. >>> talks between afghan president hamid karzai and the man challenging him for his job have broken down. christiane amanpour who appears on cnn learned that karzai's oh poend, abdullah abdullah will likely boycott the runoff. the former ambassador to afghanistan predicts it country will have a power-sharing deal between karzai and abdullah. >>> california officials say they're going to try to reopen the san francisco-oakland bay bridge on monday. but they say they can't guarantee it, even though they'll be working the whole weekend to repair it. the bridge was closed on tuesday after three steel pieces fell off of it in the middle of rush hour, right in to traffic. they crashed right in to the laebs and injured one person. the bridge carries about 280,000 vehicles per day. >>> so, it's halloween as we mentioned. a lot of people are going out trick or treating. it's exciting. but is there going to be good weather for all of that trick or treating going on. reynolds wolf joins us with a look at the forecast. >>> it happens to depend on where you're going to be. on the eastern seaboar

secretary general ban ki moon monday, galbraith charged that eide had shown partiality to the karzai government, refusing to take steps to prevent the fraud, and trying to conceal it afterwards. he said eide: but ban fired galbaith from the kabul post, and issued a statement reaffiriming his "full support" for eide. he said he "made this decision in the best interest of the mission." last night, eide defended his handling of the election controversy. >> warner: and peter galbraith joins us now. he's served in a number of diplomatic posts, including as u.s. ambassador to croatia in the clinton administration. from the united nations, we have edwin moulet, and welcome to you both, thank you both for being with us. mr. galbraith, beginning with you, these are very serious charges, let's start with the runup to the elections. you say that the u.n. special representative failed and blocked you from taking steps that could have prevented or limited the fraud. what could the u.n. have done? >> in july is before the elections i came to the key problem was going to come from best to polling s

karzai has now endorsed it.says he accepts the findings that found clear evidence of fraud in the election. he will face his main rival. former minister abdul abdullah. he praised karzai for taking part in a revote saying it's an important precedent for afghanistan's new democracy. >>> meanwhile president obama says all u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq by next august. he said the u.s. stands by the withdrawal plan. he wants more commercial investment now that violence in iraq is declining. the president is pressing iraqi leaders to do more to get ready for the critical election that is in january. the u.s. is concerned the violence might return if the vote is at all delayed. >>> special honor for a group of vietnam veterans. president obama recognized them with the presidential unit citation. nearly 40 years after an exceptional act of bravery. >> today also reminds us of our obligations to all our veterans. where they took off the uniform decades ago or days ago to make sure that they and their families r

his main challenger says karzai is influntsing the process. karzai denies that. so what do you americans think about the recent events in afghanistan? see you new numbers today. some are calling it president obama's personal vietnam war. take a look here. according to a new cnn opinion research corporation poll, 52% of americans say afghanistan has turned into another vietnam. 46% still disagree. another hot topic, sending more troops to afghanistan. nearly 60% of people polled are against that idea. recently the head of u.s. operations in afghanistan asked for 40,000 more troops. >>> some immigrant rights activists don't want you to buy two popular halloween costume. have you seen them in stores here? take a look. a group are asking stores and website to stop selling illegal alien costumes. one includes an alien mask, an organize prison jump suit and green card, and the mustache and baseball cap. calling it mean offensive, others say they're funny. >> i reckon it's pretty ruthless. especially the one with the mustache. a bit over the top. >> for a big corporatio

if i meet karzai and declared the winner, will afghans -- if hamid karzai is declared the winner, will afghans' except the government? and if there is a second round, will anyone accept the election process? this matters if the u.s. decides to send more troops, said the man leading the charge against the u.n. >> the counter insurgency strategy requires an afghan partner that is credible. and a government that comes in through this kind of election are these kinds of circumstances is not going to be credible with a large segment of the population of the afghanistan. >> all this has certainly complicated debate in america and britain about the best strategy for afghanistan and whether they are prepared to put more men on the front line. a -- bbc news, at the united nations. >> this is "world news today." coming up -- a year on from the banking crisis that crippled the icelandic economy, the country is debating whether to join the eu. talks have begun in honduras to try to resolve the confrontation between the interim government that seized power in a coup in june and it ousted president

karzai is influencing the process, karzai denies this. >> time for your little angels to turn into ghost and goblins. one of the most popular costumes may not be very scary, but is making people very angry. that's new for you later this hour. >>> tom brady had a record-setting day in the snow. here's rafer with more on that. good morning. >> good morning, robin. okay, so he's not just a pretty face. can he actually play football as well. >> where was the snow at? >> in foxborough, massachusetts, which makes it more interesting. brady has done something no quarterback has ever done in the national football league on this blustery day. he threw five touchdown passes under ten minutes in the second quarter of a blowout in tennessee. normally when it's this snowy you're not going to do that. you're going to run the ball. that led to the largest half time lead in nfl history, 35-0. pats go on to win 59-0, ties the alarmest margin of victory. marquis quarterbacks, drew brees had a breeze with the new york giants. nobody saw this one coming. 48-27. brees is only about six feet tall, but is play

