this tiny country that, because it has osama bin laden and nuclear weapons, is on a world stage with the u.s. and other super powers. the u.s. cannot save afghanistan without dealing with pakistan. the president keeps saying that, every administering says that but they don't really take the action that is needed to change what is happening on the ground in that region. and that is without question going to be the biggest problem he has to deal with. >> schieffer: chip reid out in hawaii, we keep hearing the president is going to shake up the team next year. what's that amount to? >> bob, we've been hearing that for a year-- it never happened. every time somebody leaves, they bring in somebody from the inside. i think they're going to continue to promote from the inside, may bring in outsiders but probably be people who were tested by having been in the clinton administration. and speaking of the clinton administration, you know they like to say they're not going to model the next two years after what bill clinton did after his shellacking in 1994. but on the beach here couple of days

we tried hard to get osama bin laden but not at the expense of subjecting our own people to death or a situation we could not assist them in the process. >> host: and taking something from 100 to 300 aircraft or other moving parts in a small unit into afghanistan. >> guest: exactly, and maybe we have one here brann i.t. you may recall came up where we think he is going to board a civilian airliner and fly to chechnya and we want you to be prepared and have a couple of f-16s on standby that can shoot down this aircraft and our response to that is how do we know he is even on the aircraft and what happens if he's not on the aircraft? you recall at one point we thought we had him in kandahar but if we thought your missiles in kandahar and didn't get him we were going to kill 300 individuals, women and children included without any assurance whatsoever that he was there and one particular case we elected not to do it we found out later we would have missed him by three hours had we done that but we have about 300 people there were killed and we would have been branded as terrorists ourse

we will hear from author and filmmaker and neighbor of osama bin laden next. [ phones ping, buzz ] [ laughs ] that's so dumb. [ laughter ] nice. [ male announcer ] don't be left behind. get it first with at&t. the nation's fastest mobile broadband network. period. rethink possible. >>shepard: this is "studio b" time for the tonight news. president obama meeting early today with top national security advisor to finalize the assessment of the afghanistan war strategy. results are expected day after tomorrow. the progress report comes a year after the president ordered an additional 30,000 troops to afghanistan. at that time, he promised to begin a withdrawal in 18 months. of course today's meeting comes a day after the death of the president's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan. top u.s. officials in washington and kabul have called the death a tremendous loss to the country. with us now is the terror expect, former neighbor of osama bin laden, and filmmaker, live from san diego. dying words were "you have to end the war in afghanistan." he took a different public tone and he re

we launched the missiles and had been on a range unfortunately we did not get osama bin laden but it wasn't because we didn't try and we did get a number of other terrorists training in the camp at the time so joe did surface for the nation and was there just in case his services were needed. >> host: so he was there as the missiles were flying over and he could have been talked to his counterpart and said it's okay they are not in the7 missiles.7?3 >> guest: exactly. >> host: you have done a lot of leadership and you talk about leadership and also head up a center on leadership at north carolina state. could you talk about how do you identify the leaders, how do you chrome them? is it something they have in a flea? how do you build leaders for the future in the military? >> guest: we have a great system and the military itself but let me go to the leadership. i was fortunate when i retired from the chairman that my all modern wanted to establish a leadership center in my name and basically focus on young people starting at high school level into college and then even have a sick mot

parts of isi they have known where osama bin laden was and were protecting him -- may have known where osama bin laden was and were protecting him years ago. they are on both sides of the fed said that simply cannot be for a true ally. host: next is smyrna, tennessee, on our line for democrats. arnold, go ahead. guest: how are you? yes, sir, i was wondering if you have ever heard of a web site called patriotsquestion9/11.com. the web site contains more than 3000 into a highly educated and very intelligent professionals, including half of the 9/11 commission. what this website is about, it is simply asking for a second investigation into 9/11. there are hundreds of college professors who have put their name on this website. hundreds of politicians, including several senators. i think three or four of them are currently sitting senators, and the rest are former. dennis kucinich has put his name on here. ron paul has put his name on this website and walter mondale has put his name on this website. this website is not a bunch of guys, you know, folks running around wearing tinfoil hats, sa

