he didn't have any clue about somalia at all. >> reporter: as somalia descends further into chaos, it'se clear they're trying to return a taliban-style government to somalia and even the sons of the families who have fled this chaos to america felt compelled to return to a fight that has already raged for decades. >>> it's frightening to think that somebody can actually convince kids living in the united states that they should leave the united states and go fight in another country. omar jamal is good enough to talk to us about this again. good to see you. >> good to see you, rick. >> as an american, i'm going to be a little concerned that some of these guys could be somehow indoctrinated into wanting to hurt us in the united states and can come back as potential terrorists. am i wrong? >> well, you're right. we share that concern. the somalis share that concern, what's happening to those kids and what's their potential activity in the future. so, that is a concern that we all have. >> how do you talk somebody into leaving everything we have here and going to somalia? i mean, how are t

jamal to go to somalia? an fbi official tells me the bureau is investigate what can appears to be a substantial recruiting effort by that terrorist group in immigrant communities across the u.s. more than a dozen young men of somali descent have disappeared from the minneapolis in months. at least three like jamal have wound up dead. also this man, he blew up himself and 29 others last fall, the irs ever suicide bombing by a naturalized u.s. citizen. and just weeks ago, community activist here lost his 17 year old nephew. >> do you know about their methods? how do they do this? they come in and talk to the men inside the mosque, outside? call them on cell phones? kidnap them? >> they kidnap them in the sense of mental kidnapping. not physically. but they play a role of male role, a mentor. >> the community leader, omar and jamal and others say they hold one place loosely responsible. >> all these kids missing. they all have one thing in common. they all participated in youth programs in that mosque. >> this

the crisis in somalia is intensifying. hundreds have been killed, hundreds of thousands forced to flee the capital. all the result of the intense fighting between the transition government and islamic militias. reporting to headquarters in the next few hours, we have the report. since may, violence has soared. the battle between the weak government and the lives of groups dedicated to toppling it has intensified. support has been thrown behind the interim administration. given the responsibility of helping somalia out of the crisis, they say that this is the only option. >> because of the african union, the future of this country is definitely determined. taking power by force, this is what someone should understand. >> the area controlled by the government has been steadily shrinking. they hold just small parts of the capital now. the government has been in retreat since the beginning of the year. there was a departure of the ethiopian forces 2.5 years ago. >> they have left, so why are they killing each other? the answer

somalia has a strong tradion meditation and rituals. b it's a tradion that's being threatened by the strict interpretation of religiouslaw. >> tnslator: a lot of tngs ve changed here. ore people are praying and shops are closed during prayer mes. >> reporte but it'not all harsh measus. the ainistration is also using softower to reach the people. it hosts public lecturesor the residents, and it s up a radio station brocasting religious programs. all as it conslidates its grip in the heart of somalia's lawless southern coast. zeina awad, al jazee. >>> we continue our verage of the coinent tonight with this week's series "a view om africa," and big problem in ighboring kenya -- corruptio the country is calledhe most corrupt in et africa by transparency internatial, a group thatonitors and tries to combat corption around the worl it says 45% ofenyans pay bribes to gain acss to the most basic public service tonight, andrew simmonof al jazeera english tes us to a part of naobi where corruption is a fact of life. >> reporter: tis is life atts

of course, there also a al qaeda in somalia that have threatened action in somalia. that is very difficult. it is in somalia and in other parts of africa, al qaeda. it is our duty, first of all, to keep al qaeda out of the afghanistan, second to keep them out of pakistan. to do that we have to deal with the people that harbor them, and that is the pakistan taliban and we have got to do with the afghanistan taliban. it is clear action that we have to take. >> you just talk about the tough year that you have had and that the countries have had with the recession, swine flu, and the expense candles and everything else. are you optimistic in the next 12 months that it will be better for you and your -- and the country? are you concerned about sexism and ageism on television? >> [laughter] i will leave the second question two. hartman to continue to -- to harriet hartman to continue to enter. it has been a difficult year because we have had to make tough decisions and the tough choices. but i think you should report that politics is about making decisions and taking actio

