. >> p.j.? >> yeah. >> on afghanistan and drugs, last week, there was two major meetings on the issue. one was held by general stavridis, the head of the european command -- called in the ambassador -- u.s. ambassadors from the black sea countries to talk about it, saying that the question of the narcotics in afghanistan is one of the biggest threats facing the nato countries and urging action on this issue. the second one was in kabul, which was addressed by viktor ivanov, the russian drug head, who indicated that over the past year, there have been 30,000 victims of death by heroin overdoses, calling it a war that russia is fighting which is undermining their capability, and addressing nato, calling on them to set up a strategy within the nato-russia council for going after the drugs. now, our policy under the mcchrystal plan is to -- hands off the heroin, let them do what they're doing. and in effect, we're actually defending the heroin trade, and our soldiers are fighting and dying to create

. >> p.j.ey. >> hello, shepard. >> we know the diplomats don't pay parking tickets and can't be punished unless had he murder somebody but i'm curious, what was he smoking? >> i have no idea. he's guilty of significant misjudgment. we have talked in many times with the government of qatar and they informed us he will be reassigned and we expect him to leave the united states shortly. >> shepard: i look forward to finding out what he was smoking. if it was weed, people would have noticed it and called somebody. we'll find out. if so, that would be an excellent twist. >> i think it is useful to make the point, he was traveling to denver as part his cousin lar duties and we have the same responsibilities for our citizens. he was doing the right thing but not in the right way and we think this is the proper resolution, the diplomat will go to his home country and we'll move on. >> a couple of lawmakers are calling for qatar to pay for the thing but that's now how we roll. >> no. >> shepard: all rig

>> nice. >> i'm p.j. allen. i'm 16 years old. survived the oklahoma city bombing. >> we mentioned to you earlier, the little girl, they had not been able to connect her with her parents. we understand the little girl's name is rebecca. her 3 1/2-year-old brother, brandon, blue eyes, reddish blond hair. he is still missing. >> reporter: parents, like the dennys, were helpless. >> i really didn't think our children survived. how could they? it was gone. >> her whole left side was just a piece of raw meat. >> i had 240 stitches in my face. >> reporter: 15 years later -- >> all right! my name is rebecca denny, i'm 17 years old, and i survived the oklahoma city bombing. >> reporter: 240 stitches for rebecca, but her 3-year-old brother, brandon, suffered severe brain injuries. >> first of all, they said he might not live. and second of all, if he does live, he will never walk or talk again. >> reporter: brandon proved them wrong. >> i am brandon denny and i'm 18 years old. >> there you see yet another child being carried away. >> i sto

p.j. judge, marjorie rendell, first lady of pennsylvania, but not for long. she says she will play more active roles. next to her is my close friend barry shower, who retired from the court and served in the appellate division. barry also has the distinction upholding a position at three schools at the same time, gil, wesleyan, and eternity. -- yale, wesleyan, and trinity. our next guest is also a three- time pjp veteran. far end, jan ting, prof. of law here in philadelphia who in 2006 was a republican candidate for u.s. senator in delaware. he is the son of chinese immigrants and teaches immigration law, he is also well suited to today's topic. judith kay, another dear friend, as was her late husband stephen. stephen was a frequently luncheon companion of mind. he loved the new york yankees and metropolitan opera. as a mets fan, that was hard for me to say. a great american who revered the constitution, steve is missed, because he would have so enjoyed being here today. the first woman to hold the highest judicial office is now counsel to a new york city fir

p.j., as far as u.s.high-level trips to india and pakistan were concerned in recent days and weeks and months, what role do you think they played as far as india and pakistan talks, upcoming talks now? >> i am not sure i completely understand the question. >> there were high-level visits to india and pakistan from the u.s. and also from india and pakistan here. what do you think the u.s. played, what kind of role as far as india pakistan talks, upcoming talks, mostly tomorrow? >> we have, as we always have, we have our own strategic dialogue with both india and pakistan. we are planning for the next round of discussions with india in the next few weeks. we have encouraged india and pakistan that they need to restore a high-level dialogue that they have had in the not-too-distant past. there have been some significant steps by both countries to restore dialogue, both at the leader level and at other levels and we certainly encourage that. >> p.j., so far, the prime ministers of two countries are meeting to