will we get osama bin laden? my answer is yes we will get him. is just a matter of time but with all the intelligence we have focused on him he is just got to make one mistake. he is very good the way he operates. >> host: can you talk about the one time he thought he really had an opportunity to get bin laden and he called the services of your great vice chair, and joseph olson? >> guest: we thought at one time we had a chance to get him because he was occasionally at some of the training camps in afghanistan. and in order to do that we were going to have to fire missiles that would go through the airspace. they launched tomahawk missiles coming out of either submarines or ships at sea but they would have to fly across pakistan. our concern was if the pakistanis picked up on these missile flying through their airspace with their radar, they might think it was india launching a nuclear attack and they might respond accordingly. i asked vice chairman ross and if he would use his friendship with the army chief of staff and fly into pakistan and hav

they're giving osama bin laden and his network shelter, but osama bin laden is running his own network. if and when osama bin laden and the taliban are removed the problem will not disappear. >> warner: it had not. by early 2009, holbrook now appointed to have the diplomatic effort in afghanistan and pakistan spoke of the challenges facing the obama administration as it tried to chart a new way forward there. you're saying it's too early at this point for the obama administration to define how it sees victory in afghanistan? >> well, first of all, the victory is is defined in purely military terms is not achievable. i cannot stress that too highly. i think it will more difficult than iraq. it's already longer than iraq. it's the second longest military engagement in american history. no one should expect a quick success here. >> warner: five weeks later holbrook and general david petraeus explained the president's new dual focus on afghanistan and pakistan. >> the critical issue here is to integrate our afghan policy and our pakistan policy which have essentially been stove piped to re

games, you may recall if you saw the first interview that he has strong opinions about where osama bin ladenat, and he knows whereof he speaks, since he does a huge amount of business protecting ceos and heads of state of the middle east. so here, then, is stéphan crétier with a lot to say about the recession, and, more importantly, the recovery and the way to the stéphan crétier, you were one of the first guests on entrepreneurs, on the dobson series. we sat, actually, in this very studio in '07, and you had one of the great entrepreneurial stories of your day. the share went a hundred- fold up in value over a decade. you started as an umpire in the southern us-- - a thousand-fold. - a thousand-fold! incredible. really? i forgot a zero. and you started as an umpire in professional baseball down in the southern us, mortgaged your house--i mean, you did everything, and lo and behold, you build one of the great security companies in the world, and it would seem that nothing could have gone wrong. but now we know, because we know the weather reports from '08, that everything went terribly wrong

. >>> dicen que este personaje es más peligroso que osama bin laden. >>> y la amenaza cambió, también estadounidenses enfrentaron cargos de terrorismo, estados unidos no es el único objetivo, un artefacto explosivo apareció en roma, la policía dijo que no tenía detonador, el gran susto se une a una preocupación mundial. 12 hombres fuerron arrestados en inglaterra. las autoridades toman medidas pero reconocen que no pueden estar en todas partes. >>> tenemos que cooperar y ayudar a los policías en todo lo que sea identificación de personas sospecsas. >>> la temporada de fiesta resulta atractiva para los terroristas, y hoy se avacuo el edificio de naciones unidas, al final resultó un desborde de agua residuales. estu es lo que tengo por ahora. >>> gracias, lourdes. y enseguida el jefe diego le pide a los reporteros que abandonen su casa. el presidente chávez amenaza con un despliegue militar. y un saludo de navidad de uno de los soldados americanos. >>> quiero ♪(música) >>> en méxico el ex candidato diego fernández dijo que lo que los secuestraron fue por dinero y razones ideologicas, y