so kerry met with karzai repeatedly over the weekend. he opened up about his own tough decision not to challenge votes from the '04 presidential election. we're hearing emotional new details about a virginia tech student who vanished from a metallica concert on saturday. morgan harrington's mom says she was home with her parents that morning trying on outfits for the concert. they expected her back sunday to study for a math test with her dad. >> pretty distraught with her absence and want her back home as soon as we can. in time to take the math test would be fine, because we miss our little baby. she is our precious daughter and we hope this attention can help bring her back to her home. >> police want anyone who took pictures at that can sert to look at them more closely to see if they can spot harrington. metallica posted a message on their website asking for help finding the young woman. >>> there's possibly more trouble for the balloon boy's parents. oh, my gosh. well, now the faa says that it is also investigating last week's inci

president karzai is accused of rigging the vote. they accused the u.n.and top envoys here in afghanistan of essentially protecting president karzai, rigging the vote and refusing to acknowledge how widespread the corruption in this vote has been. abdullah would like to see all the votes, one and a half million recounted and tossed out. that would force them into a second round elections. nobody thinks this election was held freely and fairly, but there are serious concerns as to whether there will be a recount or a second round. most likely president karzai could be declared the victor in the next couple of weeks. >> julie: con or powell, thank you very much. >> gregg: new developments in a alleged terror plot. zazi who is the father of the main suspect fighting back and he is challenging the feds surveillance of him. laura ingle has more on that. >> reporter: the father of zazi the man accused of plotting using weapons of mass destruction is working on his own defense trying to get out of charges that he didn't tell the truth to investigators when asked

karzai needed some persuading for a revote. kerry shared his own similar experiences like his tough decision not to challenge votes from the '04 presidential election. >>> police may have stopped another columbine. a 15-year-old new york boy is at a psychiatric hospital for allegedly plotting to attack his former high school. investigators say they found gasoline and fuses and that he'd been trying to buy an assault rifle. police say his parents had no idea it was going on. that's the part that other parents could relate to. >> sometimes we just, as parents, just really don't know what's going on in that child's room, unfortunately. >> he must be very troubled. >> police say that the boy admitted being angry with kids at the school because he had been bullied. investigators believe he was planning the attack for april 20th, the same day as the columbine high school killings in 1999. >>> a public option for health care reform isn't dead yet. a top aide to house democrats says they've cut back on the spending in their proposal so

lot of corruption within the karzai government and not much stability. if we're going to move forward, we've got to do two things. we got to think about the civilian side and what we're going to do with that government. from the standpoint of trying to help the afghan people clean it up. in order to be successful at doing that, then we've got to quell the violence. we got to slow down the taliban. that means prevailing military. that's what general mcchrystal has recommended and i think the president has got to follow his commanders on ground. the situation in iraq, where jack was very much involved in, not unlike where we are right now. the iraqi government was very unstable. the violence was up. we stopped the violence for the most part. >> let's get into that. i want to bring general keane in on that. there are differences. as well as unstable as the iraqi government was, it did -- the iraqis had ma history of having a strong central government. the surge as far as i understood it, led you to a situation where you had one american soldier for every 10

and he believes karzai's government, hamid karzai could actually pull this out eventually, however when you talk about deployment of troops it's important to know if you side with 40,000 troops you have to mobilize them and takes time to get them moving and get them in place by march, the next spot, when the taliban spring offensive happens every year and the mountain passes melt. you have to get moving within the next month. >> jamie: interesting this point about this timing and where to deploy to. great to see you, he's filling in for chris wallace and is the host of special report. check your local listings, don't miss this edition of fox news sunday. eric. >> eric: iran wants the bomb. that's what the experts say and the islamic republic could be closer to the goal than ever before. we'll have more on the threatening report from the world's nuclear watchdog throughout the morning. >> jamie: and young children and the elderly, not the only folks at risk of dying from swine flu. one group of women are extremely susceptible. a group that may not be able to get the vaccine, dr. rosenfel

officials tossed out almost one-third of karzai's votes. face his main rival and former foreign minister abdullah abdullah. the election will be november 7th. president obama praised karzai for agreeing to take part in a revote saying it's an important resident for afghanistan's new democracy. >>> iraq's prime minister is making the rounds in washington in hopes of drumming up some business for his country. maliki met with president obama in the oval office and with secretary of defense hillary clinton yesterday. she said the u.s. is xmited to iraq's development. >> the state department is launching a u.s./iraqi internship program starting this january. through this program, interns from iraq will be placed in technology start-ups in the united states. to expose them to an entrepreneur spirit as well as the acquisition of skills that they will be able to take home with them. this represents a new approach to diplomacy that targets a group that will have a major impact on iraq's future. namely, the young people of iraq. >>> the iraqi leader

