we reached out with mohammad's family today. as of this morning, the brother said they were not told of the cause and manner of death, no one else connected to the case we talked to, admitted knowing what it was. billy martin, the attorney for the family, hasn't returned the calls or responded to an e-mail request for comment, shawn. >> paul wagner, thank you. >> sure. >>> and well, the vikings are scrambling and this time, it's not about bret farve. days before the kickoff against the bears and the metrodome is still a mess. what is being done to get the ticket holders. >>> and the president's at it again, making fun of the d.c. region for how it handled snow. the speech to the students you have to hear just ahead. >>> keep it here, fox 5 news at 5 is coming back.  >> the back-and-forth on capitol hill is finally over. a short time ago, president obama signed the $858 billion tax cut bill into law. the deal was hammered out with republicans, despite opposition from democrats. they gave the wealthy too many tax cut

under islam, images of mohammad are banned. since then, one of the cartoonist's has faced numerous threats from islamists. a man broke into his home to attempt to kill him. please disable the man and arrested him. in a coordinated action, swedish police arrested a 37-year-old tunisian citizen in stockholm. anti terror units in denmark and sweden have had the five men under surveillance for some time. >> for more on the situation, i spoke earlier to our correspondent in copenhagen and he gave us this report on the latest development. >> we can confirm that four men were arrested in denmark today, and a fifth was arrested in stockholm, at least in sweden. they theorize that they were going to mount a terrorist attack before january 1. two of the men arrived from sweden a day and a half ago in a car that was rented in stockholm. the two men who were already in denmark were under surveillance. the police arrested them as they were getting into this car and they found a machine gun with a silencer and ammunition. that also found pla

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. >> reporter: in his tiny village in northern afghanistan, the best jan mohammad can do is hide. hide from taliban who coerce residents, charge taxes and roam freely. "i couldn't give them what they wanted, so i ran away," he says. "i had to abandon my family for two months." jan says he feels abandoned by the u.s. and alienated by his government. does the afghan police or army help you at all? "nobody," he says, "has helped us." this building behind me was the local school. in the spring, the taliban came to the school, armed, and threatened the principal to stop teaching girls. they ended up beating him, and the school has been closed ever since. "if you stop their education," he says, "they will never become anything better than a shepherd or a farmer." and then, jan asked us to leave. we'd been there for 40 minutes, and he said it wasn't safe for us anymore. and it wasn't safe for him to be seen with us. good luck to you. we then traveled 400 miles to the south, where we found a man taking the taliban head-on. bismullah khan is the police chief of a district where the until r

the prophet mohammad was named as one of the subtle. he said there was a home where he lived for a while with his father. this woman said he was a nice looking boy. she spoke with him a few times. she cannot imagine that he would have done this. police are working on a theory regarding him trying to do the bomb and then killing himself before a second last a few yards away. he's they say it could affect catastrophic -- they say it could've had catastrophic consequences. he spoke in english with an english accent. [unintelligible] on his face but page, there are pictures of him in the middle east. he says the picture was not for business. that is what he told his wife that it was ford's yacht. -- jihad. >> thanks. chinese figures are high and there is a major concern about that. >> absolutely. november, inflation rises. a 28 month high. it is a real problem for beijing. it puts food price controls, the main staple crops, they hold more money in capital reserves. it is a real problem at the moment. a few years ago when china implemented a

under islam, images of mohammad are banned. since then, one of the cartoonist's has faced numerous threats from islamists. a man broke into his home to attempt to kill him. please disable the man and arrested him. in a coordinated action, swedish police arrested a 37-year-old tunisian citizen in stockholm. anti terror units in denmark and sweden have had the five men under surveillance for some time. >> for more on the situation, i spoke earlier to our correspondent in copenhagen and he gave us this report on the latest development. >> we can confirm that four men were arrested in denmark today, and a fifth was arrested in stockholm, at least in sweden. they theorize that they were going to mount a terrorist attack before january 1. two of the men arrived from sweden a day and a half ago in a car that was rented in stockholm. the two men who were already in denmark were under surveillance. the police arrested them as they were getting into this car and they found a machine gun with a silencer and ammunition. that also found pla

