earlier today, he hosted iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki at the white house for talks on the withdrawal of american forces. the president says the net states is on track to have all combat troops out of iraq by the end of 2011 -- he said the united states is on track to have all combat troops out of iraq by the end of 2011? - 2011. >>> lynsey gramm said he would support sonia sotomayor to be the next supreme court justice. five republicans are now publicly backing sotomayor and she is expected to be confirmed in august. >>> more than it two years after seung-hui cho killed 32 people on the virginia tech campus, his mental health records have been found. virginia governor tim kaine said lawyers in a civil lawsuit discovered a former director of the student counseling center had the records at his home. the doctor left virginia tech a year before the shootings. a criminal investition is underway. tim kaine said the details of seung-hui cho's health records will be released soon. >>> families of virginia tech shooting victims pushed lawmakers to vote against a concealed weapons amendment.

they want diplomatic pressure other countries, there are a lot of things that nouri al maliki once --nce -- oncwants. this visit will boost his chances in iraqi elections, making appear as a leader, elections coming next year. there are many things that he would like to achieve in the visit. >> on the security issue, you mentioned the president trying to work out a way forward. it has not gone as smoothly as they might have liked. >> it has not. i expect mr. obama to press him on this reconciliation. a lot of the violence is because of the lack of progress in this area. mr. obama would want to see progress on that. he would like to see a more consolidated effort on political reconciliation between those outside the government now and even those within the government who are not fully supportive of the democratic process. >> thank you for joining us. six people appeared dead and many more are missing after landslides and floods in western japan. heavy rain swept away houses and bridges. our tokyo correspondent has more. >> this is supposed to be the end of the rainy season in japan, bu

nouri al-maliki.he president is expected to get a earful of the amount of violence in the country as iraqi forces assume a larger police role. the meeting comes a couple week after vice president joe biden met with al-maliki in iraq as u.s. forces began their withdrawal. >>> an update on a young boy rescued from a burning car in milwaukee. you remember this dramatic video to get a mother and her two children out of the suv, the 4-year-old boy who was badly burned is in stable but critical condition this noon. this morning. his father appeared on "the early show." >> they are heros in my hearts. god sent them there and put them there, and that's -- the words can't express the gratitude that i owe them for helping my family. >> the 4-year-old boy, david have scheduled to have his first skin graft today, the first of many surgeries to come. >>> meanwhile, continental airlines say they are forced to make more job cuts and increase passenger fees. 1700 people are being laid off after the airline posted a l

allow british troops to stay through the end of this month and robert gates met with prime mastin nouri al-maliki and top u.s. military commander today in baghdad. he also made a surprise trip to talil to visit troops there. >>> is really a new of his officials are working to resolve a public dispute over jewish settlements in the west bank. prime minister netanyahu and peace envoy george mitchell -- george mitchell met to discuss the issue. the u.s.aeto freeze settlement construction to jump- start arab-israeli peace talks. >> that is the only way everybody in the region will be able to realize security, justice, and prosperity for all. >> the israeli government says high birth rates in some communities are making expansion necessary. 900 new apartments are planned for the settlement outside of jerusalem next year. >>> it is day two of economic talks between the u.s. and ina and treasury secretary timothy geithner says the two nations are committed to build a more stable global economy. yet today the obama administration sought to assure china the u.s. will deal with the soaring budget deficit.

nouri al-maliki celebrated with a drawl, it was a big gregory. american troops are in a position to help out if the iraqi army were to do so. but this would be a very politically sensitive thing for the promised to do. i think at the moment we will not see the iraqi asking the americans coming in just yet to help them out. >> thank you very much. i'm just on to take you to the italian town of l'aquila with a meeting of the g8 is taking place. this is the latest pictures we are seeing. customary kind of family photos, it is bold. g8 leaders along with the fast emerging economies. president obama was late, clapped in by the other leaders. his first real opportunity to show what he means by being a champion of green technology, something he made a big plate of during his campaign and the early part of his presidency. some would say this is the test to see if he could turn all of the words and rhetoric into action. the summit, we heard big challenges today. a split is essentially between the richest countries and those emerging from poverty. let's mo