karzai told the associated press it is ridiculous. he denies having connections with the drug trade the cia will not comment. >>> a graphic reminder of the plaguing violence in pakistan. secretary of state hillary clinton is there making her first visit to the country as a top u.s. diplomat. a car bomb exploded in the provincial capital while people were shopping in a crowded market. at least 90 people died there. clinton, meantime, is in islamabad, just about 1 shannon mi 100 miles away. she says the militants who staged this marketplace bombing are "on the losing side of history." >>> a man fired by home depot, he is ready to sue the company over a button. the button says one nation under god indivisible. he says he wore it all the time, no one said a thing until he brought a bible to work to read on breaks. home depot has a policy against non-company buttons. he was fired when he wouldn't take the button off. >> i think that that was the pretense they used to fire him, oh, by the way, your button isn't home depot issued so therefor

-backed fraud investigation found nearly a third of karzai's ballots were invalid. now that would mean he did not get 50% of the votes needed for an outright win. options include a run-off or possibly sharing power with his challenger. >>> charges in the balloon boy case could be filed next week. colorado authorities say that the heenes carried out a hoax involving their son and a huge balloon. well, they could face several felony charges including conspiracy. but some say that that is taking things too far. >> we need to not get carried away. there was a false police report made. that's a misdemeanor. to turn it into a conspiracy and taking the kids away, i think we need to be very careful before we're throwing people in jail for a ridiculous but still mostly comic stunt. >> richard heene has spent time in jail before. we're digging into his arrest record in less than ten minutes here. >>> a flu outbreak is forcing some schools to close. right now an elementary school and two middle schools have canceled classes for a few days. about 40% of the kids have a fever, c

. >>> today afghan president karzai is expected to announce his plan to deal with the country's messyresidential election. the power struggle there could affect troop decisions. a u.n.-backed fraud investigation found nearly one third of ballots last august were with invalid. that would mean he didn't get 50% of the votes needed to have an outright win. >>> vaccines for the swine flu are slowly starting to trickle in to several parts of the country. federal health officials say despite the slow delivery of the vaccine, there's no reason for you to panic. there has been a rise recently in cases of the swine flu and the seasonal flu. but the director of the cdc says that more vaccine should be on the way. >> there are about 10 million doses now out in the community or getting to the community, and it is challenging for people to find vaccine. the good news is that if there are no further manufacturing delays, within two or three weeks we should be in a much more comfortable situation where it is much easier to fine the vacci vaccine. >> in south florida many lined up for the vaccine, bu

president hamid karzai has been accused by his rivals of quote, stealing this election. of the week, we'll know the final results of this election and we'll know if president karzai has been re-elected. ron? >> thanks, nick. >>> and in other news, israeli police say palestinian protesters hurled bottles. after being barred from one of the holiest shrines. police said they dispersed 150 demonstrators. >>> at least 16 people have died in the latest typhoon that hit philippines. landslides from the typhoon buried two families in separate villages. it spared manila. the storm is now headed toward taiwan. >>> in chicago, hundreds of mourners attended a funeral for 16-year-old who was beaten to death on his way home from school. among the mourners, reverend jesse jackson. >>> finally the skateboarding dog is helping bring customers to his owner's car dealership. in danville, virginia. the owners found the dog playing with their son's skateboard and he's been riding ever since, the dog not the son. >>> good morning, everyone. it looks like the northeast is starting to clear out

karzai has deliberately use that against us.ng to afghan politicians, they will say, give us a constitution that allows elected officials to dictate budgets, and we will have results. right now, it is all appointees, all controlled by karzai. it should be about the constitution, the method. shepard: two quick questions -- do you have any idea why it is that for six years, we neglected this war and left our young men and women over there, frankly, neglected? >> we won this war in three weeks. we use air power and with the hell out of the taliban and won this war, and then we said we should go peacekeeping. we were not paying attention. we thought we were doing a stabilization thing. now, we are at war. secondly, we are not focused on doing what we used to do, which is basically destabilize the taliban. we are trying to fight al qaeda, and that is a much different war. shepard: you know what sort of pressure the president is getting. what sort of decision do you think he will make? >> general mcchrystal is a very capable and very