it commemorates the death of the grandson of the prophet mohammad.officials say one suicide bomber detonated explosives. they say the police identified and shot a second bomber. reports say note that a group of claimed responsibility for the attack. this is the man who used to lead it. he was detained in february this year and then hanged in june. his execution has not stopped the attacks. in july, two bombers from one area carried out a mosque. when the 25 people were killed when bombs were detonated during a religious ceremony. and this morning's attack, some saying there was a foreign involvement in the attacks. >> the former prime minister of ukraine, yulia tymoshenko, has been accused. she denies the charges. she has been told not to leave. and a state visit aimed at strengthening aid and reducing tension between india and china. kit there is the presence of the dalai lama in india and the chinese close relations with pakistan. ghana has become an oil- producing nation. they open the valves on a floating platform. the field is estimated to conta

back to whether martinez who calls himself mohammad husssin cameeup with the idea to carry& out tte bombingn. martinez mother was in court úor hhs son detentiin hearrng and talked with her as well as martinez attorney as they were leaving court todayy >> tony is not a terrorist. he's not a terrorist. i don't care what tte report says. he's not a terrorist. >>reporter: what about ombing the mosqueethat wasssomethingg6 that you felt assif the informant might be doing in the area. courtroom speak for themselves and they are all inference úased on what theegovernment alleged in their affidaait. >>reporter: federal prosecutor& back to last yyar in which the suspected terrorist wrote quote i want to be remembbreddforever as a fearless warrior. this is news at 5:30. >>> thank you joy. new challenge to president obama health careelaw, federal judge in the commonwealtt of virginia ruled today key part oo the reefrm is uncoostitutional. judge took issue with mandate úequiiing most americans to purchase hhalth insurance byy& 20144 this is the first federal court nw to strike ddpprtment is expected to

." >> i terror plot aimed at taking revenge for cartoons of the prophet mohammad. five are arrested. tens of thousands without water in northern ireland. authorities warned of a public health emergency. and one leader says they are going back to the ivory coast. the international community's steps of the pressure. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. coming up later for you -- crackdown on corruption. and it summed up the spirit of an nation. 70 years on how firefighters saved london when the nazis bombs. -- when the nazis bombed. the danish authorities say they have managed to stop an imminent terrorist attack in the capital of copenhagen. ed this was to be carried out against newspaper that outraged muslims by printing cartoons of the prophet mohammed. they planned to shoot as many people as possible. we have this report. >> this is one of the two places in the danish capital where the authorities swooped up suspects in up what they describe as terrifying, probably the most serious terror attempt in denma

third targets were believed to be the office of a newspaper that printed a cartoon of the profit mohammad in 2005, causing widespread anger among moslems. staff long feared militant islamists might try to attack the newspaper, and police say the plan was to kill as many people inside as possible. >> the police and the secret service are taking good care of us, and i am convinced they will keep us safe, but i am worried for our employees. >> four people were arrested in denmark. a 44-year-old to new zealand, a 29-year-old man born in lebanon, a swedish national, whose country of origin is unknown, and a 26-year-old iraqi, now released. a 37-year-old swedish citizen of too busy and organ -- origen was arrested -- of tunisian origen was arrested. they were expected to travel to sweden on tuesday night. this is when they might have hired a car. outside the court, relatives were angry. >> this happens to people because they follow their religions or because they have big beards and wear long dresses, and then they are called terrorists. >> the next day they brought of formal charges. >> the co