here's the story of one of them, p.j.. >> holy cow. >> at the time of the bombing, p.j. was 18 months. he had inhaled much of the gas from the bombing. his lungs were severely damaged. irreparable. >> this is albuterol. it opens up my lungs. if god could save me from second and third-degree burns and a broken arm he must have something special planned. >> i'm p.j. allen. i'm 16 years old. i would like to be a mechanical engineer. i like math. it fascinates me. >> okay. looks like you're doing good. >> i got my trach out in '06. i felt relieved to have it gone. over time my injuries have healed and i'm breathing a little bit better. it's like a sign of growth. >> i'm so happy to go home. >> i don't remember what happened since i was so little. so in a way it's like it never happened, but it did. i try to remember those who didn't make it and how their families were affected. when the explosion happened there was chaos and everybody was scared, but now it's a beautiful place to remember those who died. i thank god every day

. >> thanks, p.j. i know you saw jack lew and rajiv shah on friday while i was in new york, so i'll just skip over the review of concept drill which took us all to kabul on the weekend before last and -- but i'll be happy to answer your questions -- and thought instead i would focus a little bit on the future. but we've been laying out, as we did with the president on friday and internally, the calendar for the remainder of the year. and i want to just draw your attention, for your own planning purposes and so you can wreck your vacation plans, where we are for the rest of this year. and i'll just give you the benchmark dates. president karzai will be here may 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and leave on the 14th. he will bring with him a large number of his senior cabinet officials, two of whom p.j. just mentioned, both of whom i've met with in the last three or four days. he will be here, of course, as you know, at the invitation of president obama. we are going to make this a major trip in the strengthening

what are spokesman p.j.crowley said was it was in essence an information blockade and so when a government has a willingness to completely shut down communications and his country that's nearly unprecedented. >> host: and governments still do that even with the international internet and technology? i say that because of north korea, hearing some reports about north koreans on the border with china having cellphones and other forbidden technology in that nation but a lot more coming out. >> guest: that's right so in the case of north. as has been reported with the border with china does give opportunity for some people in north korea to access wireless networks that otherwise wouldn't be able to. there is a lot of evidence and in the public domain and says particularly in places where there are borders and where wireless signals don't necessarily recognize actual border, there are opportunities for people to get information and content otherwise can't but if a government -- a lot comes down to will. the gove

what are spokesman, p.j. crowley said, was that it was in essence, an information blockade. when the government has a willingness to complete the shutdown communications in its country, that is nearly unprecedented. >> can governments still do that, even with the internationalness of the internet and technology? i say that because of north korea. we hear so many reports about north koreans have been cell phones and other forbidden technology in that nation. a lot more information is coming out. >> that is right. in the case of north korea, as has been reported, the border with china does get an opportunity for some people in north korea to access wireless networks that they otherwise would not be able to. there is a lot of evidence in the public domain that says that in places where there are borders and were wireless signals do not necessarily recognize a natural border, there are opportunities for people to get information and content to the other -- that others cannot. a lot of this comes down to will. if the government has the will to shut down its networks, then it is v

. >> thanks, p.j. i know you saw jack lew and rajiv shah on friday while i was in new york, so i'll just skip over the review of concept drill which took us all to kabul on the weekend before last and -- but i'll be happy to answer your questions -- and thought instead i would focus a little bit on the future. but we've been laying out, as we did with the president on friday and internally, the calendar for the remainder of the year. and i want to just draw your attention, for your own planning purposes and so you can wreck your vacation plans, where we are for the rest of this year. and i'll just give you the benchmark dates. president karzai will be here may 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and leave on the 14th. he will bring with him a large number of his senior cabinet officials, two of whom p.j. just mentioned, both of whom i've met with in the last three or four days. he will be here, of course, as you know, at the invitation of president obama. we are going to make this a major trip in the strengthening

and, you know, what our spokesman, p.j. crowley, said was, in essence, it was an information block aid. and so -- blockade. so when a government has a willingness to completely shut down communications in its country, you know, that's nearly unprecedented. >> host: and can government still do that even with the internationalness of the internet and technology? and i say that because of north korea. we're hearing so many reports about north koreans now along the border with china having cell phones and other forbidden technology in that nation, but a lot more information is coming out. >> guest: that's right. so, you know, in the case of north korea as has been reported, you know, the border with china does give an opportunity for some people in north korea to access wireless networks that they otherwise wouldn't be able to. you know, there is a lot of evidence and a lot of evidence in the public do main that says -- domain that says, you know, particularly in places where there are borders and where wireless signals don't n