>> president karz karzai is on the ballot. the main challenger says karzai's influencing the process. karzai denies this. >>> tom brady did something no other quarterback has done. other than -- okay. i won't go there. hi, rafer. >> that's okay. good. if you're wondering, hmm, maybe the folks at home are wandering, hmm. see how that works? and he did it in the snow because of an early season nor'easter. right, bob? check out the conditions, what i'm talking about in foxbr oh, massachusetts. normally when you see it all snowy like that, they're not doing what he did. he threw five touchdown passes in under ten minutes in the second quarter in a blowout of didn't fn nobody's ever done that before. led to the highest half time lead in history, 49-0 and one of the largest blowouts, 59-0, an absolute embarrassment for tennessee. >>> and speaking of embarrassed. drew brees and the saints had a breeze with the giants. brees is a little guy by nfl standards, under six feet but playing like a giant. spoiled the homecoming for eli manni

now, it adds that karzai's government may be damaged by allegations of election fraud, which haven't been resolved as of yet and the taliban is surging in that power vacuum. >>> now to some good news that hits your home. your heating bill could be going down this winter. good news, jen. >> and it could mean those monthly heating bills a little bit kinder. it depends on what you use for heat, but the average savings for a family is $84, according to the energy department. that's some good news in a bad economy when it comes to this winter and you being able to pay your bills. if you heat with natural gas, that's very likely, that's the major heating fuel, you're going to pay $105 less than last year. that's where a lot of the big savings are for people who heat with gas. oil, a little less, $40 less, and electric, $20 less. but big savings for propane users, $280. and these are the forecasts coming from the energy department. in the midwest, where it's yellow, in the northeast, where it's green. on average, the cheapest way to heat, just so you know, is with electricity, and electrici

of essentially enabling president karzai and covering up the fraud and the corruption, and he accusing the top u.n. envoy, of essentially sweeping the corruption under the rug. and he wants a full investigation and wants the dirty votes thrown out, and the u.n. and other election officials, seem to be resist tent and it is a serious problem and could take several weeks before the election is finally resolved. >> gregg: connor powell reporting live in kabul, thanks very much. julie. >> julie: digging as fast as they can in indonesia and rescuers hoping to pull as many survivors as possible, from the rubble left behind an earthquake and landslide and the quake striking the city, northwest of jakarta and had a magnitude of 7.6, hundreds, perhaps thousands of people believed to be buried under mud and debris with entire villages wiped away. a -- our sister network, sky news, has the report. >> reporter: the devastated set of pa dang knows time is running out. for many all they can do is watch and wait. the cleanup operation has begun, and this pile of wreckage and rubble was once a hotel.

what there's an awful lot of corruption in the karzai government. that's one of the ultimate issues that's going to have to be resolved. we're going to have to rid that government of corruption, and that's not going to be easy. we're not even going to be able to do that until we establish peace and have some success in that realm. here's what bothers me about delaying this decision, too, chris. that is, we do have georgians that are dying over there. i don't like that. i don't like it under the best of scenarios. here the president has had this report from general mcchrystal for 30 days now, as of today, and we still don't have a decision that's been made by the administration on what we're going to do. we've got to move forward and we've got to be able to protect those folks. i don't think we're giving them the best protection right now that we can. >> thank you very much, senator saxby chambliss of georgia. >>> coming up, a democratic congressman says the republican health care plan is simply, well, don't get sick. if you do get sick, die quickly.

you need to put karzai or the next governments if feet to the fire to do a better job. it is impossible to bring about better governments without security and what we have in place now is not going to work, general mcchrystal tells us that. he needs reenforcements and i hope the president will send them. the taliban are going to win if we don't change course soon. >> bret: senator casey, wednesday the president met with his national security team in the situation room with all the major players about this decision. here is what the washington post wrote about that meeting. vice president biden offered some of the more pointed challenges to mcchrystal who attended the session by video link from kabul. >> a short good answer is no, you have to navigate from where you are, not from where you wish you were. a strategy that does leave afghanistan in a stable po pa paefpaef casey, what do you make of this public rift between vice president biden and general mcchrystal? >> well, first of all, i think it is vastly overdramatized. if you read the stories about general mcchrystal

president karzai is considered to have rigged the vote.y the top challenger, accused the united nations and special representative to afghanistan of protecting president karzai and suppressing the amount of corruption that would come out of a vote. the election should be wrapped up in the next few weeks, maybe as early as saturday. but it is still unclear whether or not that election will be considered fair and clean. >> connor, we appreciate you bringing us an update of what is happening in afghanistan. connor powell, thank you. >>> iran's alleged nuclear program is the focus of a scheduled meeting between iranian leaders and the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog this weekend. according to the international an dom mick energy agency, al bar die and the iranians will discuss several issues including a secret uranium enrichment facilities, days after iran and six world powers put nuclear talks back on track. iran has said the program conducts operations only relating to peaceful purposes. also on the issue of disclosure iranian president ahmadinejad

you need to put karzai's feet to the fire or the next government's feet to the fire to do a better job. but it's impossible to bring about better than governance without security. what we have in place now is not going to work. general mcchrystal tells us that. he needs reinforcements. i hope t president will send them and let us all work together for better governance, because the taliban are going to win if we don't change course soon. >> senator casey, wednesday the president met in the -- with his national security team in the situation room with all the major players about this decision. here's what the "washington post" wrote about that meeting. vice president biden offered some of the more pointed challenges to mcchrystal who attendedhe session by video link from kabul. biden has argued against increasing troops in afghanistan. he favors stepping up predator drone strikes on al qaeda leaders and increasing training for afghan forces. now, thursday at london's institute for strategic studies, general mcchrystal was asked directly whether he thought limiting, a limited countertror

