[ speaking in punjab ] >> god is great >> thank you see you again next month.

the vast majority of them are in punjab, north india. and a lot of them in india, but then they have migrated all over the world. you have large quantities of sikhs, a large number of sikhs in england. number of them in canada. in canada they are a few percent of the total population. in the united states of america, people say that they are half a million sikhs in america, but i don't believe that number is correct. i believe the number is closer to 1 million sikhs in the united states. there are approximately two to 300dualla, the house of the lords that we call them all over the united states. a large number of sikhs go there and have their functions and so on. we'll talk more about the sikhs in the united states. >> yeah, you know, almost what dr. kapani said a million, 40% of those numbers are here in california. the bay area in itself is the second largest sikh population next to uhab city only. and recently last month, the california state legislature passed acr 181 which declares that november 2010 would be declare the sikh ameri

we are told abdul had a british wife and was living in punjab. three months ago he traveled 40 miles kilometers west of waziristan. there he attended a meeting of 300 militants from the taliban and al qaeda. >> i was told at the meeting abdul was being lined up to lead the new terrorist group to attack targets in the u.k. apparently he was relatively new to the group. it was decided to meet again to finalize the leadership role. before that next meeting, the drone attacks killed him and three others in north waziristan. the names of the other men include an alleged yemeni explosives expert. the fbi says a 36-year-old yemeni was one of those who died alongside the british suspect. he appears on the fbi's most wanted list after he was released from prison in yemen. for the americans, he was a big prize. there was a $5 million reward. this suspect was never to see a court. the drone attack saw to that. >> he was a key member of al qaeda's operations in yemen. he continued to remain a very prominent within al qaeda operations in africa, and was opera

this happened yesterday morning in the indian state of punjab.uly fascinating for our 7-year-old i-reporter. said it's the first hail storm ever he was caught in. glad he was able to videotape. sometimes those things can be a little dangerous if the pellet,a little larger. but those seem small enough, and that's why he can enjoy this one. >> he was mesmerized by this, obviously. we're still looking at asia, much of it dealing with a typhoon. that's their equivalent of a hurricane. close to home, tropical storm richard looks to make landfall soon, possibly at hurricane strength. let's get the latest from meteorologist bonnie schneider at the cnn weather center. >> we're definitely looking at richard strengthening before it makes landfall. this is a really impressive storm even though it's close to land. tropical storm richard's maximum winds are at 70 miles per hour. when they get 74 or greater, that's when we have a hurricane. right now the storm is really bearing down on honduras. you can see the bright flashes of purple and orange on the map. t

it was the president of the pakistan people's party, and he helped restore democracy in the punjab. he of key positions like assistant to the spokesperson and an assistant to benazir bhutto. he also served as the chair for development board, planning committee, and institutional reforms group on agriculture. the foreign minister is here in washington today to lead the pakistani delegation to the u.s.-pakistani strategic dialogue. this is the third strategic dialogue that has taken place. the foreign minister with secretary clinton and her delegation. there is also a chance to take this delegation to the white house, where he had a gathering there, a good meeting with president obama. at the end of what seems to have been a very good day of intensive discussions, with dialogue taking place of the next two days between the u.s. government officials, cabinet ministers, and pakistani government cabinet officials, on health, energy, infrastructure -- the intensity of the relationship between the united states and pakistan will gained further momentum. this is especially the case because

also the number people affected in punjab are much larger. there is your house is affected there, and yes, more people because the population density. the scale of this disaster is so large, so many people and so many places and so much need, and pakistan is in a slow-motion tsunami. make no mistake, this is a global disaster and a global challenge. when angelina jolie visited, she said it was a social catastrophe. the population affected is greater than the tsunami, the pakistan earthquake of 2005, and haiti earthquake combined. this is just a comparative statement of the various disaster. the purpose is to give you an idea of of the relative scale of the disasters. floods have affected 20 million people. the pakistan earthquake affected 3.5 million people. katrina affected by hundred thousand people. the tsunami affected 2.2 million people. in terms of the damage to households, only those with very good eyesight can see. even there, you will note that the number of households that had been affected and houses damage is far greater than that