at the state department, spokesman p.j. crowelly praised georgia's work on this issue. >> we are very grateful for the efforts that georgia has made not just recently, but over an extended period of time. intradistricti intradicting flow of dangerous materials out of the region. >> reporter: u.s. officials say incidents like this reinforceme men how important i for safeguard on flow of nuclear material. >> bret: mike emanuel, thank you. charlie dent wants to take away the citizenship of the american born radical islamic cleric. dent says anwar al-awlaki has renounced his citizenship by engaging in treasonous acts, including advising some of the 9/11 suspects, attempted underwear bomber and the man accused of the fort hood shootings. >> now is the time to move. i suspect it's easier to launch missile against non-citizen than citizen. >> the state department says it will consider dent's where. >> bret: secretary of state hillary clinton said in nato meetings in estonia today the u.s. remains committed to defense of europe and

it's unclear whether karzai was serious, but in washington today, state department spokesman p.j. crowley said this. >> that particular comment is a bit of a head scratcher. beyond that, you know, we were troubled by some of his comments last week. we think we've addressed them. i can't explain, you know, what he said about the taliban. he is the elected leader of afghanistan. we're working closely with he and his government. >> holman: at the white house, press secretary robert gibbs said a may 12 meeting between karzai and president obama is still on schedule. in iraq, gunmen killed a shiite family of six outside baghdad. the victims included four children. the attack followed an especially violent weekend in baghdad. on sunday, three suicide car bombings killed more than 40 iraqis near several foreign embassies. iraqi officials said militants are trying to undermine efforts to form a new government. 115 miners were rescued today from a flooded coal mine in northern china. they'd been trapped there since march 28. we have a report narrated by john ray of independent television n

in washington, state department spokesman p.j.rowley said it was all premature speculation. >> i think we are getting way ahead of ourselves. we have an existing agreement with the government of kyrgyzstan. it is an important transit center that contributes significantly to stability within the region including afghanistan. it continues to operate. >> reporter: and late today, a white house statement appealed for calm in kyrgystan and looked forward to a renewal of the democratic path. >> brown: next: to the search for answers on what led to the financial crisis. >> i don't know that you can have it two ways. either you were pulling the levers or asleep at the switch. >> brown: it was a blunt confrontation today on capitol hill, as two titans of wall street were called on to explain their role in the near collapse and subsequent bailout of their one-time employer, citibank, during the financial banking crisis. former c.e.o. charles prince and former board member and treasury secretary robert rubin apologized, but claimed to be una

in washington, state department spokesman p.j. crowley said u.s. officials believe bakiyev is still in power, but he said they are closely watching the situation. >> we have concerns about issues intimidation by the government, corruption within the government. we want to see kyrgystan evolve just as we do other countries in the region. that said there is a sitting government. we work closely with that government. we are allied with that government in terms of its support for international operations in afghanistan. >> reporter: the central asian nation houses the u.s. air base at manas supplying operations against the taliban in afghanistan. it was also, once part of the soviet union. horton beebe carter-- the president of the eurasia washington said today the u.s. has worked on improving ties with kyrgyzatan for two decades, and he expects the relationship to continue. >> the issue of the base is a crucial one from the u.s. government's strategic policy perspective because it is so important to resupplying forces in afghanistan. my guess would be

state department spokesman p.j. crowley supported the pakistanis' account. "we've been meeting with them from the first days they were in custody," he said, "and have not seen any evidence of mistreatment." a state department observer is attending the trial, which held its first hearing march 31. but reporters can't attend the closed-door proceeding, overseen by a judge, not a jury. tariq asad is the americans' lawyer. >> if you see what is the chance of winning the case, there is nothing in the case, nothing in the case. they have done nothing. >> reporter: amal khalifa is clinging to the hope that her son's lawyer is right. he might have gone to pakistan hoping to join up with radical groups? >> if you want me to swear on that, i'll swear that he's not. >> reporter: so no doubt in your mind. >> no, zero. never crossed my mind. >> reporter: but he has gotten himself in trouble. >> he don't got himself in trouble, he got in trouble accidentally. >> reporter: if the trouble leads to a conviction, zamzam and his friends could face life in prison. pakistani off