iraq's prime minister, nouri al-maliki and his government increasingly pro iranian. >> the iranians would have to cross the boarder to get at them directly because camp ashraf is clearly over the border. but they have an obviously willing ally in prime minister maliki willing to do their bidding. >> reporter: the iranian government praised the iraqi action against m.e.k., saying they're cleaning the country of terrorists. katie? >> couric: lara logan. lara, thank you. turning to the economy now and once again our news cbs news/"new york times" poll. more americans believe the economy is getting better. 32% say that, up from just 21% as recently as two weeks ago. now, as for the stimulus, only 4% say it's created any jobs, but more than half say it eventually will. 41% say it won't. coming up next here on the "cbs evening news," the deal on supplements that could have you paying close to 300 times what you signed on for. i never thought it could happen to me... a heart attack at 53. i had felt fine. but turns out... my cholesterol and other risk factors... increased my chance of a heart at

he met at the white house with the prime minister, nouri al-maliki and vowed to stick with plans to remove all u.s. forces by the end of 011. the president said iraqi security forcess have come a long way, but admitted there will be some tough days ahead. now turning to the michael jackson case and the investigation into how he died. was it a crime? today, police found from los angeles raided the texas office of one of his doctors. ben tracy now on what they were looking for. >> reporter: the rain began about 10:30 this morning. los angeles police detectives entered the houston clinic of dr. conrad murray, jackson's personal physician, who was with the singer the day he died. a law enforcement source tells cbs news that the search warrant was based on a preliminary autopsy report pointing to propofol, also known as diprivan as the possible cause of michael jackson's death. the drug is a powerful anesthetic meant only for use in surgery but was found inside jackson's rented mansion. >> this is a big development in this investigation because it says, look, we had some dangerous drugs involve

officials were stunned to hear prime minister nouri al maliki tout the milestone on television by likening it to the iraqi revolt against the british military occupation in 1920. >> he wants to bolster his position by taking an ultra hard line, the movement of u.s. troops. >> warner: rend francke, a former iraqi ambassador to the u.s., says maliki is playing to a domestic political audience in advance of next january's presidential election. >> it's important to show that he is the strong man of iraq who is ridding iraq of occupation troops, getting rid of the occupiers, getting them out of the cities and restoring sovereignty to iraq and giving the iraqi army and the iraqi security forces full control over the country as a measure of sovereignty. >> warner: christopher hill is the new u.s. ambassador in iraq. >> if you're an american and you've seen what our troops go through every day and the fact that we've lost thousands of lives, that aspect of iraq domestic politics is frankly a little hard to take for a lot of americans. but in so doing, why was he doing it? he was trying to tell th

is he meeting with iraq prime minister nouri al maliki. is he also stopping by a command post in southern iraq to get a look at the next phase of the war. u.s. troops at the post have already shifted from a combat role to a more advisory role. that's something we can expect to see more of, of course, as this war continues. allegations this morning that michael jackson's doctor conrad murray shot him full of that powerful sedative. propofol hours before he died. it's a powerful hospital-grade sedative that helps a patient sleep. not really. it's used for surgery. murray's lawyer admits his client is at the center of a manslaughter investigation but he insists did he not give jackson any medicine medication that would have caused his heart to fail. there is still no official cause of death. nasa astronauts this morning beginning the process of coming back home. ♪ i'm proud to be an american ♪ where at least i know i'm free free. gretchen: sing it steve and lee greenwood, i believe. steve: i love that song. gretchen: wakeup call for the crew

