militants have been killed in these three strikes, the first hitting close to a religious pool in south waziristan, the second hitting a residential compound, and the third we believe hitting a vehicle in that area of south waziristan in that border region going through afghanistan. and just over the last few days, there have been an increase in these american drone attacks in the pakistani tribal areas, and on saturday, local residents and some militants, commanders in the area were telling us of the death of, as you say, a senior al qaeda operative, somebody on whom the americans had a $5 million bounty. >> aleem maqbool there in pakistan. israel has defended its troops who opened fire on pro-palestinian demonstrators trying to enter the occupied goal an heights on sunday. damascus says the israeli soldiers killed at least 20 unarmed people, but the israeli army says there have only been 20 casualties and its response had been measured. more than 3,000 people have been moved from their homes in southern chile because of volcanic eruptions. ash from a volcano has been showered over a wide area ne

this missile strike took place in south waziristan.ome media reports here in pakistan that indicate that he only recently moved into that area of the missile strike, a very short period of time, before that drone actually attacked. we haven't confirmed that here. there are many reports here that indicate he only got to the area a short time before the missiles were fired. there is an important point that i should just mention, t.j. as i say, we had some reports that he was among the victims there, particularly from his own militant group. pakistani officials, including the pakistani intelligence service, has not yet confirmed this. they say they're still waiting to see his body or hear from their own sources on the ground that this is, in fact, true. it's a point worth noting because it was suspected in the past, in fact more than that, it was declared back in september of 2009, that united states drones had, in fact, this man a month later, that proved not to be the case. he was a highly elusive figure, a man rising through militant r

and a vehicle traveling from north to south waziristan. >> how have they reacted to this new efficacyshall we say, of drone attacks as of late? >> one of the things we're seeing right now, it is not clear what is provoking this, but it looks like a lot of these militants are flooding in now from north waziristan, which is where most of them were based into south waziristan. maybe that is a reflection of the missile strikes that have taken place recently. maybe it is a reflection of their fear that the pakistanis are going to launch an operation there. but they're on the move. they are moving. and we're getting them right now on the missile strikes. >> we got to go, but did this come from the intelligence that was gleaned from the osama bin laden compound? >> it is impossible to know for sure. but i -- it is a month between those two strikes, it is a coincidence. it certainly would indicate you would have to look in that direction and we don't really know for sure, though. >> a question that wants to be answered. evan coleman, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >>> sarah pali

another was along the border of north and south waziristan. at least four people were killed in that strike. >>> 5:07. defense secretary robert gates is in afghanistan visiting u.s. troops just days before he retir retires. he got emotional thanking men and women for their service. he said the u.s. will withdraw combat troops slowly and responsibly. he is retiring at the end of the month. he has served as secretary of defense four and a half years. >>> today marks the anniversary of d-day. 67 years ago today, allied forces stormed the beaches of normandy, france to free nazi-occupied europe. general dwight eisenhower gave the go ahead for d-day, the largest military amphibious mission in history. the operation was a success but hundreds of brave men lost their lives in the battle to free europe. >>> 5:07 is our time. the scandal ahead has the royal newlywed couple changing their plans for their trip to the u.s. >>> why the cost of suits is about to sky rocket. >>> beautiful start to the week. weather and traffic on the 1s weat[ coach ] in albu

the first two missiles struck minutes apart in the tribal district of south waziristan. one was a compound where a top al qaeda leader was killed in another attack three days earlier. at least four people were killed in that strike. >>> 67 years ago today allied beaches stormed normandy, france in world war ii. general dwight eisenhower gave the go ahead for d-day, the largest military amphibious mission in history. the operation was a success but hundreds of brave men lost their lives in the battle to free europe. >>> it is now 4:38, 65 degrees. ahead on news 4 today, the cute little critter blamed for knocking out power to 1,000 people >> how a miracle plane caused >>> up to nowitski. nowitski spins. miami pulls on and takes game 3. >>> well, the miami heat are back in control, i don't know if you can say that, of the nba finals. nowitski fell short, losing 88-86. miami leads 2-1. game 4 tomorrow night in dallas. close game. still pretty close. >> that's right. so tomorrow will be another thrill i bet you. 4:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. the latest on our

. >> reporter: a missile fired killed kashmiri in the region of south waziristan. last month's deadly attack against a pakistani naval base near karachi put him near the top of that country's most wanted list. india wanted him dead too. he was a planner of the vicious 2008 coordinated terrorist attack in mumbai that killed 163. and just within the last week, secretary of state hillary clinton met with pakistani leaders to reboot relations between the two nations. in the wake of the bin laden raid and during that meeting, kashmiri who was on the list of five terrorists in pakistan that the u.s. wanted killed or captured by july. tonight defense secretary robert gates has not commented on this particular strike, but while traveling in afghanistan, he told diane sawyer these drone missions have been crucial in the war on terror. >> these drones have played a significant role in taking a lot of taliban leaders and trainers off the table. >> reporter: tomorrow gates will be visiting u.s. troops in east and south afghanistan. he wants to thank them and fight back against