in washington, state department spokesman p.j. crowley did not comment directly on the accusation. instead, he put the onus squarely back on the afghan leader. >> karzai has to step forward, lead his government, you know, in terms of convincing the international community and the afghan people that they are taking measurable steps to reduce corruption. >> reporter: the karzai claim threatened to add to friction with washington, at a time when u.s. troops are building up for a major offensive against the taliban in kandahar. president obama has been hoping for both military and political progress in afghanistan, as he tries to wind down the conflict in iraq. that effort in iraq could be complicated by the lack of a clear outcome of last month's parliamentary elections. prime minister nouri al maliki has claimed fraud, after losing narrowly to his main opponent ayad allawi, a secular shi-ite. both sides are now angling to form a governing coalition. today, a leading shi-ite religious party that placed third in the elections said it would not join any government without allawi as prim

we have a rot ton banana microphone, mickey mouse p.j.'s and dad in his underoos.out. >>> okay. the tea party movement. you are looking at live pictures. do we have live pictures from shannon's camera? we don't. from today's gathering in bouf lo, new york. -- buffalo, new york. they are against big government spending but what would america look like if tea party ralyers had hair wtheir way. tim's group has helped organize some of the rallies. he joins us live from washington. tim, on a day like today where we have more than 200,000 americans without unemployment checks because congress -- the senate didn't act before taking the easter recess, what would you do? what would tea party members do? do you say that because of concerns over the budget deficit we won't fund these benefits? >> i think that whatever's been promised ought to be funded to folks. however, the real question, tony, is how to create real opportunity that's not just government subsidies. that means getting away from the top-down big government approach like the health care legislation we saw passe

. >> thanks, p.j. good morning. it really shows you how global the world is when you fly from dubai to washington and you're delayed for hours because of the ash in the north atlantic. you have to reduce the weight of the plane to load more feel and you were in trouble a thing. very good over the last week. i started in pakistan and then moved on to afghanistan. and in pakistan, many meetings both with our team at the embassy and with ministers and the pakistan government, we really focused on our civilian program there, the court nation with the pakistani ministers and following up on the main streams of the dialogue of particularly the area of economic element and energy. you know, the place where rajiv and i overlapped was in afghanistan at the rock drill, where there was an all hands meeting for the civilian military leadership go over with general petraeus and ambassador holbrooke chairing. all of the major regional and functional activities in afghanistan. i must say that it was an overwhelming sense that we'v

. >> up next, state department spokesman p.j. crowley during his statement. he speaks with reporters for about half an hour. >> we move from afghanistan and pakistan to volcanic ash. the secretary is scheduled to attend the informal minister later next week. a new change in the schedule will be announced tomorrow. regrettably, she will not make a stop on the way to holland for a speech and meetings with high- level officials. right now, our plan is to depart washington on wednesday, but we regret that given the atmospherics, she will not be able to travel to finland tomorrow. likewise, our u.s. delegation should conduct discussions with russia on adoptions, that team got as far as toronto over the weekend and was not able to follow a >> flight to moscow. they returned to washington last night. >> when the good news is the adoptions in canada are on track. >> we are in the midst of our meeting in the state department and there will be a press call at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon. however, and number of the ministers were not able to come to washington. while every

>i think i will turn it back ovr to my friend, p.j., because i've got to run off to another meeting. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> i will just continue a few announcements before continuing your questions. secretary ban ki moon will be your -- be here to discuss a range of multilateral issues. secretary gordon and others visited the polish embassy here in washington to personally expressed condolences of the u.s. over the death of the president and members of his delegation. as the secretary said in her statement on saturday, this tragedy cut short these lives and will be felt deeply across the world, but their legacy will live on in a free and flourishing poland. but we certainly express our sorrow and share with poland over this tragedy. and the united states stands firmly with the people of northern ireland in rejecting those that would use violence as a tool. we will continue the ongoing efforts of the people of northern ireland to build and sustain a thriving, confident, and shared s

. >> thanks, p.j.ruly shows you how world is that a flight from dubai to washington has to be rerouted. it is a lesson in bringing carry an -- carry-on luggage. [laughter] is very productive trip in the last week. i started in pakistan and moved on to afghanistan. in pakistan, both in my meetings at the embassy and with the government, it was focused on the civilian program there, the coordination with the pakistani administers, and -- pakistani ministers, and following up on the strategic dialogue with economic development and energy. the place that raj and i overlapped was in afghanistan the rehearsal of concept, where it was an all hands meeting for the civilian and military leadership to go over with general patraeus and ambassador holbrooke chairing. all of the major regional and functional entities in afghanistan. it left one with an overwhelming sense that we have made tremendous progress in the last year putting together a truly coordinated civilian military plan. and to record needed means not