gates will meet with the prime minister nouri al-maliki. >>> and the senate judiciary committee willayor commission. some plan to vote no. only one of the committee's republicans, senator lindsey graham, has said he will support sotomayor. the full senate votes next week. >>> it is now 8:33 on this tuesday morning. and later today you have the chance to meet former redskins head coach joe gibbs. when and where is ahead. >>> and during these tough economic times it may be hard to give financially but it doesn't cost to donate your time. call our volunteers a202-895- 3307. these experts are volunteering your time to help you find someplace to give your time this morning. and you can get more information online at myfoxdc.com. the line will be open for about another 25 minutes. oh, what's this? breakfast. it's kind of early, buddy. you've got to need to take some cholesterol off you. honey, have you been reading the cheerios box again? he got that off the box. (announcer) cheerios is made with 100% natural whole grain oats to help lower your cholestel. that was very thoughtful of you. v

. >> iraqi prime minister nouri al melichar spoke thursday at a u.s. institute of species -- nouri al malikiursday at the u.s. institute of peace. we will hear opening remarks from former assistant secretary of state richard solomon, now president of the u.s. institute of peace. this is about an hour. >> let me just say how pleased we are that all of your here in the room with us this morning. we have an overflow room for obvious reasons, given our distinguished guests. and we are webcast in this event this morning. anybody around the world who has got a computer and knows our web address will be watching this event as well. i think many of you know that the institute of peace has been working on the ground in iraq since 2004. our programs are designed to promote reconciliation, to facilitate the reconstruction of the situation in iraq, and are -- our work focuses on training iraqi leaders, promoting rural dialogue and interfaith dialogue to transition from the war time frame to a very robust activity of peace building. it is in that context that we are honored to have our special guest this

addition to tonight's prime time news conference, the president meets with the iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki at the white house. the two will appear later today in the rose garden. when the president appears in chicago tomorrow, the dnc will releasing its outreach effort known as gen 44, whose goal is to attract college professionals and young professionals. jim demint spoke earlier, saying it is time to put the brakes on president barack obama. he refused to take back an assertion earlier that the health-care overhaul the president wants will be his waterloo. asked if he stood by the statement, he replied, "it is not personal, we have got to stop politics." the senate votes next week on the nomination of sonia sotomayor. one member, john kyl, is calling her testimony evasive, lacking in substance, and in some cases, misleading. he said that he will vote against her nomination. finally, a private study finds federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists. even as a growing wave of coordinated cyber attacks pose as potential national security risks. the president said c

president obama welcomes nouri al maliki today. >>> a vigil for a captured soldier in afghanistan has planned. berg drkz arkz hrkz lrkz has been held. >>> police in cape coral, florida, says an explosion was so big it sent the home attorney the hospital with leg burns. she said she put the bug bomb under the sink. she said, boom, the windows were blown out, the dish watcher was moved. firefighters are investigating. the poor thing. >>> where you can go with your gun. that's what senators are going to be fighting over today. see what their vote can mean. murdering a florida couple may have been after money locked in a safe. that's what a source tells our sister network cnn. police say the home invasion was well planned and rehearsed. melanie and byrd billings were shot july 9. nine children were home at the time. >>> sarah palin may have broken a law. the outgoing alaska governor should not use the money but should ask the state to use the money to -- >>> president obama is expected to make a big push for overhauling the health care system at a news conference tonight. some democrats a

we met with nouri al-maliki always together even if he called on one of us. next slide. you do now still -- don't -- this is not all about soft power. this is also about doing what in the military gets bade to do and that is to get your teeth into the enemy and go for his jugular and stay after them and pursue them relentlessly, and at times kill or capture them. now, you shouldn't start clearing an area unless you can hold and it have the plan to build on it as well, and so before we launched our offensives we knew what we were going to do once we had the areas cleared. when we began clearing ramadi we knew how we were going to hold ramadi and it was very tough fight. now, you have to have such good intelligence that you can figure out who are the irreconcilables because you want to promote reconciliation. you can't kill or capture your way out of an industrial strength insurgency. you have to see who can be part of the solution, and then those who are truly irreckon sidelinable have to be killed, captured or run out of the country. that's this process here. it require