charged with planning a tire track of a danish newspaper behind controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammad five years ago it's the latest in a series of arrests across europe that have sparked fears of growing islamist extremism on the continent. on the holiday season brings america's credit card addiction into the spotlight as millions of florida shopping malls across the country despite the nation's financial troubles some say they're grabbing addiction has turned into a religion on us to be. awake now towards the future with the world's most promising gizmos and gadgets technology update is coming up next. hello and welcome to technology update are you tired of paying those overblown electric bills at the end of each month this could be the answer you've been waiting for a lot of the energy and with it a lot of the harder and caskets burn out by crummy old incandescent light bulbs but what if i could get you a lot more light and waste way less wattage in the process and up and coming russian companies just open a huge new production facility to help make that energy efficient dream a re

virginia state police say more charges are pending against 25- year-old mohammad tashail.d accused of crashing in to at least six vehicles yesterday and fleeing each scene. police arrested him at dulles airport's main terminal. one of the tow truck drivers hired explains what he saw. >> the guy was going nuts and trying to make a third lane and go up the center of the two lanes here. >> reporter: a mother and her 1- year-old daughter were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> just in time for the holidays, u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood was in arlington to urge states to adopt a no refusal strategy when it comes to testing potential drunk drivers. >> it really helps us continue our efforts to do what we need to do to get drunk drivers off the road. >> reporter: more than 700 -- 750 people were killed in drunk driving accidents last december, but no re-- the no refusal program will allow police 0 to get warrants from on-call judges to take blood samples from drunk drivers who refuse breathalyzer tests. >>> coming up next, howard and his forecast. >>> we

office just outside of baltimore is due in court later today. 21-year-old antonio martinez, known as mohammad hussein is scheduled to appear in baltimore for a preliminary hearing. he's accused of attempting to detonate a fake bomb provided by an undercover fbi agent. he faces life in prison if convicted. parts of the upper midwest are digging out after a big snowstorm this weekend. >> the nasty system shut down highways, grounded flights and caused part of the minnesota vikings stadium to collapse. minneapolis was walloped with 17 inches of snow that proved too heavy for the metrodome's roof. the vikings game was moved to tonight and it will take place in detroit. >>> weather problems are hitting parts of washington state. record rainfall is triggering mudslides an causing major flooding. forecasters predict it will begin to subside this morning. just when you thought it wasn't possible, the redskins have found a new way to lose a game. >> that's too sad. 4 minutes left in the game and the redskins led 10-9. then tampa quarterback freeman hit winslow for a 40-yard touchdown. the bucs were in

mohammad was an ethiopian american. police marked outside the club to make sure there was no trouble there. dc9 must now perform mandatory background chks on all of its employees. >>> president obama signed the tax bill into law today. that bill keeps the bush era tax cuts for two more years. it extends unemployment benefits and payroll tax breaks for another year. it also gives wealthy americans another break on the state taxes. many democrats are upset with the compromise. but the president says it is necessary to keep the middle class lifeline. >> this is really money that's going to make a real difference in people's lives. and right now what all of us care about is growing the american economy and creating jobs for the american people. >> next we'll turn to cutting spending and cutting debt. >> those t rates will cost $858 billion over two years. house speaker nancy pelosi was not at today's bill signing. >>> think you've had a bad wee look what happened to this couple in iowa when they went on vacation. high winds

police say this man mohammad tashah was arrested in front of the main terminal charged with one count of felony hit and run. that's the only charge so far. a woman and her 1-year-old were take on the the hospital to be checked out. >>> the edge on maryland now. the lawyer for bomb plot suspect antonio martinez says the government set up his client. the argument was made in court today. martinez is accused of trying to detonate a phony bomb in kay on theville. his attorney says he was egged on by the government and wouldn't have carried out the act by himself. her mother says he is innocent. >> tony is not a terrorist. he is not a terrorist. >> the judge ordered him held without bond. he didn't speak during the proceeding. she scheduled to be in court next tuesday. >>> next, twit and gawker attacked. what uses need to do to protect themselves. >>> melanie, what do you have? >> reporter: e-readers will be the hot gift this season and there's an important service to check out before you choose.  >>> a spam attack on twitter. the hacker accessed gawker's commented database over the wee