er in somalia, however, guarantees of anything like that.malia is csidered to have been a failed state for the past 18years and tay, as president obama ard in ghana in western africa, islamt insurgent fighters in the eastern rn of africa nation thatost americans learned about through "bckhawk down" got a terrifying remind of just howbad things are in somalia right now. miliamen who appeared to have as good oretter chance than anyone else of taking over somalia staged a masecution in the southwestern mali town. sources told the assiated press the seven people were killed foriolating islamic law. the current governme of somalia is cdered to control only a few blocks ofhe capital city of mogadishu and even that tenuous hold on wer is said to be slipping. beforeur president left for ghana at a press conrence in italy present obama made a mae crack about sarah palin's understanding of africa. >> i wanto be very careful. afri is a continent, not a country. >> and congratulations, america. we have a president who both knows that to be trud knows it

over in somal, however, no guarantees of anhing like that somalia consided toav n failed state for the past 18 years and today as president obama arrived in ghana in western africa islamist insurgentfighters in the eastern horn of africa nation that most americans learned about thugh blackhawk down got aterrifying reminder of ju how bad things are in somalia ght now. militiamen who appearedo have as good or better a chan than anyonelse of king over somalia staged aass execution in the southwester somali town. sources told the associated press the seven people were killed forviolating islami law. the current government of somalia is consideredo control only a few blocks of the capital city of mogadishu and even that tenus hold on power is said to be slipping. re our presidteft for gha at a pressconference in italy president obama made a maybe ack abou sarah palin's understanding of africa. >> i want to be very careful. africa is a continent, not a country. and congratulations, amrica. we have a president wh both knows at to be true and knows it's not a sort of joke. coinent not country.

he didn't have any clue about somalia at all. >> reporter: who convinced him to go to somalia, an fbi tells me they are investigating a substanceal recruiting group in immigrant communities across the u.s. more than a dozen young men of sa molly dissent have disappeared in recent months. at least three, including jamaal bana have wound up dead in somalia. there was another man who blew up himself and 29 others last fall. the first ever suicide bombing by a naturalized u.s. citizen. just weeks ago, community activist lost his 17-year-old nephew. do you know about their methods? how do they do this, come in and talk to the young men inside the mosque, outside, do they call them on cell phones, do they kidnap them? >> they kidnap them in the sense of mental kidnap, not physically but they play a role of being a mentor. >> bihi, community leader, and others say they hold one place at least loosely responsible? >> all these kids missing, they all have one thing in common. they all participated in youth programs in that mosque. >> this is a working class street in minneapolis. it seems like

>> in somalia, we are protecting the delivery of food to civilians. it is obvious that has a vast public support. we are also stopping acts of piracy. afghanistan is a complicated story. we need to secure the support of the afghan people. we need to do better when it comes to foreign aid. we need to, as far as possible, limit civilian casualties in afghanistan. that is important for us in sweden. it is important for the public in afghanistan. we need to show that we need to lead to a better future. the results are quite significant in afghanistan. we are looking at an election on 20th of august. it is a major step. a number of girls going school. that is increasing. a number of people have access to health care in afghanistan. the results are there. there is more to do. >> is that enough to sell that mission and make sure there is support at home for you to spend the money to do that? >> actually, the public in sweden is not critical. they have questions. we need to address those questions. i'm impressed by the way the danes have handled it. they suff

as you probably recall, president bush had sent some troops into feed in somalia. nothing more than giving food to the people that were starving. he had 12 presidents day she had called president-elect clinton at the time and 712 do this and did not ask for the okay but was namely doing that. where the like that are not and i think if president clinton had objected i think bush would not have gone ahead but clinton did not. but bush made it very clear he was going into feed and get out. no intention of staying. in fact, president bush said i hope we will be able to have accomplished all of the feeding and be out before your inaugurated. it did not work that way and in fact, we were still in somalia when clinton came into office park. i think the president with the advice from several people who had been involved in the somalia thing earlier decided to stay on and hopefully put some stability back into the country that had been. whenever the name of the leader come i cannot remember now but was doing nothing more than killing people every chance he got. we had very

there is debate about pulling out of somalia so quickly at looking weak. i think that has been well debated as well. that came after the horrible engagement there were many soldiers were killed. we were not prepared for that fight and we lost many soldiers that day. host: martha raddatz comes from a journalism family. we have about five minutes left with her. go ahead, please. caller: good morning. thank you for your objectivity and your voice. sometime ago, bob woodward was able to get a hold of information through the freedom of information act that showed the highest level of american intelligence met with high levels of iraq intelligence in jordan and came away feeling convinced that there were no weapons of mass destruction in iraq. they reported this to the president. the president responded -- used the f-word. that was in december, 2002. between december, 2002, and march, 2003 when we went in, he yet condoleezza rice and dick cheney talked about the weapons of mass destruction. they sold that idea in spite of what they knew, to the congress and the

