course makes them suspicious because they think at some point this could be some secret deal and karzai will and the whole thing over. so yes, there's massive suspicion, but i still think the

the taliban i think president karzai is hoping to get control of some of these prisons so that he can have at least something of a seat at the negotiating table if for no other reason than that adding access to tradeable prisoners in the u.s. and this is this came as a big surprise for the u.s. didn't it and there was talk of course of this sort of negotiation the handover the the running of the prison background prison in the next two years and all of a sudden the afghan authorities say we want that transfer to happen within a month now what does that tell us about the current relations between the two while i think again it goes back to the question of the peace talks right now and president karzai is concerned that he's being treated as very much a secondary partner and in negotiations with the taliban and he's trying to get some sort of bargaining chips involved in this process but what about the inmates themselves is that not a concern that security in afghanistan and beyond could be compromised if the afghan authorities take over this prison and release inmates who are regarded

president karzai has called the incident deeply disturbing. let's go to our correspondent, quentin. >> the feeling, regardless of whatever afghans think of the taliban, they will be appalled by this footage. what appears to be four u.s. marines stand over the body of insurgents -- they urinate on the corpses of the dead fighters. the marine corps says it is investigating if the video is authentic. if it turns out to be real, such actions would be a violation of the rules of war. in a statement, the pentagon said that regardless of the circumstances, this is an egregious, disturbing behavior, unacceptable for anyone in uniform. president hamid karzai joined in the condemnation, saying the soldiers had desecrated the bodies of the fighters. he called on the u.s. government to severely punish the offenders. regardless of their feelings for the taliban, most afghans will be appalled by the tape. foreign troops are already held in for regard by many people here. >> [speaking foreign language] >> this man said all muslims condemn them. it is against

when karzai came in, did he have the instruments of power? no. he did not have military forces or civilian institutions. did we create those in order to allow him to project power across the country? >no, we did not. these problems cannot only be solved by talks with the taliban. there has to be some other component. one is to help establish institutions. the afghans cannot do that alone. they need assistance to do it. our assistance so far was incoherent, fragmented, and modest. we cannot blame them only for not having the right institutions in place. by the way, that takes time. we have built democracies in how long a big time? they are still not perfect. -- we have built democracies in how long a time? >> a long road ahead. thank you for joining us. across the border in pakistan, the scandal surrounding suspect heart drugs claims lives. officials say that more than 100 people are believed to have died since december. five pharmaceutical firms are currently under investigation, one that had previously lost its license for drug production. >> gr

in taliban and i think president karzai is hoping to get control of some of these prisons so that he can have at least something of a seat at the negotiating table if for no other reason than that having access to trainable prisoners president karzai is concerned that he's being treated as very much a secondary partner and in negotiations with the taliban and he's trying to get some sort of bargaining chips involved in this process karzai government a very atrocious record with handling detainees as well particularly detainees accused of torture but i would like to think that. there's at least some hope that they would have access to the afghan court system which is of course far from perfect but is a dramatic step up from no access to any courts at all. also i have for you this hour here on our team the opportunity of a lifetime or a daddy it's a bumpy road for euro two thousand and twelve host ukraine as it faces questions over whether this is the right time to stage a football torrent that's costing billions of dollars plus. you. are still by far. the. man who brought the culture

>> on a personal level, karzai and sarkozy have a good relationship. they worked on the recovery of kidnapped journalists in afghanistan. i think we will get a little bit of diplomatic theatre. we will hear more stern words from president sarkozy. from karzai, for the appetite of the french public. 83% of people in this country will the troops home by the end of the year. re.re are currently 3600 thei unp, the ruling party, wants to the french troops there until 2014. the socialists, who are leading in the polls at the moment, would like to bring them all back by the end of the year. the president is under a lot of pressure. >> what is actually going to happen in the short run for the study 600 troops? all operations were suspended. what will they do in the short run? >> the defense minister was out there last week i am told. he has already reported to the president. i am told what they are asking for is greater assurances on the selection procedure for new troops who are going to be trained. they also want offices that they have -- also want officers