karzai. he has now been dismissed from his job. now if -- we will have a full business report in 25 minutes. let us chat about some of the issues. the big one is the possibility bae, the british defense firm, could face a corruption trial. >> it is all and hands of the british attorney general. off the back but serious fraud office -- an ongoing investigation ongoing for years. but they handed it over to the attorney general. it is the largest british manufacturing country, defense contractor. allegations of all possible corruption or bribery. in the sense of trying to win contracts in countries like tanzania, south africa, czech republic, by paying millions of dollars to win those contracts. that surrounds this particular story. it could have a cute -- a huge impact on the country. it has conscious -- contracts and 100 different countries. we are now just waiting to hear the latest steps from the attorney general in britain. >> this is "world news today." coming up, major world powers begin crucial talks in geneva. how best should

eastern. >>> and hamid karzai is threatening to boycott next week's election. was reported talks had broken down between the candidates. they are engaging in 11th-hour talks today, and abdullah is expected to announce his decision tomorrow. the former u.n. ambassador to afghanistan predicts the country will soon have some sort of power sharing between karzai and abdullah. >>> the daughter of a civil rights legend has now taken over the reins of the organization her father helped start. the southern christian leadership conference announced the reverend bernice king as its new leader yesterday. she's the first woman ever to hold that post. her father co-founded the sclc back in 1957. he served as its first president until his assassination in 1968. some observers say king's main challenge will be to give the organization a sense of mission. >>> what price would you pay to have the olympic torch in your town? a small town in canada decided to pony up some cash for a torch cameo. the price it paid, coming up. >>> the swine flu is considered widespread in all but t

preliminary results give incumbent hamid karzai the votes. it is enough to avoid a runoff. recount results are expected by next week. >>> the news edge on a developing story in virginia. fairfax county police are searching for a man who tried to abduct a woman. it happened at the herndon monroe park and ride lot. police say the woman was injured in the attack. it's unclear how badly. if you were in the area late this afternoon and saw anything, you're urge today call police. >>> also following this developing story out of the northeast. police tells us officers from prince george's county were chasing a stolen car out of cottage city when it crossed over to the d.c. line and slamming into this van flipping it onto the sidewalk. this scene unfolding right now at 22nd and kerney streets. no word on injuries. we have a crew on the scene. we'll bring you more details as soon as we get them. >>> new information tonight in a bribery bust involving the d.c. taxi cab industry and city hall. 28 of the 39 people under indictment were arraigned today in federal court, including the th

pitch as to why we should have a smaller footprint in afghanistan, why we should sort of leave the karzai government to his own devices -- you are making your pitch as to this, one of the things you can say to the president is, "look, boss, which can cut the cost down to $1 billion -- we can cut the costs down to when dollars billion per year." -- $1 billion per year." we are waiting for the cbo to score this health-care bill, and i think we will be back in the $1 trillion range. neil: i think you are right about that, and i hate to say it, but this almost seems like chump change what we are spending here. i know we need to get money from a variety of sources to address these costs, but it must say something about our times where a few billion dollars in a danys and does not add up to a prescription plan -- a few billion dollars in afghanistan does not add up to a prescription plan. >> when you start to think about the scope of social welfare programs in the united states versus military costs and commitments, military costs and commitments are a pittance. when you talk about adding $1 tr

some believe that will give hamid karzai and his opponent time to cut a deal to share power. >>> tomrady did something no other quarterback has ever done. he threw five touchdowns in less than ten minutes. rafer wig well moeigel with mor. you really had to have your stop watch out and get your tally going. >> no, because there's a little clock in the corner. >> i'm just saying, he did a lot in ten minutes. >> yes, he did. i see your point. >> tell me what the story is. >> it's amazing not only what he did, richard, but also wait until you see the conditions where he did it. this nor'easter that kim through foxboro, it's all snowy there. normally in conditions like this, there's not a lot of throwing, okay, but brady was throwing a lot. he was on fire. his five td passes in one quarter, that is an nfl record and a blowout of tennessee that. led to the largest halftime lead in nfl history, 45-0. the pats would go on to embarrass the titans 59-0. speaking of embarrassing, the new york giants got embarrassed by the saints who marched all over them. drew brees had a breeze with the g-men.

saying the taliban's largest group may be local tribesmen who loosely ally themselves because hamid karzai often pits one against the other and the government may be damaged by allegations of election fraud. not necessarily organized, robin. >>> richard, thank you. eight years ago today that war started. >>> the father of a missing florida 5-year-old haleigh cummings is moving to divorce the child's stepmother. she was the last person to see little haleigh. ronald cummings talked to hln's nancy grace and suggested now maybe misty cummings will talk more freely. >> the two of us have agreed to go separate ways and if in the long run something comes about haleigh then she can -- it will be whatever. >> police say cummings' teenaged wife misty has not cooperated with their investigation and won't talk about what she was doing the night haleigh disappeared. she has denied any involvement. >>> police respond to go a 911 call ended up finding an elaborate marijuana operation. someone at the house called for help saying somebody there was sick. police say when they got there the place wreaked of