mohammad ibrahim fled the scene of the accident, leaving in the houston trapped under his car. he said his human rights could be harmed if he was sent back to iraq. >> he was a hit and run driver who left a 12-year-old girl to die in the road. today, in an appeal to the court, it was rejected. for amg -- for amy houston's father, it was a bitter blow. years on from her death, her final hours are still painful. >> she was on life-support, tubes and things. you know? i never got a chance to say goodbye. >> amy had been walking along this road. she had been heading to the shops to buy a cd by a boy band. as she crossed to get to a bus stop, she was hit by a car and then trapped underneath. the driver of that car fled the scene. ibrahim has a string of convictions, including driving while to disqualified and without insurance. he was already banned from driving when amy died. other offenses include possession of drugs, burglary, theft, and harassment. last year, he won leave to remain in the u.k. he argued that because he had children since being freed from prison, he had a right t

sending troops to afghanistan and for allowing the publication of a cartoon insulting the prophet mohammad in a swedish newspaper in 2007. and the english defense minister has raised up -- recanted the invitation of a speaker. he leads a small cognition in florida, and he drew criticism when he threatened to burn a copy of the crown on september 11 of this year. violent clashes between muslims and christians in egypt last month over the building of an unauthorized church have again highlighted the delicate relations between the country's two main religious groups. egypt is overwhelmingly muslim. the egyptian constitution guarantees equality for all, but some christians say their community is increasingly beleaguered and the young christian women are being lured or kidnapped and forced marriages with muslim men. we go to cairo to find out what the cops are afraid of. >> christmas in cairo looks surprisingly like christmas in the west. good business selling imported decorations. but they no longer have a tree at home. they cannot bear to. their daughter mary disappeared. >> at christmas, she

planned an attack on the office of a newspaper in copenhagen which printed cartoons of the prophet mohammad five years ago drawing sparked outrage among muslims across the world officials say those arrested intended to kill as many people as possible in the papers newsroom and it's the latest in a series of arrests throughout the year which have put european nations on high alert have a spread of islamic radicalism has gone off. over a year of investigations and a massive police raid in the end brought results twenty six people have been arrested in belgium germany the netherlands belgium dutch moroccans and churchills all are suspected of recruiting so-called jihadist candidates and financing terrorist organizations right from the heart of europe police mission a success absolutely but is the battle over it's just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge there is a whole machine behind this. was born in belgium in a family of christians and converted to islam when he was nineteen he says he did it on his own will because it simply provided the answers he couldn't find in other religions acc

the target was the office of a newspaper that printed the controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammad he is ago they say the suspects intended to break in and kill as many people as possible the publication of the cartoons one of which depict the prophet muhammad with a bomb shaped turban in the theory of wilson's around the world it's the latest in a series of arrests throughout the year which put european nations on high alert and the spread of islamic radicalism as well preschool for ports it's happening right on the thought his news is. over a year of investigations and a massive police raid in the end brought results twenty six people have been arrested in belgium germany and the netherlands belgium dutch moroccans and chechens all are suspected of recruiting so-called jihad is candidates and financing terrorist organizations right from the portland. police mission a success absolutely but is the battle over this in of is that it's just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge there is a whole machine behind this really want to lose it was born in belgium in a family of christians

broadcast a new murder confession of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery it will show mohammad the recounting the alleged crimes and details of her husband's murder forty three year old who remains in prison was convicted in two thousand and six of an illicit extramarital relationship sentenced to ninety nine lashes her case was reopened when accused of murdering her husband the case has sparked an international outcry . in paris airports are returning back to normal a day after snow fall cause snow fall caused payoffs even the french capital's lenoir eiffel tower was closed but is set to reopen partially europe has seen an unusual amount of snow this month culture and transport disruption across the continent this is your weather conditions are expected to continue. well you can get the latest on everything we're covering here on our team and our web site r t v dot com let's take a quick look at what's on the line for you right now a boy in russia recovering from the kenya is getting help with school work and is even able to attend classes about leaving home all saying i don't