based website antiwar dot com says president karzai wants to use the prison as a bargaining chip with the taliban a lot of these allegations have been the subject of court cases in the u.s. over the past few years particularly the question of holding detainees without any specific evidence or charges and u.s. courts have found repeatedly. unfortunately that the military base that bob graham isn't under their jurisdiction and that the military basically can detain people as long as they want without charges at the air force base and there's been talk that there will be prisoner exchanges between the u.s. in taliban and i think president karzai is hoping to get control of some of these prisons so that he can have them at least something of a seat at the negotiating table if for no other reason than then having access to trainable prisoners it goes back to the question of the peace talks right now and president karzai is concerned that he's being. treated as very much a secondary partner and and negotiations with the taliban and he's trying to get some sort of bargaining chips involved i

when karzai came in, did he have the instruments of power? no. he did not have military forces or civilian institutions. did we create those in order to allow him to project power across the country? no, we did not. these problems cannot only be solved by talks with the taliban. there has to be some other component. one is to help establish institutions. the afghans cannot do that alone. they need assistance to do it. our assistance so far was incoherent, fragmented, and modest. we cannot blame them only for not having the right institutions in place. by the way, that takes time. we have built democracies in how long a big time? they are still not perfect. -- we have built democracies in how long a time? >> a long road ahead. thank you for joining us. now an update to a story we have been following closely. the company that owns the crook -- the cruise ship concordia has offered compensation. some passengers have rejected the offer and are planning on suing in the court. coming up, detecting altus and at a young age. some suggest brain waves coul

president karzai indicated support for the taliban's decision on the opening day of a new session of the country's parliament. >> despite his positive comments, grossman stressed the taliban must renounce terrorism before peace talks begin. >> i'm looking forward to the tal been being clear about breaking ties with international terrorism and also to say that they are prepared to participate in an afghan peace process where afghans talk to afghans about the future of afghanistan. >> the taliban has demanded the release of its members detained by the u.s. at guantanamo bay. grossman said there is not a decision on the matter. the afghan government is struggling to restore security to rebuild the war torn country. towards that end it's not just exploring ways to achieve peace with the taliban, but calling on taliban insurgents to surrender. however, such efforts are not necessarily going smoothly. we followed a former taliban commander who switched sides at the urging of the government. >> reporter: the province of kunduz used to be a relatively peaceful area of afghanistan. but in rec

gimmick is karzai among afghan, the karzai group is much more inclined to negotiate that a lot of the other people in government, particularly the opposition. i think that's going to be a real speak he is a very emotional person, karzai. sometimes he is said publicly i'm going to join the taliban if it goes on like this. and he calls them my brothers, my disaffected brothers. he has repeated that phrase several times. taliban -- so that, of course, makes it suspicious because they thing at some point there'll be some secret deal our side will hand the whole thing over to the taliban because he is . so yes, massive suspicion on all sides but i still come back to my basic point to which is or is not working. so you have to find an alternative. and you have to, the cut and run argument, u.s. just pulls out. perhaps that maybe what happens happens, that's why i'm so pessimistic about that. perhaps what may point is the u.s. may pull out, leaving few troops behind as trade. and an afghan civil war continued and the kind of comforting psychological line for every year to adopt, then we are,

president karzai indicated support for the taliban's decision on the opening day of a new session of the country's parliament. despite his positive comments, grossman stressed that the taliban must first renounce terrorism before peace talks begin. >> i'm looking forward to the taliban being clear about breaking ties with international terrorism and also to say that they are prepared to participate in an afghan peace process, where afghans talk to afghans about the future of afghanistan. >> the taliban has demanded the release of it members detained by the u.s. at guantanamo bay. grossman said washington has not yet made a decision on the matter. >>> the afghan government is struggling to restore security to rebuild the war-torn country. to that end it's not just exploring ways to achieve peace with the taliban but calling on taliban insurgents to surrender. however, such efforts are not necessarily going smoothly. nhk world followed a former taliban commander who switched sides at the urging of the government. >> reporter: the province of kunduz used to be a relatively peaceful area

foreign policy goings on turns out we're still flying drones over iraq and afghan president hamid karzai is planning on meeting with the taliban and saudi arabia so we'll see if that's his way of shutting the u.s. negotiations a guitar and a greek debt deal has been stalled once again get more details on what this could mean for the u.s. for artie's lauren lyster host of the capital account or have all that and more few tonight including it as of half the hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. so this past weekend sixty minutes aired an interview with secretary of defense leon panetta now was a good sit down with the former cia director that covered a pretty wide range of topics some of them highly important if you ask me now the mainstream media however didn't really pay all that much attention to what he said and in fact i'm pretty sure that c.n.n. was the only that worked that even bothered following up on some of the secretary statements this morning from what we saw and for some reason their take away was that the following line of panetta is was rea