> and if that weren't complicated enough whether or not the united states should join forces with karzai who is corrupt at minimum and probably tried to steal this last election. >> yeah is it the devil you you know. i hate to call president karzai a devil, but obviously there are a lot of people who as i just mentioned don't have confidence in him, they don't feel as if the afghan go. is really strong enough or powerful enough to protect their interests. and is he the right ally. he really is the only ally we have though. and of course you know a u.n. investigation is understand way about the entire election. >> katie, thank you so much. do appreciate it. don't forget to watch katie tonight as they begin a three day in-depth series, "afghanistan, the road ahead" on the "cbs evening news." >>> now let's go over to the news desk and jeff glor. >>> good morning. there is a new report this morning on autism in america. two new government studies report it that 1% of all children in this country have it. much more than previously thought. our own dr. jennifer ashton is here with details. goo

logistical issues to get equipment and supports and move the troops out also reports that president karzai's government here in kabul does not want the soldiers to leave because they are worried if they do, these areas will fall right away into the insurgents' hands. >> adrienne mong in kabul. thanks for the report. we appreciate it. >>> in the bigger picture, the white house says leaving afghanistan is not an option, this comes on the heels of the fierce debate over the obama administration's strategy in that war zone. are more troops needed to, in fact, win the war? in less than an hour, president obama will meet with secretary of defense robert gates, the first of two meetings this week on the direction of the war. despite the divide, even within the administration what to do next in afghanistan, secretary gates says the military will do whatever president obama decides. he also says that the president's war strategy advisers need to keep their advice private. >> imperative that all of us taking part in these deliberation, civilians and military alike, provide our best advice to the presi

. >> but look it, this guy in afghanistan, karzai, is he corrupt or not is the question?y just had the election. you've got to remember something that he said. and this is true. he said this to cnn, which is in this building. and i brought it up five years ago, because he said it five years ago. >> what did he said? >> karzai to a cnn camera said it's going so well here in afghanistan, it's not going to be long before we have tourism. and he said that. why would i -- i couldn't make that up. i don't know how far down your vacation list afghanistan is. >> right after pakistan. >> i haven't been to vietnam yet. >> vietnam is a tourist attraction. people go there all the time. >> well, no thanks. >> it's supposed to be beautiful there. >> well, maybe this time of the decade. >> so is there any -- >> but i think that's a pretty big tip that something's wrong, when you're trying to spin it that hard, you've got to get a different guy in there. they're spinning and spinning too hard. >> don't you feel compared to the bush administration, though, he's doing pretty well compared

now, they didn't have any illusions about hamid karzai, perhapthey should have anticipated is would be the result much the election that ppened in august. but right now that is whe theye at. election is still unsettled haven't even decid who'd is going to win necessarily, they undetand that probablkarzai will be still tre and they have to figure out what to do about that. >> charlie: artha? >> o of the things tt people forget ithat the fdamental core of a counter insgency campaign to try to win the pele over to your se. whether that's throughation building, whether it's tough e economy,ou want tse people to side with you for very practical reons. you want them toelp you, you nt them to help you with inteigence and finding al qda. you don't wa them to side with e taliban, you don't want em to be so afraid of the taliban that they wi side with them. andight now what's happing in afghanist and what many people worry about is you have the fence siers. we tked about a l in iraq as well. the pele are saying,ell, i don'know, which side shoul i go to? is it the taliban in control is ithe u.s.

i suspect that using various reasons, one being the -- president karzai's election and the narco tradentinuing and all of that as a way of saying we are not going to do anything that supports this government or the narcotics trade. and -- but it is not going to be the full complement of troops that general mcchrystal is asking for. >> let me ask you about chicago and the olympics, because one of the things that he has not accomplished is bringing the olympics to chicago. and it is really -- the question is how did they get it so wrong? how were they so off on the vote counting? >> you know, if you can't count those votes what, votes can you count, going all the way to be rebuffed, i was sure it was wired because why would you go? i -- i can't give you an answer, andrea, on that one. it makes no sense to me, except maybe to meet general mcchrystal along the way. >> i gave them a chance to do that but seems like the president really put himself out there for no big gain and stepped on his own positive story because this they did better than they might have expected in geneva with the ira