illegal entrapment is getting someone to do something that they would normally do the guy named mohammad had his e-mails tracked by authorities while they waited for the right time to get him to act against u.s. national security or the f.b.i. as steve said with him every step of the way because he started to say he was fifteen years old four years x. amount of money and efforts from the f.b.i. later the sting mission comes to a close the nineteen year old is accused of plotting to blow up a christmas tree in portland oregon the language used against him in f.b.i. records is all too familiar to the sensitive american and even though the device was. fake here spreads like bacteria the threat was very very real. media images were quick to portray what could have and would have happened had the barn been real. becoming yet again not a watchdog but an echoing voice of authorities long as terrorism stuff i think is kind of embarrassing for most of the media the way the f.b.i. has official word on whatever is just taken as the truth but the obvious truth to some is what's not addressed at all

plotting a terror attack on the danish newspaper behind a controversial call to his old of prophet mohammad five days ago it's the latest in a series of arrests the call spirit that has sparked fears of growing is going to stick stream as well but content. on the holiday season brings america's credit card addiction into the spotlight as millions without shopping malls across the country to spread the nation's financial troubles some say the grabbing addiction has turned into religion icons to be confronted. as the headlines now max and stacey take a look at why the u.s. is so broke moving into twenty seven. max kaiser and this is the kaiser report looking ahead to two thousand and eleven one has to ask oneself will america suck as bad in two thousand and eleven as america sucked in two thousand and ten i'm looking at those bradley manning story presume source for the wiki leaks cable gate just because this guy embarrassed hillary clinton and proved that she was an incompetent bureaucrat the us is torturing young that's right they're torturing a us citizen it's come to that let's get more o

plotting a terror attack on the danish newspaper behind a controversial call to news of the prophet mohammad five days ago that if the latest and feelings of arrests across europe that have sparked careers of growing islamist extremism on the continent. the holiday season brings america's credit card addiction into the spotlight as men there is not shopping malls across the country despite the nation's financial troubles some say the growing addiction has turned into a religion has to be confronted. and next for god to the heart of the u.s. capitol well the last. twenty ten. well convey alone a show where you get the real headlines with none of the mercy that we continue our we can review of the best of the a lot of show from the past year and tonight we're going to focus on the hottest and most contentious debates that consumed america the plans to build an islamic community center named park fifty one just blocks away from ground zero set off a fierce debate one side claiming this is an insensitive move to those who suffered on nine eleven and their families the other calling it islamophob

with plotting a terror attack on the danish newspaper behind controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammad plugged in is that it's the latest in a series of arrests across europe that hot spot fears of and wearing of islamist extremism that called. on the holiday season brings america's credit card addiction into the spotlight as millions are not shopping malls across the country despite the nation's financial troubles some say the growing and diction has turned into every major in our cost of a come from the top. up next it's called stalker and as they get comes to an end about his guys reflect on twenty ten. and you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle what do you hear it was if anything two thousand and ten showed us just how fragile the world is was it a good year bad year for a lot in the middle. east. to talk about the year that is passing i'm joined by charlie beckett in london he's a professor at the london school of economics in new york we have steve lesser he is the editor of the op ed news and in boston we cross to jim walsh he is a research associate at the m

police say antonio martinez, also known as mohammad hussein, parked what he thought was an suv loadedi sting and there was never any actual danger. >>> in political news this morning, president obama is again facing some open hostility on capitol hill. but this time it's from his very own party. it is of course all over that tax cut deal he made with republicans. and this morning the white house is trying to head off a full-on rebellion by democrats. abc's jake tapper has the very latest. >> reporter: one day after president obama said the country was not in danger of a double-dip recession, the administration has certainly -- is certainly putting the heat on democrats in congress with larry summers saying that not passing this tax cut compromise would significantly increase the risks of a double-dip recession. vice president biden got out of a meeting with house democrats, a meeting that was described to me by one attendee as contentious with a lot of angry democrats furious about this tax cut compromise. and if the white house, as it has been told to me, if the white house were rely