it is not osama bin laden only. there is lashkar-e-taiba, many number of terrorist organization exist things which now has links with organized crime. because there is no way that a person can travel or send money without the symbiotic relationship between organized crime and terrorism. and that is the heart of the problem. by pakistani politicians will never allow a counterterrorism force because there are links there. if you go to karachi, why should the mqm oral the people's party about counterterrorism force there? because when a counter is a -- counterterrorism force operates there they will go after their strongholds. they will go after the weapons that are there. they will go after their bases, their sources of supply and logistics. obviously the counterterrorism force does not create any -- in karachi and in pakistan today. now, you know i do agree we have had a tremendous year. obviously india is a great impression and i think they must have a admired

if the united states wasn't propping up on we're all a lockie of the sort of second coming of osama bin laden i think it's goes to show how little we've learned from the boogie man days of bush and cheney and our own policies in dangerous more in many cases that his policies on the surface american leaders are motivated by the fear of one day receiving a parcel bomb but some say disaster has other layers of motivation you're not going to make the technology of a letter bomb go away by attacking what you think is al-qaeda in yemen you're just going to make it move to another place u.s. government is basically very much into a marketing campaign to make these things look like the government is being effective in light of modern us wars and their coverage in the media we've learned that the objective pros and cons of waging a military campaign can be muted whenever fear comes into the picture and fear can justify almost anything going to check on r.t.e. washington d.c. . and you can discover more analysis and stories on our website that's called a quick look at what's just a click away for you o

. >> reporter: if osama bin laden, wherever he is, needed a to-do list, he's got one now, courtesy of wikileaks: a secret state department cable listing sites around the world vital to u.s. national security and public health. >> i mean, leaking a list that purports to lay out critical infrastructure is like painting a target on the companies or the entities which are listed. >> reporter: former secretary of homeland security michael chertoff was once responsible for what's called the national infrastructure protection plan. the list of overseas facilities goes on for four single-spaced pages covering the globe, from mines in africa that produce critical minerals to labs in europe that manufacture life- saving drugs. want to find the most critical gas facility in the world? according to the document, it's the nadym gas pipeline junction in russia. how about a critical irreplaceable source of power in portions of northeast u.s.? just google "hydroquebec" in canada or maybe the plant in preston, england, that makes parts critical to the f-35 joint strike fighter. >> some of the infrastr

eric holder says he puts him on the list right up there with osama bin laden. >> nicole, does the united states have any idea what to be looking out for? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that a very small dose of these poisons is lethal. 250 milligrams. michael chertoff came out and we heard from experts saying the initial stages of this kind of poisoning look like food p oisoning, very similar. so they believe that's important for the public to know. >> nicole collins reporting live from washington. >> thank you. >>> well, the s.e.c. is now investigating why mark hurd was forced out of his position as hewlett pack ward's ceo. "the wall street journal" reports the ceo is looking into his expense reports and claims that he gave inside information about the company's acquisition of electronic data systems in 2008. those claims came from and were later retracted by the woman who said hurd sexually harassed her. >>> toyota will pay a record fine to settle an investigation into how it handled safety problems with millions of vehicles. the world's largest automaker has agreed to a nearly $ 32

from aqim in which they informed the french public, they are often the cozy 84 hostages with osama bin laden directly. to me -- could you give your assessment on whether this is a sea change in aqim strategy moving to hostage-taking in support of global jihad? and could this lead to further tensions within the groups, those more focused on the regional agenda versus at those on the global jihadi agenda, and what does this tell us about the relationship between al qaeda and aqim, and the level of difference? >> the french mind -- prime minister has made a very strong statements. he said there is no way that the front of our do you will do that. it is almost impossible to negotiate with osama bin laden since we do not have a way to have a communication with him. i think that was mostly rhetoric coming from aqim. after that, i think one lady has cancer, so negotiators have been able to provide for some medication. which means that there is a sort of direct connection. but frankly, i do not know anything about that and i do not want to know too much about it, actually. but at the political level

