

leave it right there that our balvenie who is a political activist from pakistan are joining us from karachi thank you for speaking to r.t. but the u.s. defense chief leon panetta has called on the afghan president to thank american troops rather than criticize them who is responding to him because lies complaints of the third say that washington is failing to go after militants have based in neighboring pakistan that's all on the eve of the eleventh anniversary since nato forces invaded the country antiwar activists and journalists don de bar b. feels the alliance is simply not welcome in the country. the united states has a blind spot to the fact that people tend to have an affinity for their national sovereignty that doesn't disappear just because their country is occupied by the united states and you have this manifest in afghanistan to the point where it's now obvious that if you hand an afghan he comprador soldier a weapon and show them how to use it they turn it on the american soldier that handed it to them the people of afghanistan want the united states out and it's a natural you k

we would send people into karachi to get ksm to pull him out.. listen, i hate to sound like a code pink guy here. i'm telling you, this is causing this, quote, collateral damage, with a joystick from california, this is going to cause problems in the future. >> if it's misused and a major possibility of misuse if you have the wrong people running the government. but the bottom line in the end is, whose 4-year-old gets killed? what we're doing is limiting -- >> does that matter? >> -- limiting the possibility that 4-year-olds here are going to get killed by indiscriminate acts of terror. >> listen, not if you don't have another way to go in. and apprehend these terrorists. >> no, we're going to do that, too. >> no, we're not. >> yes, we are. special forces and drones. >> it troubles me to be on joe scarborough's side in any debate but, secondly, you sound like you're at yoko ono's concert right now. >> it's troubling the indiscriminate killing. >> i agree with you. >> it's one of philosophy. so much was raised in terms of people opposed to tortur

the biggest will be and karachi tens of thousands are expected to turn out. >> still to, the death toll the nationwide meningitis. we are learning more about the pharmacy linked to it all. >> today's high temperatures warm up nicely. and even warmer weather on the way toward what we can expect for your city, coming up been a federal health officials said the outbreak is now at 15. the cdc says that this has cost 197 people in 13 different states. california have yet to report any illnesses. this is from steroid shots from helping to treat back pain. it has been recalled but new questions. brien taught reports. >> cnn has linked these fatalities are not the first deaths from this new england composting center. 10 years ago a man from william cook, an injection of this steroid toward the documents that cn and obtained. it was made from this new england compounding pharmacy. the lawsuit is seeking $2.5 million. it was a contaminated bacterial meningitis from this batch. he passed away in 20 04. it was settled in court because of confidentiality would do not know if the company admitted wro

there was a very large rally in the southern pakistani city of karachi in support of the girl.re have been other rallies but they have only numbered in the 100's and western leaders, as you can imagine, are voicing their outright support for this little girl. >> the united kingdom stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of pakistan trying to ensure that young people have a proper education and in supporting this 14-year-old. >> the u.n. envoy for global education has announce add petition in her name-calling on pakistan to ensure that every single girl has the chance to go to school. given that the pakistani government has not condemned this attack, it remains to be seen what they will do. >>shepard: incredible. the man accused of orchestrating the attacks of 9/11 in front of a judge but the judge had to rule on a battle overstate secrets. that is an important ruling. >> what does it feel like to fall 24 miles from mile? this guy can now describe it. >>shepard: thisst "studio b" at the bottom the hour and time for the top of the news. after months of delay the five accused

another big rally is set to get under way in pakistanpakistan's city karachi next hour. >>> pakistaniair strike has killed two americans in the northern strip of gaza. they say three other people were wounded including a 10-year-old. the israel defense forces confirmed the strike and said it targeted terror operatives. >> an african king from ghana didn't exactly get a royal welcome from norway. instead he got robbed from a radisson hotel in oslo. police are searching for a man and woman caught on surveillance. they think they may have swiped one of their bags that had priceful crown jewels inside it. >>> a tragedy. at least 100 people were injured when the fireworks fell into the crowd. many people suffered burns. the incident now under investigation. >>> now to the middle east where tensions are threatening to boil over between syria and turkey. will a full-scale regional war erupt? syrian shells have fallen on the side of the border and now both are yanking their aircraft from the airspace. m mohammed joins us. they were there to try to calm the tensions with syria. what can you te