the frenchmen or a mission to train somalia force. the hotel manager said that they had registered at journalists. >>> as we mentioned yesterday, african union peacekeepers got involved over the weekend in the fighting between somalian government forces and islamic militants close to the presidential palace. today, uganda, whose troops make up part of that peacekeeping force, asked for a change in its mandates so that the troops can engage in battle. a spokesman said, right now we're engaged in peace kaiping where there is no peace. >>> the former president of liberia testified at his war crimes' trial today. charles taylor said the case against him was built on lies and misinformation. prosecutors say taylor led an armed rebels to gain control of neighboring sierra leone in the civil war in that country from 1991 to 2002. the aim to strip from its vast mineral well. taylor is charged with 11 counts including murder, torture, rape and using child soldiers. today he denied the charges. >> i'm a father of 14 children, humanity i have fo

the kind of refugee camps you'd normally find in war-torn somalia, sudan or the congo. it started, we are told, in alexandria, a sprawling black township on the edge of johannesburg. >> a man came from this site. he was running and bleeding. and went over here and then he lost balance over here, and then he lost balance e e ed and then died over here. >> reporter: you saw this? >> yeah, i saw that. >> reporter: there has always been an undercurrent of anti-foreigner sentiment in this country, but the level of the attacks and the intensity of the violence is unprecedented, and there is a common theme here, that all occurred in south africa's poorest townships. alex, as it is called, is one of the poorest. this woman lived in alex her whole life. they take foreigners, they take jobs there. >> reporter: what do you think, is that true? >> yes. >> reporter: they take jobs? >> yes. >> reporter: which countries, zimbabwe? >> zimbabwe, nigeria. especially zimbabwe. >> reporter: you'll hear the same story wherever you go, they are taking our jobs. and in south africa, it is a v

somalia is a place where they have been spoilers.we would hope that they would cease and desist their support, they would not allow the country to be used as a safe haven for a conduit for a vehicle for moving people, remissions our money into the hands of extremists in somalia. if they have an opportunity to play a positive role in the region. lewis told them they would do so. i think ambassador rice made our position quite clear. time is running out on the eritrea. this is not just the opinion of the u.s., this is an opinion of the african union tariffs five mack in terms of specifics and a do you expect anything new to announce? >> and of nothing so, this meeting between the secretary and the shape will and give the secretary her first opportunity to meet a whiff for residential a family will hopefully it is get an opportunity to hear from him how he sees the situation on the ground here if. >> for readers. you said that part of their reasoning, behind the secretary and the president going so soon to africa was a show africa as th

some fighters now appear in internet videos to encourage others to come to the battlefields of somalia. >> you can encourage more of your children and more your neighbors and anyone around you to send people to this jihad. it would be a great asset for us. >> reporter: and a great liability for the u.s. the fbi is concerned the next step could be corrected to conduct attacks here in the homeland. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> judge sonia sotomayor is one step closer to joining the supreme court. she is expected to win confirmation and be on the court for its fall term. south carolina's lindsey graham was the only republican to join 12 democrats on the committee voting in her favor. >>> in las vegas today, police and federal agents raided the home and office of dr. conrad murray, michael jackson's personal physician. murray has become the focus of what is a manslaughter investigation into jackson's death. here's lisa fletcher. >> reporter: for six hours, police and drug enforcement agents searched the home and office of michael jackson's doctor. >> we are executing a search w

>> that is certainly the concern with the somalia story.e know that nearly two dozen americans have travel to somalia to join this group. we have also noticed in the past few months, a new tape. he is originally from california. he has been the mouthpiece for al qaeda when they have been addressing in western audiences. we have a new tape from him. there are several things going on. these americans are very ambitious within the movement. they can harness the technology. no. 3, they have a personal vendetta against this country. they do not seem to be very nervous about the president's approach to the muslim world. martha: thank you very much. trace: do you want a raise? it could come back to bite us. minimum-wage going up next. welcome to the now network. population: 49 million. right now 1.2 million people are on sprint mobile broadband. 31 are streaming a sales conference from the road. eight are wearing bathrobes. two... less. 154 people are tracking shipments on a train. 33 are i.m.'ing on a ferry. and 1300 are secretly checking email o

