>> the young lady from the hotel was one of the few people in south mumbai, the upscale neighborhood in mumbai, were one of the victims in the hotel's came from. they would go there and have dinner and have parties. most of the people from that sector of society just wanted to have nothing to do with the media. they were very distrustful. they had been given a hard time by the indian media. she was someone who had been having a meal with some friends, they got together on tuesday evening and the gunman came in just butchered everyone in the restaurant. she was lying there, surrounded by her dead friends, bleeding profusely from five bullet wounds. she somehow managed to survive. she was calling for help, but no one came. what i discovered in researching this story was there was such chaos that the victims often just could not get help. even senior police officers calling for help, but there was no help, because the city was taken completely by surprise and no one had any idea what was going on. that is the impact of the surprise attack. the evil genius of the design of this plan was t

what happened was, 10 young men came ashore on a beach in mumbai, in south mumbai, which is the most prosperous part of the city, and they started killing. they did not stop killing for the next 57 hours. and so i tried to tell the story of the attack, both through the eyes of the victims but also through the eyes of the terrorists themselves. >> we are going to show little bit of it in a moment, but before we do that, where were you on that day? >> where was i? it is funny, because i was trying to remember the other day exactly where i was. i think i was in a cutting room. i direct, as well and sometimes i like to do a police procedure or something like that. it is a contrast to all the documentary work i do. >> so you were here in london? >> i was in london, yes. >> how long did it take you to get to mumbai? >> the genesis of the film, it was not an instant reaction thing. i don't work for news, i am not part of a quick response team, so i am hired on a job by job basis. i do the project that i like in the projects that for some reason, turn me on. i got a call, i think it was in j

mumbai. the nato death toll in afghanistan reached 700 today when two more soldiers were killed in the south. that's up nearly 200 from 2009, and it makes this the war's deadliest year. meanwhile, intelligence officials in pakistan reported u.s. drones fired missiles that killed 17 people near the afghan border. there have been well over 115 missile strikes this year, more than double last year's total. in economic news, consumer confidence slipped in december even though holiday spending surged. the business research group conference board said americans are still worried about jobs. that news kept wall street mostly in check today. the dow jones industrial average gained 20 points to close at 11,575, but the nasdaq slipped four points to close below 2,663. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to margaret. >> warner: the iraq story is next, with a new vow from that country's leader that all american troops will be gone in a year. throughout the past year, the american military force in iraq has been shrinking. a year ago, there were 110,000 u.s. troops in country. by august,