series of strikes targeting of a suspected militant compound near the main town of pakistan's south waziristan tribal area the region is known for housing many taliban insurgents who frequently carry out attacks against government forces. syria is calling on refugees who fled to turkey to return to the town they abandoned after the army moved in to crush army groups and you government says it regained control and will continue to see what it calls the remnants of terrorist groups eight thousand people left the town and are now in a refugee camps on the turkish border syria's endured months of brutal crackdowns on protests to try and force the quick president to quit. a suicide car bomber has struck in northeast afghanistan near a governor's building killing seven including police officers and salad as admitted the attack which targeted the french ambassador and a military convoy a separate attack occurred at almost the same time south of the capital when a rocket was fired on a police training center the vice president and interior minister with there but there were no reported injuries. well

the official said three separate attacks were carried out on monday, the latest in south waziristan. we want it turn now to an unfolding disaster in the united states. arizona's third-largest wildfire has forced the evacuation of thousands. and weather conditions may continue to spread it. meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking developments and joins us from the world weather center. ivan? >> it's a big one, the third largest. continuing to devour eastern arizona, the apache national forest being decimated, 580,000 square kilometers. have been complete will decimated by this fire that that started a week ago and out of control as we have evacuated across the region here. residents in the direct path, alpine in particular. 1300 firefighters, 2,000 personnel, everybody here battling this fire. again the third-largest in arizona history. consuming just an incredible amount of land. and a short amount of time, take you to the scene on the ground. and above the skies, as the aerials have been quite dramatic indeed and show the scope of this fire that has been raging for a week. and as of

the strike targeted a hideout in south waziristan, in pakistan's volatile tribal region. phil joins us from islamabad. if this turns out to be true, what would the impact be on al qaeda? >> reporter: well, it would presumingly be quite significant, richelle. this was a high-valued target. he was a man who's risen through al qaeda's ranks to become the military brains of the operation, the man who has job it was to implement al qaeda's global strategy, if you like, by carrying out attacks, resourcing, planning and carrying them out ultimately by taking lives. so a significant loss from their ranks, particularly if it were to come so soon following the death of its leader, osama bin laden. but an indication of how significant this man had become within al qaeda in recent years is the fact about the speculation who would replace osama bin laden, kashmiri's name has been mentioned. we know in the way that this man's life may have been taken was as a drone strike, as you say. it was a drone strike conducted by a u.s. drone just overnight in an area of waziristan. it's importan

12 intelligence officials say more than 100 insurgents launched a raid on the checkpoint in south waziristanhan 1,000 refugees have fled from syria and crossed the border into turkey in the last 24 hours. they've left because of fears they would be attacked by syrian security forces. one student demonstrator told cnn the military is closing in on the city of jisr al shugur, that's where the syrian government says 120 of its troops were ambushed and killed last weekend. >>> we want to get more now on our top story, the future of libya being discussed at a meeting of more than 20 countries and regional organizations. that's going on right now in abu dhabi. back in libya it's been a bloody 24 hours, especially in misrata. the city is under siege by gadhafi's forces who cut off all access by land. cnn's sara seidner is there. the gadhafi forces are very much still on the offensive. what about the opposition and the rebels if they're making any ground? >> reporter: here's the situation. we want to be very clear that the city of misrata is safe at this point. the rebels are still in full control o

i've traveled with them to south waziristan, i've met with their director-general, general pasha, astime" magazine, i have e-mail correspondence with isi officers so i do know the life subject and i tried in "blood money" to tell the crazy story about the isi and the cia, often mutually destructive two scorpions in a bottle kind of relationship that they have. that said i do have to say this is a novel. it wouldn't be fun to read if it wasn't reinvented, if it wasn't real life reinvented in the mind of the author. >> let's start with the cia. you've got a cia operation and you have these guys often on their own, often in businesses as fronts. i always thought cia offices were at the embassy, you didn't know who they were you could make againsts about them. is it true there are lots of cia offices around who have covers in private business and trading companies and things like that all over the world? >> it's increasingly true. when you and i were getting started as journalists and the past decades it's been the case most cia officers sought what was called official covers and the rep

the first two missiles struck minutes apart in the tribal district of south waziristan. one was a compound where a top al qaeda leader was killed in another attack three days earlier. >>> robert gates visited service members in the helman province yesterday and said the u.s. will withdraw combat troops slowly and responsibly. gates is retiring at the end of this month. he has served as secretary of defense for four and a half years. >>> 6:06 is your time now. 68 degrees. the course of the deadly e. coli outbreak making people sick around the world. >>> a royal cancellation. who prince william and his wife kate say they will no longer meet with during their upcoming trip to america. >>> and meteorologist tom kierein said it won't be long [ male announcer ] want a better way to track what you spend? pnc virtual wallet now comes with spending zone. it organizes all your spending, including your pnc debit card, credit card, and your bills. so you can view them by category... or by month. you can set a budget... and it'll even alert you when you're getting close to the amount