. >>> from africa tonight a follow-up on yesterday's story about strict muslim sharia law in somalia. today it was reported that insurgents had beheaded seven people accused of renouncing islam or for spying for the u.s.-backed transitional government. it was described as the largest mass execution since the islamists were driven from power in somalia 2 1/2 years ago. the rights group amnesty international says the execution sent a broader pattern of torture and unlawful killings by the al shabaab militia. >>> on this week's roundtable discussion, we are going to depart from our usual format and talk about a single topic of thh russia. that relationship evolved this week as the two countries agreed to deeper cuts in their nuclear arsenals. and as president obama met with his russian counterpart dmitry medvedev and with prime minister vladimir putin. we're joined tonight by two russian experts. james hogue. and nina khrushcheva. associate professor at international affairs at the news school here in new york and granddaughter of the late-soviet premier nikita khrushchev. welcome to the

you have an american who has made a video in somalia. he is countingç americans from somalia.u have a third tape where the government revealed that a long island man had trained in pakistan and has pled guilty in court to wanting to attend to blow up trains in europe. it is a newç strategy where the american cells want to carry out jihadist overseas. gregg: what can you tell us about the plot in north carolina? all we know is they were planning to carry out attacks overseas. >> what is interesting is i discovered that he went to high school in alexandria, va., my local high-school one year behind me. he ended up in the late 1980's and 1990's in pakistan. he originally had been fighting against the soviets with one islamic group. their group was supported by the u.s. government. he fought and was arrested in 1981 in pakistan with his brother. he was going to have his right hand and left foot amputated but hand andhen given a reprieve.but then he set up again in north carolina and was caught going into the gaza strip in 2006. israelis have blocked him from coming into israel. h

the questions of sudan and somalia will surely come up. i think sudan, there's some confusion, i think there are conflicting messages coming out of the administration on what the president -- what the administration's sudan policy will be. i think there's still a debate going on within the administration on how best to move forward. does cartoon bust respond to pressures and stix or do we try to craft a policy of engagement and incentives and so forth? i don't think that debate is resolved and you've heard different elements of the administration kind of emphasizing different aspects there. and then somalia likely which is looking extremely bleak. the u.s. has just committed, not significant, but committed to helping arm the transitional, very weak transitional, federal government there. to what end it's not entirely certain that government is hanging by a thread right now. and i think it's going to be a major and pending challenge for the administration. i'll stop there and answer any questions. >> return to steve morrison before we open

the questions of sudan and somalia will surely come up. i think sudan, there's some confusion, i think there are conflicting messages coming out of the administration on what the president -- what the administration's sudan policy will be. i think there's still a debate going on within the administration on how best to move forward. does cartoon bust respond to pressures and stix or do we try to craft a policy of engagement and incentives and so forth? i don't think that debate is resolved and you've heard different elements of the administration kind of emphasizing different aspects there. and then somalia likely which is looking extremely bleak. the u.s. has just committed, not significant, but committed to helping arm the transitional, very weak transitional, federal government there. to what end it's not entirely certain that government is hanging by a thread right now. and i think it's going to be a major and pending challenge for the administration. i'll stop there and answer any questions. >> return to steve morrison before we open

zimbabwe, nigeria, sudan and somalia. there may be a focus in this administration on those country that are making progress. but like kenya, madagascar, even like ghana, are still fragile and need attention and support. pardon the voice. at the g8's, all of these founding countries, the new economic partnership for african development, who will be present, as well as the leadership of the african union, the new economic partnership founded in the early 2000's was moved by african leaders to take responsibility for governance and so forth. i think he'll use that opportunity to reinvigorate african leadership on the questions of governance which has been neglected over the last eight years or so. he'll have a strong emphasis on food security. i think steve morrison is going to talk about that major initiative that would probably be a large focus within the g8. and a refocus on agriculture. despite the expansion of u.s. engagement in africa over the last eight years agriculture and sustainable food security has been missing

most people assumed that rwanda was broken, and like somalia, another country wrecked by violence, it would become a poster child for africa's failed state. 15 years later, rwanda is a poster child, but for an entirely different reason. it is now one of the most stable countries in africa, tourism and trade are all improving dramatically. the government is widely seen as one of the most efficient and honest ones in africa. for tune magazine published an article recently called "why we love rwanda." he said his goal was to have his country stop receiving foreign aid all together. but before he could receive financial success, rwanda had to achieve social stability. as a writer points out, rwanda is unique in the post-conflict countries. the jews left for israel, and the groups split up geographically. in cambodia, the group that promoted the violence was easily identifiable and could be separated. in rwanda, however, the killers and the victims live now side by side in every village and every community. imagine nazis and jews living next door to one another throughout the country. the