prosecutors say, martinez, who calls himself mohammad hussein was bent on jihad and targets a military recruiting center. >>> actor hugh jackman was injured this morning while filming a stunt for oprah winfrey's show. the is filming in australia this week. medical staff treated him after he slammed in to some rings while trying to fly on the stage in a marrin' and appears to have suffered a minor injury to his eye. >>> work crews are trying to clean up the metrodome after the roof collapsed under the weight of more than a foot of snow. inspectors are checking out the facility and hope to determine later today when the vikings game next monday can be held there, whether or not it can. >>> we will have highlights from the game that was supposed to be held on sunday coming up in sports. >>> how much longer will we deal with the bitter cold? the forecast is coming up. right now 5:11. v@ >>> we start weather first with a look at the closings and delays. person person is here and where the school closings and delays are gives us an idea how the storm is moving. >> heavy out west. upslope slo

the character and the novel is substantially different from a profit mohammad. is based on a different reading of history of islam. one of the things people need to get used to in any religious tradition is dissension within that tradition. people have a different idea from the orthodox idea. that to be part of a conversation. it really should. it is true of every other religion. in islam people react badly to it. i am very proud of the book. at don't know anything about oprah's book. >> stan says have you written a similar book on christianity as you did on islam? if not, why not? will you write a book critical of christianity or are you afraid of doing so? >> this is based on an old and tedious misunderstanding of what kind of writer of them. i didn't write a book about islam. i wrote a novel about migrants from the west and it is their story and one of their stories involved a vision that the character sees about birth of religion. this is what we call fiction. if i want to insult people like to do it much faster. and don't spend five years of myself trying t

. >> virginia police say they have so far charged 25-year-old mohammad tishal of alexandria. i believe we have a picture we want to show you with one count of felony hit and run with more charges pending after witnesses say he hit five vehicles at a high rate of speed as he drove west on 66 on his way out to the airport. virginia state police began to get calls about a hit and run driver just after 9:00 this morning. the striking vehicle, a blue super shuttle heading westbound. sky fox was overhead as the van was towed from the main terminal at dulles. instead of stopping, police say the driver twice sideswiped a dodge charger before rare rear ending a pacifica. sending it off the road and in to a ditch. police say the driver rear ended this taxi cab which left the roadway. >> suddenly he came from the left side. >> reporter: sadder was driving his car west when he says the van came up behind at a high rate of speed. >> i wondered what happened. i came here. >> reporter: before hitting the cab, police say the driver of the super shuttle rear ended a chrysler pacifica, sending

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and i'll tell you something-- i was with a guy by the name of mohammad, and he works for the nature conservancy. and he was telling me how he goes to these villages, and instead of talking to them about marine protective areas-- you know, "set aside this area for fish"-- which he got nowhere with, he now talks about fish banks, banking for fish. he says, "look, this is really a savings account for you guys." and all of a sudden the villagers are turned on. they want to now collectively establish marine protected areas where fish are safe and breed, they can grow to big sizes and thus breed, and then the spillover is then harvested by communities. but just turning the words around and calling it a fish bank and giving people that connection has made the world of difference to him. >> hinojosa: so as we wrap up, sanjayan, what do you want people to talk away from this? you know, you said get informed. >> sure. well, first of all, don't get depressed, right? it's still a fun world out there. you know, we have this thing that said, "look, at least try to outlive, you know, those guys." so go out th