. >> rose: a they think we're corrupted by relationship wth karzai?ion. eight years have passed and, you know, u go to afgn village and you can't tell t dierence. nothing s changed. >> rose: the documentary, the one-hour documentary is called "the tip of the spear" as iç said. it airs on sunda, october 11 at 8:00 p.m. o msn. gi me a qck sense. th was anpportunity where you spent a year in and out with a group of solers...ç >> it's aightly focusedstory. 's on one post, one gruf of soldie. t going in and out but ispent a lot of time with this one particar group of solers. we tcked them from when they first arrived to mid-deployment, end ofeployment, we w them in fire fights, we saw them when a soldierwas killed from the unit, that hapned unfounately while we were on one of t patrols. we went and found at soldier's parents. we visitedth soldis once they returned and we see the progression of this un, how the men have changed over their... over e course of this 12-month in one ofhe most difficult plac you can imagine. rose: before we ave i want to show

even friends of the karzai administration have reported cronyism and corruption. afghanistan is not iraq. people asked us to leave. they seem to want to insure it defeat by leaving at the moment when our leader on the ground has laid out a compelling strategy for victory. this is a real test of leadership, and i hope that president obama classes with flying colors." your thoughts for the next half- hour on what this may or may not do, in your opinion, on decisions that have to be made on afghanistan. street petersburg, fla. your honor. go ahead. caller: it has nothing to do with afghanistan. he got the prize. do you think that that means we must slow down and leave afghanistan? the question is stupid. every time we turn on c-span, you have somebody from the heritage foundation. we hear from a lot of different organizations. most of them are right wing organizations, and you know it. host: canton, ohio. go ahead. caller: the president is committed to defend our liberty and freedom at all costs. we need to understand that the roadside bombings are the greatest weapo

. >> rose: and they think we're corrupted by relationship with karzai?on. eight years have passed and, you know, you go to an afghan village and you can't tell the difference. nothing has changed. >> rose: the documentary, the one-hour documentary is called "the tip of the spear" as iç said. it airs on sunday, october 11 at 8:00 p.m.n msnbc. give me a quick sense. this was an opportunity where you spent a year in and o with a group of soldiers...ç >> it's a tightly focused story. it's on one post, one gruf of soldiers. not going in and out but i spent a lot of time with this one particular group of soldiers. we tracked them from when they first arrived to mid-deployment, end of deployment, we saw them in fire fights, we saw them when a soldier was killed from the unit, that happened fortunately while we were on one of the patrols. we went and found that soldier's we visited the soldiers once they returned and we see the progression of this unit, how the men have changed over their... over the course of this 12-month in one of the most difficult places

a senior official plans to announce next week whether or not hamid karzai actually won the election.n the bottom box, a jury watched a hidden camera tape of negotiations between john travolta and a former the hamas center, accused of blackmailing him. trace: the supreme court begins today with a new member. yesterday, six members of the court attended catholic mass, to request guidance for those seeking justice. one in case we are keeping an eye on is done right and chicago. let's bring in judge in the napolitano. you cannot have a gun in chicago. >> they have been banned, except under the most extreme circumstances. trace: we just did this. we went into washington -- >> chicagos argument is we are a city, authorized by the laws of the state of illinois. the district of columbia is authorized by the federal government. when they were told they had to allow gun ownership in homes, you were telling the government, not the state. i believe the supreme court intended this case to apply to all governments. since that case, two federal appears courts have sided with chicago. within a heart

the real question becomes, how do we push president karzai to do better in afghanistan as we increaseorces? to me, that becomes the important policy debate. martha: this brings to my mind question with secretary gates. he says we are not leaving, but that does not tell us all whole lot. >> you are right. in theory, the joe biden counterterrorism option, if that is what he favors, would allow us to stay. if we go too low, and we remain, then we do not have any choice because there is no way to remain in a country that is taken over by the taliban. we may be willing to stay with small forces indefinitely, but if the war is lost in the process, it will not be meaningful. martha: this administration was critical of the way that the bush administration handled the war. now he is bringing in this big group in to listen to different ideas. how much will he be open to listening what he hears today? >> the president is always open to listening, this one in particular. but at the end of the day, congressional members will be taking their lead from him. republicans would like to see this mission

>> fraud investigators say more than a million ballots from the vote in august were invalid, but karzai needed some persuading for a revote. >>> how does a box of sugary cereal end up with a label called smart choice. jennifer westhoven is looking out for you and you want to know too? >> the fda is looking for closely. that's good news because a lot of nutritionists said what is goggin here, when we were telling about what's going on with the smart choice labels. they wanted to try and make things uniform before each different company had their own icon, it was pretty confusing, so they're trying to do a good thing. but is it necessarily working with if mayonnaise and sugary cereal gets the label. the product would have to meet the government's standards before it could be labeled as healthy or a smart choice. when you see mayo saying it's healthy, you wonder. there's usually a lot of fat in it. >> the same issue about those little labels with appliances. >> yes, can you trust industries to you know--their job, their mission is to look out for their stock hoeders not for you. >> tell me