electronic games in somalia. we don't have a x box. 2008, 22,055 pieces of mail was delivered, instructional training, as well as second language classes, offered with four and six, always elektra stimulation. in guantanamo they try to continue to maintain their previous operation. and continuing to deliver their guard population and try to conduct intelligence correlation at guantanamo. they also practice information operation by using the media, lawyers and international organization to spread the story of abuse and mistreatment, and they become very creative in making weapons out of any items they might coming to contact, war are part of the daily grouping. and the most compliant camp, number four. and in the apartment of a suspected al qaeda members in manchester, england, this document provided instruction on topics such as forgery, surveillance, so today in guantanamo, active federalist activities continue. we have 2006/2007 which we could go later, and also, you may medical care--as a u.s. servicemember receives, all detainee's

fbi is investigating why more than 20 young men from somali descent have gone to fight in jihad in somalia. >> the chief of police ss he is retiring in alexandria. david baker was arrested for driving under the influence after a car accident on saturday night. investigators say that his blood alcohol level was twice the limit. in a letter to the police department, he thinks the members of the alexandria police force for allowing him the privilege of serving with them. >> law enforcement agencies around the country are getting pieces of a $1 billion higher and rehired for officers. joe biden talk about the importance of the young men and women who wear the blue. >> we cannot achieve the goal of a stronger community without a strong police force. >> the gov. martin o'malley appeared with the vice president today in philadelphia. the district will get $12 million for 50 positions and virginia will get 41 positions. president obama is talking heth care. he took questions from members of aarp, an advocacy group for senior citizens and. he pushed his message of that doing nothing to overhaul hea

guilty on tuesday to have the better part of this group by minnesota of somalis who were going to somalia to carryout jihad. these are three prominent cases of americans training inside the u.s. to carry out jihad. rick: what do we know about daniel boyd? >> he went to my local high school in alexandria, va. it was made famous by the movie "remember the titans" about the famous high school football team that was integrated in the 1970's. it is now best known for being a school where daniel boyd went to high school. he had a of bringing where he trained in pakistan. he took his son to the gaza strip at one time. rick: hopefully that high school is best known for turning out jennifer griffin. thank you. more on a possible deal on health care on capitol hill tree of the blue dog democrats. we will tell you what we are le. ♪ singer: buckle up, everybody 'cause we're taking a ride ♪ ♪ that can strain your relationships and hurt your pride ♪ ♪ it's the credit roller aster ♪ ♪ and as you can see it kinda bites! ♪ ♪ so sing the lyrics with me: ♪ when your debt goes up your score goes down ♪ ♪ whe

i mean, remember that kenya is very close to somalia, and somalia has been in total chaos since 1991, and i think that, you know, there's been a couple of terrorist attacks in kenya in recent years. so, i mean, the security, you know, problem there has been nightmarish for the president obama to go there. i'm just hunching a guess and that's also part of the reason that he probably didn't go to kenya. >> following up on linda's question, what would the spread of democracy do for other countries in africa? guest: look, we would have been able to save somalia, and rwanda and liberia and sierra leone if the leadership this that country will be willing to implement political reform or had been willing to relinquish shared political power or had been willing to step down. we would save zimbabwe if president mugabe had been willing to step down so democracy and political reform is just more than -- just an idea, it determines the survival of an african country. >> our our next caller is from new york city. you're on the air. caller: fine. i do think that some of the struggles in africa, wel

out jihad in somalia. >> arrests have been made in places like minneapolis and north carolina. so i think better education about the breadth of the threat and how it can be carried out is important. but even as we educate, we prepare. >> reporter: napolitano says the police, military and intelligence agencies need the help of citizens to report if there's anything strange going on in their communities. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. >>> how about some good news from the fox 5 weather center for a minute here. the tornado warnings that we've been telling you about. that's why you've seen the crawl disappear, they've just been canceled. that's not to say that the weather is gone but the rotation is gone with these storms. takelook at live rad at live ra the red s in lgobut there's still an awful lot of activity to the south. a severe thunderstorm watch is in tog goec einffon the eastern shore. you can s wwehy as look at a wider picture here. still plenty of dovir all the w down hewa tchrdalea besiteah a lot of lightning. tornado wainle canceled for now. we still thi