an american member of al qaeda, radical cleric anwar al awlaki, may be a greater threat than osama bin laden himself. al awlaki, holder said, is a clear and present danger. >> he'stremely dangerous man. he has shown a desire to harm the united states. >> reporter: the u.s. suspects al awlaki, had a recent scheme to blow up cargo planes. >> he's a person, an american citizen, familiar with this country. and he brings a dimension because of that american familiarity that others do not. >> reporter: and where would you rank him? or can you rank him? >> he's on the same list with bin laden. he's up there. one, two, three, four. i don't know. he's on the list of people that worry me the most. >> reporter: does the u.s. have a presence, in terms of al awlaki, dead, prosecuted or captured? >> we want to neutralize him. we'll do whatever we can to do that. >> reporter: al awlaki also allegedly encouraged the ft. hood gunman. his teachings and writings have been discovered on computers. one of the things that struck me is how many people have been radicalized online. >> the ability to go into your ba

. >> larry: osama bin laden is still at large. why? >> because we haven't caught him. don't know where he is. he is somewhere i'm reasonably sure -- >> larry: he is living? >> i have no reason to believe he is not living but you can't prove it. every six months or a year out comes a tape that suggests he's still living. but he has proven himself to be a master at hiding himself. people think it's easy to find somebody who is making every effort not to be found. i faced this in a number of situations with all of our satellites, with all of our electronic means, with all of our spies. still, people are able to hide from us for an extended period of time. couldn't catch manuel noriega right away in panama. i couldn't catch mr. adede in somalia right away. it's not easy to find somebody who knows how you're looking for them. >> larry: somebody that tall? >> somebody that tall. well, we haven't found him. it's been ten years now. we still haven't found him. and he is still a force. but here is an important point. he's not walking around giving television interviews and he i

number five, someone posing as osama bin laden. not falling for that.m steven colbert in honor of oil soaked birds tweets are now gurgles. cobert had the number one slot. justin bibler may be the winner within made the top 10 and two others are about him. >> festivus miracle. inmate in a jail in california had jerry seinfeld to thank. as you may know the sitcom seinfeld popular rised a made up holiday called festivus. an inmate in a jail in california wanted healthier kosher meals behind bars. how did he justify the special treatment? he said festivus was part of his religion and demanded a certain diet. the state of california caught on to the scam. as for the prisoner apparently from lie -- liberia held by ice and facing deportation. maybe they have festivus in liberia. >> this is the definition of poor sportsman ship. a basketball player has been suspended from school for attacking a ref over a call he did not like. the player was tkhreupbl rent on several levels. first he -- was belligerent on several levels. he pushed a player, pushed a ref and thr

when we first interviewed him, he said he loved osama bin laden and that the september 11th attacks weree, saying he never encouraged anyone. do you believe him? judge for yourself. and they call him the prince of pork, what's surprising is this republican will be the new chairman of the congressional committee that decides how tax dollars are spent, even some republicans are saying it sends a very mixed message. we'll tell you who the congressman is. keeping them honest, those stories and more at top of the hour. >> larry: must upset the tea party. anderson cooper, with us at 10:00 eastern and 7:00 pacific. back right after this. until one day, my daughter showed me a designer handbag. and like that, we had a new side to our business. [ male announcer ] when businesses see an opportunity, the hartford is there. protecting their employees and property and helping them prepare for the future. nice boots. nice bag. [ male announcer ] see how the hartford helps businesses at achievewhatsahead.com. whoa! that achy cold needs alka-seltzer plus! it rushes multiple cold fighters, plus a powerfu