they say mcchrystal's warning is that corruption in the afghan government in the karzai regime could doom the u.s. mission. >>> residents up and down the california coastline will want to keep their raincoats and umbrellas handy for at least another day. >>> first, fire and now rain. residents of southern california can't seem to catch a break from mother nature but at least this recent storm is not as bad as feared. in fact, the national weather service canceled a flash flood advisory for los angeles county. the heavy rains that soaked southern california are beginning now to ease up. the storm system knocked down trees and power lines and made a mess of the roadways but that's about as bad as it got. it should hang over southern california through tomorrow. many homeowners fear possible mudslides especially in areas that were hit by recent wildfires nothing to stop the mud from rolling down the hill. the storm knocked out power to 13,000 people. mostly in south los angeles. >>> an after-school program is helping transform the kids in brooklyn. one in six is homeless. a federal gran

he sided with karzai, who, of course, was the beneficiary of the fraud. >> so no second thoughts? >> i have no second thoughts. not at all. >> peter galbraith, again, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> diane, great to be with you. >>> and we will learn this week of election officials decide there was fraud in the election and require a runoff, another election in afghanistan. that to be learned this week. >>> for more this morning including violence in pakistan, we turn to "gma weekend" anchor bill weir filling in for chris. >> good morning. exactly as you mentioned they' complicating the situation in afghanistan, the lack of any real security right next door. there has been another suicide bombing in what was supposed to be a safe neighborhood in the capital of islamabad. the bomber blew himself up in the offices of the united nations world food program killing five people and the u.n. has now temporarily closed all its offices there. >>> a children's hospital in memphis will be among the first to get the new h1n1 swine flu vaccine today. our david muir talked to the

it also adds karzai's credibility may be damaged by allegations of election fraud which have not been resolved as of yet. the taliban is surging in that power vacuum although not monolithically. >>> did you see what happened in minneapolis last night? one player said i don't know what you could do to make it any more exciting. larry is here with more on. that who said this? >>> i'm not sure who said it, but another guy said this is the most unbelievable game i ever played in or seen. a lot of the comments being said by the players. and it ain't over until it's over. the detroit tigers had a three-game lead atop the division with four games to play. and now they go into the winter with the dubious distinction of being the only team with that kind of lead ever to fail to win their division. it came down to this -- bottom of the 12th in a seesaw game. the twins finally getting it to go. the rbi single. and let the celebration begin. don't drink too much champagne. they had to catch a flight to play at yankee stadium this afternoon. game one of that series in the american league playoffs.

the problem is we're in the middle of a corrupt government by karzai, and incompetent and we're trying nature of how we fight, and we've got backs down the border causing a lot of trouble. it's a very difficult fight and this is why, again, i think the biden plan is the way to go in afghanistan. >> and take a look at the new fox news poll out over the past few days, shows that 64% of americans support military action in afghanistan. of course, it's not defined as to what that military action is and you just brought up pakistan and i want to bring that up. recent round of attacks the past few days in the highly contentious region of afghanistan, all of those fighters we now know came over the border from pakistan. therefore, it's not necessarily about afghanistan, is it? >> no, pakistan, besides having the bomb, is one step away from collapsing. i mean, it's a very troubled country. whose intelligence community and part-- is helping al-qaeda and the taliban and whose military is incompetent in fighting the kind of fight they're in. so, and we've got an international border which we don'

and then finally, we've placed a big marker on president karzai. an olympic level contest with iran to see who could be more corrupt when it came to an election. you stole 100 million votes? i'll show you how to steal 200 million votes. >> it just complicates things. it really does. >> and that's not lost on the villagers. they're all out there, and they know it. want to hear the brokaw line for afghanistan? i think i'm going to unveil it here. i haven't talked about it publicly before. you go to every warlords, and depending on their degree of power, you say to the war cls lords in the south depending where they control the territory. here's a zurich bank account that has $4 billion in your name. every time you screw up, we take $100 million away, and it would be cheaper. and let them be responsible for security in their area. we've talked at length about the history of afghanistan. it obviously can't revert to what it was, which is a base for al qaeda. everyone says, look, this is about the taliban. if the taliban get back in, al qaeda probably w

"the new york times" said yesterday the agency's been paying ahmed ali karzai for about eight years.s said he helped them operate a paramilitary group used in raids against insurgents. he told the associated press, that is ridiculous. he also denies accusations of having connections with the drug trade there. the cia will not comment on this right now. >>> a family in indiana is trying to sell their house on facebook. it's a big change of pace but after three years on the market they're willing to try anything no doubt. >> i think that social networking is really revamping a lot of the things we do. we had about 200 and it looks like 264 fans of selling our house so all of our friends are trying to help us out. >> that's pretty funny. a local real estate broker says the facebook listing is a good idea, but he also said sellers also need to list their homes with an agent because they have the resources to help sell the property. ♪ take a look ♪ ♪ take a look at the kids on the street ♪ >> that's right. take a look. there's a new phishing scam to watch out for. scammers are trying to g