army shooter assigned to faisal shahzad to the so-called christmas tree bomber, mohammad mohammad, all of these mass murderers believed they were working on behalf of the ford organization. guest: is an interesting thesis because home grown terrorism sort of a plot -- implies that is and ideologies from the united states. -- if it is an radiology -- it isn't ideology from the u.s.. -- it is an ideology from the u.s. what he is saying is that the ideologies of radical islamic extremism, which is basically what is propelling homegrown terrorism is an alien ideology from the united states, that it comes from the muslim brotherhood, al qaeda, and other islamic suny extremist groups. -- other islamic sunni extremist groups. i think radical islamic extremists is more appropriate. host: so you think because the marching orders per se are coming from these gentlemen, these men that we talked about, are coming from foreign shores as opposed to someone like a timothy mcveigh, who pretty much dreamt this up here in the united states, was boarded united states, that kind of thing, that it is that

they believe he's the direct descendant and legitimate heir of the muslim prophet mohammad.leader. >> an imom is responsible for the people who refer to him, he's responsible for the interpretation of favorite and he's responsible for their quality of life. so those three areas are areas which are my responsibility. >> broadly they're considered moderate. in fact al qaeda believes they are a bitter enemy. >> i have always referred to it as a conflict of ignorance and i still believe that's the root of the problem. >> reporter: born in switzerland, he grew up in the spotlight. his grandfather was the last aga cahn. his father was married to the late film legend rita haworth and was said to be one of the richest men of his day. but when he assumed the role at 20 years old was private. skiing was his passion. ensconced among the international elite, he studied at harvard, is fluent in three languages, was on the cover of life magazine in 1958 and met president kennedy at the white house. today he remains very wealthy, the money comes mostly from the contributions of his followe

take john mohammad, a farmer in northern afghanistan. in 2008, this area was safe. the taliban roam freely, charge taxes, and demand assistance. so what do you do when they talk to you and threaten you? "i couldn't give them what they wanted, so i ran away," he says. abdul zahir owns a soda factory in western afghanistan. even here in the safest city in the country, he is scared of kidnapping. he and his family travel with armed guards. "i don't want to leave," he says, "but when i see my children and my family members, i feel like they're living in a cage." >> the taliban is resilient. if you kill their leaders, they can come up with other leaders. but they will not be as skilled, they won't have the same level of experience. this is why this takes a sustained, substantial commitment. >> reporter: there is one area of the country where perceptions are improving. last year, 90% of helmand residents said there was fighting in their neighborhoods. that number is now down to 44%. but overall, afghans are doubtful that the u.s. can bring peace. and they are angry at the

by publishing satirical cartoons of the prophet mohammad in 2005. in michigan, bill, republican line, good morning. caller: my favorite, joe wilson. he speaks truth to the power, doesn't he? and i would like to say to america, and all of the women that think bill clinton, we know that -- we know what bill clinton did to young women. host: most admired female, according to offer of twitter this morning, senator debbie stabenow, who stood up to senator kyl. rio, brazil, tony, good morning. caller: i would say the u.s. envoy abroad, that is, senator george mitchell. he is doing a wonderful job. i also want to thank you about [unintelligible] host: before you go, why george mitchell? caller: he is actually doing an extremely tough task at hand, dealing with the issues of the u.s. envoy. i believe he will get some results in the end. host: are you watching us, or listening in to us in rio? caller: online. host: you do so -- how do you do so? is it off the internet, or we also have applications for the iphone and things like that. caller: i am listening t

terror attack against a nextel cup that printed -- against a newspaper that printed the prophet mohammad cartoon. they say they were residence of sweden. air, road and -- are catching up. most flights at newark's liberty airport are taking off and landing as scheduled so far today. but there are still delays at la guardia and kennedy airports as airlines continue catching up on hundreds of flights grounded since the weekend snowstorm. the energy nrge department today releases an update on fuel stockpiles. according to platts, analysts are looking for crude oil stockpiles to decline by 3.2 million barrels while gasoline stocks are seen as rising by 1.7 million. meanwhile, in iran, fuel consumption has fallen by a fifth since that government began slashing energy ensued subsidies last month. gasoline prices quadrupled and bread prices tripled after cuts came into effect december 19. part of the government's effort to boost iran's ailing economy by reducing the massive drain on the state budget from the subsidies. and those are some of the headlines on c-span radio. >> you know, the senate