tens of thousands took to the streets in karachi, pakistan's biggest city, a massive show of support young girl, 14-year-old malala yousafzai, the young girl shot in the head and nearly killed this week by the taliban. finally some good news. doctors say the young girl is responding to treatment. >> she has created a movement across pakistan. of a girl others want to follow. >> reporter: for years, malala yousafzai was a thorn in the taliban's side. when they closed her school, she dared to speak out fighting for the right of all girls for an education. this is what she told "the new york times." >> i want to get my education and i want to become a doctor. >> reporter: when the taliban couldn't silence her, they targeted her. earlier this week a gunman shot her in the head on the way home from school. >> pakistan! pakistan! >> reporter: that attack led to massive outrage, ordinary pakistanis uniting to denounce the taliban. even the country's christians themselves, a small minority, are now praying for malala. >> it has united the entire nation. everybody feeling the same way. right,

. >>> a wounded teenage activist who stood up to the taliban inspired a huge rally in karachi, pakistan, today. tens of thousands of people gathered to support the 14-year-old malala who blogged about the right of girls to get an education. taliban members tried to assassinate here on tuesday but she's in stable condition. the mosque has extensive damage after the army set fire to it. parts of the mosque date back from the 12th century. meanwhile, opposition forces say another 220 people had been killed across syria. >>> the space shuttle "endeavour" once soared 1223 miles through space. crowds heres as it moved to its retirement home in los angeles. it finally arrived at the california center after crawling 12 miles across l.a. over three days. >>> just 23 days until the election and the presidential candidates are hard to find. we barely got a glimpse of them today, president obama or mitt romney. they are getting ready for tuesday's debate. mark preston is on site at new york's hofstra university. my question is does president obama still have some work to do on tuesday. >> reporter:

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thousands of people have taken to the streets in karachi to protest her shooting. >>> now to the presidential race. 23 days to go, and president obama is off the campaign trail again today. he arrived in williamsburg, virginia yesterday, but not for a campaign event in the critical swing state. instead he is there for debate prep. the president and his team are at the kings mill resort. he is spending time studying and practicing with the same team that got him ready for the first debate. the campaign official says the president is laying low, but could make a stop outside the resort before he leaves. >>> the campaign also gave us this nugget. they've now accepted donations from four million people. that's a record. remember, the obama campaign took in $181 million in donations in september. that's also a record. mitt romney hasn't released his september fundraising numbers just yet. >>> romney is also off the trail today after making several stops in ohio yesterday. ohio is one of those critical swing states as well. the stops there make it nearly 20 trips to the state for romney since april

we've seen this before in the bush administration, we had attacks in the consulate in karachi and pakistan in saudi arabia, in jeddah, in syria, and elsewhere throughout the region. so this is not entirely new. we know the threat is there. i think what we've seen in libya is, obviously a government which still had a real challenge in using its own forces to protect the limited u.s. presence and very legitimate questions now about the degree of security that was there at the embassy. from what i understand, there still was no long specific actual intelligence about this attack, but it's quite clear there was a threat in libya generally, a specific threat that we'd seen over the previous couple months in benghazi, and now obviously the congress and the executive branch have to look hard and see should that security have been heightened, but as you noted, the diplomatic security within the state department has long been a target of budget cuts and it is really hard when you have hundreds of embassies and consulates around the world to know where you should have resources when. after the fact