in president karzai frankly when this next week mr grossman goes seeking his approve the continuation of the gaucher issues are so then when we hear about this intelligence report of this intelligence assessment that's been made and out over which apparently there is some debate and they say basically that you know that the taliban is going to want to regain full control of afghanistan that they're going to want to reinstate a religious type of rule is that kind of obvious i mean should people of already know that it's interesting to me that the that the fence officials say we don't agree and this is too much of a diva and a dark assessment. well i think it's more about the the amount of of investment we've made the assumption is we've made all this investment is going to cure it past a time where there is just not going to happen with that said the same time to tell him on have never made any bones about what they want to do but this is the issue they don't have that mass they don't have the force to come in to and re insinuate themselves completely to take control i think that's a m

government and karzai government to them was just and still is is is a puppet government and day would rather talk to you or to the americans so that beginning that that went on until the karzai government came and said look you cannot talk with without us so now the americans are coming back and saying look we should be bringing all the parties in in the mix and see if we can come up to a solution so pressing pakistan and pakistan pressing. the taliban looks like that there will be. and as i talked and now the talk has been changed from from the location qatar has been changed to saudi arabia that's what i'm hearing lately and we'll see what's what's going to come out indeed mr cohen there with thanks very much indeed for sharing your views of us here on the program thank you very much and. our visit of russia's economic priorities that's what prime minister and presidential hopeful livelier put and sees as one of the main tasks if he regains the top job a fresh bottle of ideas now with an economic tent comes and his third pre-election article published and lot of russia's major newsp

second, we need to keep karzai onboard. there's concerns by afghans there will be a secret deal.nd first degree murderly, pakistan has to be a part of this. there will be no long-term political settlement for afghanistan, unless the pakistanis are involved. >> he was the winningest coach in division i college football history. the 85-year-old former penn state football coach died sunday from lung cancer. the state college campus is honoring the coach's legend, but there's still so many questions concerning the program. paterno's former assistant coach jerry sandusky is charged with molesting ten boys. several more have come forward since. before he died, paterno said he wished he had done more in light of the allegations against sandus sandusky. sarah gannon is in state college tonight. good to see you. let me ask you this. i know you spoke to scott paterno, joe paterno's son. what did he say? >> erin, he told me his father died in a way that he wishes he has the courage to die that way when his time comes. he said he was completely at peace with his life. he told his children, j

and now over the last few days both afghan president hamid karzai and the taliban had big announcements for the world from the taliban to opening a political office in qatar approved by karzai where the u.s. hopes to engage in negotiations now according to the guardian in exchange the u.s. is ready to release high ranking taliban officials from guantanamo bay so after more than ten years of war that's a big move and it's a big change from the rhetoric that we've heard from previous administrations. some seem to believe that we should go with the terrorists and radicals. as if some ingenious argument. were persuade them they have been wrong all along. we've heard this foolish delusion before the turks who helped rule afghanistan are found in dozens and dozens of countries around the world. and that is the reason this great nation with their friends and allies will not rest until we bring them all to justice. so now they're meeting to go she ations so is that some hail it a breakthrough or is it a final capitulation by the u.s. by the obama administration to finally wrap up this war and g

are under way in qatar afghan president hamid karzai has announced that his plans his plans to personally attend a meeting with taliban figures in saudi arabia aka going around the u.s. negotiations so how do you break it all down well joining me to discuss it is jack rice former cia officer and criminal defense attorney jack thanks so much for joining us tonight we've got we got a lot on our plate so i guess let's just start with secretary defense leon panetta and i'm going to replay one of the clips that i showed at the top of the show here . this person wanted to so they raised questions about whether or not they're terrorists and they were to return to the united states of course they would be entitled to due process that that's something we provide every u.s. citizen and for that matter frankly if any terrorist groups are rested we provide due process to that individual as well but if a terrorist is out there on the battlefield and the terrorist is threatening this country that person is an intimate combatant and when an enemy combatant whole should go to church. you fire back. a jag

ullyot says: "this also makes it tougher for karzai to justify entering talks at this point because these result of this tape." eager to help bboker the reconciliation talks, the administration has laid out its red lines -- namely that both the afghan government and the international community must see the insurgents renounced violence, break with al qaeda and support the laws and constitution of afghanistan. clinton set a practical tone. clinton says: "we don't have any idea standinn here today whaa the outcome of such discussions could be. i think all of us are entering into it with a very realistic sense of what is possible." as forrthe transfer of guantanmo detainees - including its battlefield commanders with direct contacts to al qaeda - as a confidence building measure, the white house continued to publicly insist that nothing was final. carney says: "any decision to transfer a detainee would be done in accordance with us law aad consultation with congress." no one can be sure whether taliban leadership is serious about a pplitical settlement. even after a decade of ar some would s