there were young kids in minneapolis, somalis, who ended up going back to somalia, and now this group. what's going on here? >> i think this is a miniwave of home grown radicals, american citizens, something i was skeptical that would ever happen. they were well integrated into american society. whether it's a somali case of the minneapolis kids or some kids from seattle going over and conducting a suicide attack in somalia or in this case in north carolina where a number of them not only went to israel, but also to jordan and even kosovo according to the government allegations to try and engage in some kind of violent jihad. we saw a kid from long island just showing up in an sclaid al qaeda training camp in pakistan. that case coming public. i'm sure you recall the attack of little rock, arkansas, where an african-american convert to islam killed an american soldier in recent weeks, so, you know, taken together, this suggests something of a little bit of a shift from what we've seen previously. >> other than the case of the man accused of shooting two u.s. soldiers at that recruitin

two french serity advisers in somalia hav been conducted i mogadishu. they were workin for the sali government, training sldiers when a group of armed men raided the tel. this was in an area controed by theransitional governnt raid in iran, authoritiesay theyave hanged 13 memrs of a sunni rebel group. members of te group were accused of terrorism, ardor, d kidnapng foreigners. they blamed the rebels for a series of attacks. by a measure, is a staggering profit -- wall stree's goldman sachs --oldman sachs has smashed assonance, deliving a $3.5 billio profit for its second quarter under tt is a more large number, $6.6 billn has been set ase for compensation and benefits. have this report. >> ls than one year since wall street seemed on theverge of meltdownnd billions of dollars in taxpayer money was poured into finanal institutions. now, top player goldman sachs says itsncome from trading has arly doubled fromne year ago. in this building, yet some of wall street'slargest emplees, fastest comters, and mo politically coected bankers. that has made goldmana

and the fbi is investigating why more than 20 young men have gone to wage jihad in somalia. the fbi says the north carolina men raised money and were willing to die as martyrs. the men are not accused of plotting attacks in the united states. but u.s. officials fear that young men like these will soon begin to plot attacks here on american soil. jeremy and vinita? >> john, do we know anything about the relationships between these men or how they met? >> we know that daniel boyd, apparently recruited his two sons. that the other guys are generally men in their 20s. one of them is in his 30s. we don't know where they met. they apparently weren't going to a mosque. at least daniel boyd was not. and one mosque in the area, the islamic association of raleigh, is distancing themselves from boyd. so a lot to come out. >> john hendren this morning. thanks. >>> we'll have more on these terror arrests coming up later on "good morning america." >>> also this morning, there's major developments in the criminal investigation of michael jackson east death. abc news has learned that the in

more than two hundred thousand people from the capital of somalia because fighting between government and islamic insurgents has escalated fiercely. the clashes have forced doctors without frontiers to withdraw from the north of city for the first time in 17 years. it has had to close a children's hospital and three health clinics. the iraqi government has banned all organized visits by schoolchildren to the grave of saddam hussein. some iraqi schools have taken people to visit the site north of baghdad. water rationing has been imposed in india's most heavily populated city for the first time in living memory. because of poor monsoon rains, supplies to the 20 million residents have been reduced by 20%. authorities say taps will run dry if the full monsoon does not arrive soon. a training camp used by militants loyal to the taliban leaders in pakistan has been flattened in a suspected attack by u.s. drones. officials say the missile strike in the tribal area destroyed the camp. they said 14 militants were killed. whenever the controversies of the past, it was by any standard, a fittin

but lo malik brwn says somalia and pakista prevent a greater threat intestingly, just ahead of the primeminister's press conferenc he's issued a clarificatio sayinghey're without doubts suffient resoces for current british military operations in afghanistan. >>> prime minister goron brown also weighed today. and that more areon the way. >>> the war in afghanistan is growing onvery front. and there e some concerns in that partf the world tat it cold spill over into neighboring ntral asian countries with predominantly muslim population. one o those cotvies yrgyzstan where t u.s. has an important base. the kyrgks areebating a mitary presence there. >> reporter: waiting for the next flights to afghanisn, the manas air base in northern kyrgstan is a critical link in theupply chain providing u.s. rces in afghanistan with uel, hardware and additnal troops. but all of this cos money, since a new deal in june, t .s. has been paying an aual rent of $60 million. >> tnslator: to keep the base going, the u.s.as ready to pay three times more than they used to. they want rations with kyrgyzstan based o partnersh