our networks were scooped with a sympathetic zedroga bill story by the same network that osama bin ladenix tapes to. this is insane. i would like to see one of these senators have the balls to explain why somehow getting a tax extension for wealthy americans is more important than serving ground zero workers. >> we need to get the issue addressed for the firefighters and the 9/11 victims. there is a deadline, january 1, we have to get this done, taxes go up on january 1. >> yes, there are only two sure things in life, death and taxes. apparently the only one this cat cares about is taxes. >> letters to santa, asking not for toys but for basics. how you can help, next. of an effervescent packed in a liquid-gel for all over relief! hiyah! dude! hi, may i help you? >>> christmas is just over a week away and for many of us, that means getting together with family and friends and of course the exchanging of gifts. as it was immortalized in the great christmas classic "miracle on 34th street" it also means the post office is getting an enormous amount of mail to santa claus. due in large part

as always, news out of pakistan is scary, the place where osama bin laden lives, and oh, yeah, the nuclear. as always scary. as always, drone news both scary and weird. but we did get and maybe broke the best office toy ever. did i break it? not sure i know how to drive it. o. okay, go to break. quick, go to break. ♪ oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. ♪ [ male announcer ] you know her. we know diamonds. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you can get up to $1,000 off now through sunday. stella: hmmm. we're getting new medicare benefits from the new healthcare law. jane: yea. most people will get free cancer screenings. and 50 percent off of brand name prescription drugs if you're in the donut hole. stella: you read my paper. jane: i went to medicare.gov. it's open enrollment, you know. so i checked out all the options and found a better plan to fit my budget. stella: well, you know what they say...knowledge... jane: knowledge is power. >>> i don't think we will ever do a fake political science textbook as a tie-in, but i will admit we've been tempted.

there were leading democrats who criticized the president, the cia, for being unable to find osama bin ladene not hearing that kind of criticism of president obama for not being able to track down this assange guy. apparently ought to contact "time" magazine. they were able to find him and do an interview with him. >> sean: it's funny, because we've got this wikileaks guy, apparently in the uk, and apparently he's harder to find -- as hard to find as bin laden. >> it's unbelievable. this guy has done incalculable damage to our security and our allies. why is he able that he's able to run loose? we don't know. >> this is the third time that this man has leaked material, valuable national security material. why did it take until now for the administration to all of a sudden be outraged? they should be out there talking to our allies from -- >> they have been outraged. secretary clinton made it clear that she remains outraged. i don't think you can blame the administration for this. >> i don't think they've done everything they can. >> the most passing thing is this private first class bradley

have the right to build mosques because she is opposed, like we're all opposed, to the sins of osama bin laden't like her equating us with him. that's wrong. >> so if someone is watching this program, you basically are wanting to say, what? >> i want to tell her that we would like some dialogue with her. that two years goes really fast. if she can't represent us in two years we'll find someone who can. we have a right to have our voice heard in washington, d.c., she's taken the responsibility of doing that and she represents all of the people. her district is not a jigsaw puzzle where she can pick pieces and discard the rest. she's accountable to us now and she needs to recognize that fact and give us the respect that we deserve. >> i appreciate you being on and let us know if you get a call back. thank you. >> thank you. >> up next, the unforgettable disturbing scene from earlier this week, a gunman opening fire point blank range at the school board meeting. tonight i talk with the hero who kept this story from being more tragic than it already was. mike jones, who stopped the shooter, he'll

it is almost impossible to negotiate with osama bin laden since we do not have a way to have a communicationh him. i think that was mostly rhetoric coming from aqim. after that, i think one lady has cancer, so negotiators have been able to provide for some medication. which means that there is a sort of direct connection. but frankly, i do not know anything about that and i do not want to know too much about it, actually. but at the political level, that is a stupid demand, and none since demand. -- and nonsense demand. >> it seems to me a sort of desperate attempt to grain of bit -- to regain -- it seems that there is a central leadership but they are no more in control of the factions in the south, and moreover, if you want to, you should provide that telephone number for osama bin laden. [laughter] >> this gentleman over here. >> this is for them again. any indication of aqim connected cells or individual inside europe engaging in lower level distribution on a consistent basis? >> frankly, there is a lot. a few weeks ago, a few days ago, there is an american citizen arrested in barcelona