afghan president homage karzai in the u.s. defense secretary leon panetta have condemned u.s. soldiers urinating on the bodies of dead taliban fighters. they are attempting to identify those responsible for an incident likely to inflame relations with afghanistan. karzai has called for those responsible to be brought to justice swiftly. >> these pictures appear to show u.s. marines urinating on the corpses of dead taliban fighters. the acts, if true, are highly offensive. u.s. authorities believe they have identified the unit at the center of the allegations. but the pentagon and the white house said the culprits will be held accountable. >> good morning, everyone. is absolutely inconsistent with american values, standards of behavior we expect from our military personnel, and how the vast majority of our military personnel particularly marines hold themselves responsible. >> others are shocked by the incident. >> this should go to the u.n. human rights commission. they need to be brought in front of an international court. >> it is against islam and jeopardize peace talks wit

diplomat to the region to meet with president hamid karzai. president obama met with the prime minister from q qatar. secretary clinton cautioned this is far from a don deal, take a listen. >> we remain committed to the red lines, that we have consistently laid out, namely, that both the afghan government, and the international community must see the insurgents renounce violence, break with al-qaida, and support the laws and constitution of afghanistan, including protecting the rights of women and minorities. >> reporter: now, all kind of other hurdles beyond what secretary clinton just laid out. you also have the fact that president hamid karzai is to say the least a wildcard in all of this. no one ever really knows what he's going to do, and whether he would sign off on this. also in terms of the taliban wanted prisoners to be released from the u.s. military prison at guantanamo, that would obviously be very, very controversial, and the u.s. would have to walk very delicately in these negotiations before just letting those prisoners out, jon

panetta calling the behavior and i'm quoting utterly deplorable, and he reached out to president karzaione, promising a full investigation. cnn's nick peyton walsh is in kabul and has more. >> reporter: they've endured some of their worst losses in helmand provinces. recently deployed, but not much else is clear. the video you're about to see is hard to watch, but listen how casual, almost cheerful the member sound as though they're recording a trophy video rather than evidence of a possible war crime. there are some clues that the helmets worn here adapted to the sniper rifles they hold, consistent with the complain they're a marine sniper unit. all of it sparking university condemnation. a video recently posted on a public website appears to show u.s. military personnel committing a disgusting act with insurgents corpses. any acts which treat the dead, enemy or friendly, with disrespect are utterly unacceptable, and do not represent the standards we expect of coalition forces. >> president karzai's spokesman called it simply, and calling for, and the taliban condemned this act and cal

hamid karzai calls the video inhumane. leon panetta said it could endanger peace talks with the taliban. the marines promise an internal and criminal investigation of the matter. tara mergener has our report. >> referee: membe the act would violate international laws of war. it's not clear if the dead were taliban fighters, civilians or someone else. but at least two of the marines seen in the video have been identified. several more may be in trouble. >> anyone, anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. >> defense secretary leon panetta condemned the video saying, i have seen the foot anl and i find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplorable. he also spoke with hamid karzai who called the video completely inhumane. the taliban issued a statement asking the united nations to get involved and stop what it calls the barbaric act of the american soldiers that go against all human norms. >> relations between the u.s. and war weary afghanistan are alr

president karzai threatened to join the taliban twice. not only that, president karzai rejected mcchrystal's proposal. he cannot point to anything concrete about what mcchrystal's relationship gains from karzai. well, what did it get us? nothing. the book is called "the operators." our guest is michael hastings. we thank you. >> thank you very much. >> for a dvd copy of this program call 1877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.q-an- a.org. "q & a" programs are also available as podcasts. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> next, british prime minister david cameron at the house of commons. after that, wrote to the white house coverage continues in florida with campaigns by newt