tens of thousands of protesters attended a rally yesterday in karachi, pakistan's largest city.er condition is good but recovery could take months. joining us is dr. sanjay gupta. you are a trauma surgeon, you operate on gunshot victims regularly. what can you tell us based on what we know so far? >> the doctors say they spent about three hours doing an operation after she was shot point-blank. we understand with a nine millimeter weapon, is my understanding. it's a pretty significant injury, as you might guess. fewer than 10% roughly of all patients who suffer this kind of injury even survive and of that, a smaller percentage with meaningful neurological recovery. there was a good piece of news i heard about yesterday. that is she was moving her hands and feet, plural. both hands, both feet. that's really important. i think we talked about this a little bit in the context of congresswoman giffords previously. just that kind of movement on both sides means that if she was following a command, doing it in response to someone telling her to do that, that would be a very -- much be

i mean, you were in karachi.ry where women and children can be treated like second class citizens. what does this mean? >> well, it's hard to say how malala has inspired each and every person but live hearing in -- live hearing in pakistan, the overwhelming number of people share her values, they're against the militancy but didn't have the courage to speak out. then they heard this 14-year-old speak out for education. they probably said you know what, she's doing it, maybe i should do it, too. i think that's why over the past week you've heard so many people rise up against the taliban and rise up in support of malala. that's why they say this could be a turning point for this government's fight against extremism here. >> reza sayah. >> the captain of the ship who left while passengers died could be charged with manslaughter at the end of this week's hearings. >> talk about one giant leap for mankind. this is crazy. >> i'm going home now money. >> that's fearless felix. felix baumgartner broke the sound barrier

you at this hour, there's a large group of women, many of them mothers in the southern port city of karachihold i holding a prayer vigil. we spoke to her doctor and neurosurgeon and told us after a three-hour surgery they managed to get the bullet out that was lodged in her neck. authorities are also telling us that they've managed to identify the two gunmen who shot her. it's not clear who they are. but they're going to be arrested soon, according to authorities. many in pakistan know malia. if you're outside the region, you don't. best way to understand why she inspired so many people is to sit down and listen to her speak. here is a small excerpt from that interview. >> so i thought i must stand up for my rights, the right for education, the right for speech. >> some people might say you're 14. you don't have any rights. you just have to listen to mom and dad. >> no, i have the right of education, the right to play, the right to sing, the right to talk. i have the right to go to market. i have the right to speak up. >> reporter: we can objectively report that this is an absolutely adorab

there have been rallies around pakistan, this one was in karachi yesterday.of the reason she has come to britain, of course, is that the treatment is deemed to be more sophisticated here, and what she really need, but its not just the short term treatment, jon it is the long term rehabilitation that this hospital is so good at. they treat all of the war wounded from afghanistan, iraq, around the world, so they have some very highly skilled and practiced specialists here. we will update her as to her condition when we get more information. it is going to obviously be a very long road, weeks they were telling us today if not months. jon: we have live pictures on the screen next to you, amy of the ambulance that has just arrived bringing her into that hospital, unbelievable the savage reto which she has been subjected. we will certainly keep our viewers updated on her condition. amy kellogg, thank you. jenna: well we're seeing a major shift in a key battle ground state. what the latest polls are saying about florida. the way voters are learning now and how the n

as you see in these pictures, look at the crowds, tens of thousands gathered in karachi, pakistan, sunday, children, holding signs that say shame on you, taliban. school girls in abu dhabi sang songs, held pictures of young malala, also former british prime minister gordon brown, he is speaking out as well. he is saying malala's plight highlights the struggle for education millions of children face. in addition, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld took to twitter, he tweets this, today 3 million plus girls are in afghan schools. the shooting of malala yousufzai should remind us if the taliban regain control, they won't be. the taliban is saying no girls should be educated have claimed responsibility for the shooting. they have also threatened to go after malala if she survives. cnn's senior international correspondent dan rivers is in birmingham, england, for us. first off, how is she? >> reporter: well, she's being assessed now. we have not been given any updates on her condition. she still has not remained -- regained consciousness as far as we're aware. she's been in a medically i