when we first interviewed him, he said he loved osama bin laden and that the september 11th attacks were a different tune, saying he never encouraged anyone. do you believe him? judge for yourself. and they call him the prince of pork, what's surprising is this republican will be the new chairman of the congressional committee that decides how tax dollars are spent, even some republicans are saying it sends a very mixed message. we'll tell you who the congressman is. keeping them honest, those stories and more at top of the hour. >> larry: must upset the tea party. anderson cooper, with us at 10:00 eastern and 7:00 pacific. back right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] here's hoping you find something special in your driveway this holiday. ♪ [ santa ] ho ho ho! [ male announcer ] get an exceptional offer on the mercedes-benz you've always wanted at the winter event going on now. and stay connected with three years of mbrace service complimentary. and stay connected three. two. one. ♪ don't cha wish your work phone was hot like me?... ♪ the droid pro by motorola knows you need business

osama bin laden we know came to the israel/palestine late. 1998. it wasn't an issue for him before that. in the same way, sometimes israel/palestine can be a political football for those trying to garner their local interest. >> host: blond american woman along "the 10th parallel." >> guest: it was -- dirty secret, it's easier to be a woman than a man. most violence is random. if somebody comes up to your car with their ak-47 and they look in, there's a woman, you get 15 seconds of grace period. a little bit of shock goes a long way. that doesn't mean that many of my female colleagues haven't been mistreated. kidnapping a woman is expensive, it's religious suspect, you need a woman to watch her, a separate space. so in those small ways, which are really the most important, i was given some safety. >> host: did somebody walk up to your car with an ak-47? >> guest: there was an episode -- yes. automatic fire in somalia. there was an episode that i was attached by something called the nigerian taliban. i don't write about it in the book, because the b

she shot a man in reno and had sex with osama bin laden." [ laughter ] "can we afford" -- and then it moments can change anytime -- just like that. and when they do men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven, low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications, and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. [ man ] don't drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache, or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than 4 hours. if you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision, stop taking cialis and call your doctor right away. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if cialis for daily use is right for you. for a 30-tablet free trial offer, go to cialis

osama bin laden was known to few outside our nation's security apparatus. if the government was effectively disabled from january 1998 when the name monica listee surfaced to january 2001 when they hobble president left office the one cared. bellies were full. houses were paul blind. the cold war had ended. foreign troops -- american troops were not dying. even the majestic goldman -- home run records of sammy sosa and mark require had not yet been cheapened by our knowledge of the chemicals propelling the balls over the fence. the years of bill clinton's presidency were a golden age compared to the years that followed filled with work part-time and fear. there is more to our enduring section for our 42nd president. more is what he is all about. he is more of everything. there are smart people and the world, people with big jobs and expensive education. as jeanne ryan says in the book, there is smart, and then there is bill clinton. bill clinton can receive a detailed policy briefing at the same time that he is reading a book, read in newspaper, and doing a

he recently announced that any negotiations for the rallies have to be conducted through osama bin laden. this might be news to osama bin laden, and perhaps on welcomed news. they might not want to be engaged in the negotiations for the release of seven hostages they did not have a role in taking. all of this is a fairly positive trajectory. al-qaeda in the islamic maghreb seems to be on a downward track. there are several things that could take place that might change this. the evolution of aqim might move in a different direction. fundamentally, the biggest game changer are the increase is -- increasing linkages between organized crime and terrorism in the sahara. organized crime is taking on a number of different characteristics like drug running, from drug cartels better shuttling cocaine and through this era -- through the sahara. there is also contraband, counterfeit goods -- i do not know that phillip morris knows this, but there is a marble factory that sells cigarettes in north africa. there is also human trafficking. 150,000 sub-sahara and africans are trends reported across th