second, we need to keep president karzai on board.concern by afghans that there will be a secret u.s. taliban deal. and thirdly, pakistan has to be a part of this. there will be no long term political settlement for afghanistan unless the pakistanis are involved. >> was the winningest coach in college football. joe paterno's legacy is still in legg limbo. the coach died sunday from lung cancer. the state college campus is honoring the legend but there are so many questions surrounding the penn state program. paterno's former assistant coach was jerry sandusky. he was charged in november with sexually abusing at least ten boys. several more alleged victims have come forward since. before he died, paterno said he wished he had done more in light of the allegations against sandusky. sarah has covered it from the beginning and she is in state college tonight. good to see you. let me ask you this. i know you spoke to scott paterno. what did he say? >> he told me that his father died in a way that he wishes he has the courage to die. that w

if it is between karzai and the americans it will completely seven kaj any chance of talks. since they insist on the complete departure of all u.s. and foreign troops. they've been fighting on the nationalist terms to the occupation for the last ten years and they are not going to stop fighting as long as the u.s. troops remain in the country. maintaining the u.s. troop presence will also undermine the objective of the neutral afghanistan which is the object of everyone in afghanistan's neighbors. they don't want foreign troops in their either. so the bilateral deal between the u.s. and kabul to base the troops after 2014 would make nonsense. now let me come onto the seven-point fact which is really two main points and five from it. the first thing obama has to do is to announce a change of course towards negotiations. now ideally, he would say that the war is not winnable but i recognize that is very difficult for the u.s. president to say. it's not as bad as saying we have been defeated which is terrible and i don't think he would say that and that is terrible. but even to

president karzai threatened to join the taliban twice. not only that, president karzai rejected mcchrystal's proposal. he cannot point to anything concrete about what mcchrystal's relationship gains from karzai. well, what did it get us? nothing. the book is called "the operators." our guest is michael hastings. we thank you. >> thank you very much. >> for a dvd copy of this program call 1877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.q-an- a.org. "q & a" programs are also available as podcasts. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> next, your calls and comments on [video clip] "washington journal" then, security secretary janet napolitano. at 2:00 p.m., a new gingrich campaign rally in tampa and a mitt romney campaign rally at 6:10 p.m. eastern. >> tonight,ftc commissioners tore the consumer electronics show in las vegas. this is the second in a series of developments in communications and consumer technology.

he called for a full investigation and called afghan president hamid karzai to convey his disgust. karzai says the video is inhumane and on a website that posts statements from the taliban the group called on the united nations to stop what it calls the barbaric acts of the american soldiers that go again all human norms. the u.s. military is trying to avoid another scandal like abu ghraib. american soldiers were captured in photos demeaning iraqi prisoners. the video comes at a tough time in u.s.-afghan relations already strained with american forces now in afghanistan for 10 years. commanders believe they have identified those involved and say the marines are no longer serving in afghanistan. two of the four were based in north carolina. all could face court-martial for violating military rules that forbid photographing human casualties. tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. >>> from bankruptcy to bonuses, why a failed bay area solar company wants to give workers thousands of extra dollars. >> getting rid of the smartmeter at a cost. the price you might have to pay to opt

karzai. this little boy beside me is named tyler jordan, in 2003, his father, gunny sergeant jordan, was killed in iraq. i have spoken to the mom, amanda. she lives in connecticut. i have asked her about tyler. i have had this picture since 2003. she says, he still misses his baddy. he will always miss his father. bin laden is dead, al qaeda has been disbursed all offer the world. i hope the american people will call the members of congress of both parties and say get our troops out of afghanistan, do not wait until 2014, 2015. i don't know how many more will have to die for a corrupt leader named karzai. we have won. bin laden is dead. we have won, declare victory and bring them home. god continue to bless our men and women in uniform. bless the families who have given a child dying for freedom in afghanistan, iraq, and god please continue to bless america. we are in great need of your guidance, dear god. god bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gent

. >> well, the afghan government of hamid karzai issued a statement, publicly between the u.s.aliban, the state department offered no specifics. >> i think what you see in karzai's statement is karzai welcoming an american role in afghan led process. >> no comment either on the possible transfer to the afghan authorities of senior taliban leaders in u.s. custody. >> no decisions have been made with regard to any ruling. >> administration officials would not confirm or deny report that taliban seeks relief of five men held at guantanamo bay in return for negotiating peace settlement. according with guantanamo, striking connection between the taliban leaders and al-qaeda. nori fought alongside al-qaeda as taliban military general. another was deputy minister of intelligence who describes himself as al-qaeda member. and they participated in meetings. >> the afghan government knows who we have at guantanamo. >> deputy assistant defense secretary under president bush, he personally reviewed the file of the taliban leaders. >> these are the enemies' senior field commanders and irsusp