the challenge is that somalia is a failed state.rities will have them back out in their boats before you can deploy anchor in some cases. i want to talk briefly about how we fight nowadays. other people say that all you do is countersue insurgency -- counter insurgency. let me tell you, our troopers can do real combat. we do it differently. this is when the militia was ordered against the militia in basrah: this is a very tightly packed neighborhood. they were launching 10-15 rounds per volley. somewhat and in the greens of -- green zone. we provided one single brigade commander to combat this. we gave them these assets. the commander of the airborne division, when it all began, we all saw what 41 unmanned aerial vehicle. now for one commander, we have these two which have full motion video and were armed. one was an intelligence agency, one was a special missions unit. then we had other unmanned. is a 24 hours a day circling the levels. all of them have a screen and a chat room. a pilots might be at an air force base, some might be

cities have gone to wage jihad in somalia. the fbi says the north carolina men raised money and were wig to die as martyrs. >> the men are not accused of plotting attacks in the united states but u.s. officials fear young men like these could soon begin to direct their attacks at home. abc news, washington. >>> here's the latest on the investigation into the death of michael jackson. a law enforcement official says authorities believe that michael jackson's personal physician gave the pop star the drug that took his life. the lawyer for dr. conrad murray denies any wrongdoing. investigators believe jackson may have been taking a powerful drug over a two-year period that eventually caused his heart to stop. more on this story coming up on "good morning america." >>> president obama tries to play peacemaker in the fierce debate that followed a controversial arrests. an administration official says the president is going to share a beer with cambridge, massachusetts police sergeant james crowley and harvard scholar louis gates. g

. >>> we turn nowo africa, where ere was a big battlen somalia this weeke between goverent troops and islamic militants. it happened in the capital of modishu. alternate insurgents were treated, some ofhem were still firing at troops today. killed dozensof people. and wounded about 150. and for he first timeroops from the african union peacekeeping rce intvened to supporthese somalian forces. >>> president oba was in aar more stale part of africa this weekend. ghana. this was the scne when first visited a castle acoast from which slaves were once shippe to the new worl the outpouring wasescribed as -- >> joining us for more built president's ip and the state of u.s./african retions is yaw nyarko. professor of economics a director of africa hous at new york university. welcome. >> thank you. >> you were in ghana when the president wasthere. >> that's right. >> what was themo? what was the aicipation like? well,verybody was excited that he was coming. there were these billboards with ghana's president next t obama all over the city a people re very, very cited. very, very prd of obama.

minnesota another man pled guilty to being a part of american born somalis planning to carry out jihad in somalia. >> arrests have been made in places like minneapolis and north carolina. so, i think, better education about the breath of the threat and how it could be carried out is important. but even as we educate. we prepare. >> janet napolitano said the police, military, agencies need the help of citizens to report if there is anything strange going on in their community. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. . >> four u.s. senators reveal new legislation that would ban texting and driving nationwide. the alert drivers act was prompted by a series of mass transit accidents caused by distracted drivers. it would force states to enact bans or risk losing federal funds. one study found utz more dangerous than drunk driving. >> and the u.s. postal service faces restructuring apparently. the agency has a $7 billion budget shortfall this year. and will be added to the list of high-risk government operations by the gao. that could mean closing post offices and cutting mail delivery down to fi

thekind of refugee camps you'd normally find in war-to somalia, sudan or the congo. started, we e told, in alexand alexandra, a straprawling black township on the ed of johaesburg. >> a maname from this site. he was running and bleedin and went ov here and then he lost balance over re, andthen he died oer here. >> reporter: you sa this? >> yeah, isaw that. >> reporter: there has ways been an undercurrent of anti-forener sentiment i this country, but the level of the attacksnd the intensity of the violence is unprecedented,and thre is a common theme here, that allccurred in south africa's poorest townships. alex, as it is called, one of the poort. this woman lived here her wle life. >> they takejobs. >> reporter: what do you ink, is thatrue? yes. >> repter: they take jobs? >> yes. >> reporter: which contries, zimbabwe? >> zimbwe, niria. especially ziabwe. >> reporte you'll hear the same story wherever yu go, they are ting our jobs. and in southafrica, it is a very big deal. this is a cuntry of about 50 million people. official estimaes put the unployment rate atbout 3