the missile hit a vehicle driving along the border between north and south waziristan. >>> robert gates thanking troops in pakistan for their service to their country, as he continues his retirement tour. gates visited service members in afghanistan's heldman province u.s. the u.s. will withdraw combat troops slowly and responsibly. he served as secretary of defense for 4 1/2 years. >>> the test results are back and show sprouts from an organic farm did not cause the e. coli outbreak in germany. officials will head back to the farm now to run some morest tests. officials are trying to track the source that killed 22 and sickened more than 2,200 people. the organic farm in northern germany shut down as a precaution. >>> and tom is back with us, after having a week off. missed you, tom. >> thank you. good to be back. we've got the heat beginning to bill. it's going to back like it was midweek last week. yeah, here it comes again. but right now, though, a pleasant day is under way. enjoy. there are a few puffy clouds floating in a blue sky. live picture from the sky watcher camera. that's

it happened in the tribal region of south waziristan on the afghan border.a suspected u.s. drone fired two drones on the militant vehicle. >>> this comes as the u.s. military prepares to start bringing troops home soon from the afghan war. lieutenant general william conwell has commanded forces in iraq and afghanistan. he currently serves as the training general of the combined security transition command. thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having us today. >> we heard president obama's announcement, 10,000 troops to be withdrawn this year, another 20,000 or so before the election. there's been a lot of criticism saying, look, maybe the timing of this, it's overlapping with the campaign, with the re-election effort. do you think there is at all a political component to this? >> well, what i would tell you, suzanne, what's really most people don't realize is during the time period that we brought the surge forces in, one of the stated objectives of our president was to increase the number of afghan security forces. in the last 20 months we've

they've basically cleared south waziristan and swat.but even their presence and maneuvering and so on creates uncertainty. there is some indication that al qaeda is worried that -- because of the way we went after bin laden, their suspicion is that the pakistanis may have been involved in it and are worried that the pakistanis may betray them as well. there is -- clearly the lines of communication through pakistan are critical for our operations in afghanistan. so i think all of these things are important. and then just in terms of regional stability, there is the reality that pakistan is a country that has a number of nuclear weapons. and again, keeping those lines of communication open, it seems to me, is very important. >> i would just re-emphasize the last point. it's a country with an awful lot of terrorists on that border. obviously the links that we've got with -- in the afghanistan- pakistan campaign, if you will, which is what it's been for me from the beginning -- it's not about one country or another. it's about the region.and those things that i fear in the future, it's th

the attacks took place in a main city in wothe south waziristan area. >> pakistan as top military spybin laden. among those taken into custody, pakistani army major who wrote down license plate numbers to visitors to bin laden's compound and turned them over to american intelligence officials. >>> following other news right now as well this morning. nato air strikes targeting the libyan capital of tripoli overnight. it is not clear this morning what was targeted or whether there were any casualties but there are reports nato aircraft are dropping leaflets intended for moammar gadhafi forces, warning them to leave their posts near the post city of misrata. >>> a showdown between house speaker boehner and president obama. >> we are live at the white house with brianna keilar. explain this for us. john boehner saying you only got a couple of days to get permission. >> reporter: that's right. all along, guys, you have seen congress -- and we are talking some republicans, some democrats -- who have posed a number of questions to the white house and what we're going to have is the white hou

satellite of to ied factories , one of them a girls' school which is the main city in north waziristan and a mother in southbelieved was run by the haqqani network which is one of the afghan groups based in pakistan, and then the other they said was run by people affiliated directly with al qaeda. they also gave them a further graphs of information about various weapons. it was in the first time the had given them photographs in a number of meetings over the years the americans have said look, you keep saying you can't find haqqani which they do, they maintain that the haqqani spends more than half his time in afghanistan, and that the americans certainly have a lot of soldiers and why can't they find them and how do they expect the pakistanis to find them if they can't find them to have on a number of occasions americans given the pakistanis photographs of what they have said is the haqqani network and a madrassa where there also is a pakistani military installation. and get to the pakistanis haven't done anything about it. within days of this meeting that they had in islamabad, further satellite surveilla

waziristan, there is quite a substantial afghan establishment there. there is another line of defense and another line of defense just at the southern end of the two provinces southf kabul and the greater kabul province area and within kabul, afghan security forces are in the lead conducting all operations as the lead elements including some absolutely suburb special operations forces which indeed we do seek to support and enable with certain indeed intelligence tools and assets. but which conduct the operations on their own pursuant to arrest warrants issued by afghan authorities. so again, more difficult without question, i'm not sure, though, that i would say not doable. >> thank you. thank you very much, senator snowe. senator wyden? >> thank you, general chair. let me join my colleague in expressing my gratitude for your service. i think what sls important in the director position is we get the straight story. i'm convinced you will be a straight shooter. i appreciate that. i brought with me a new issue of "foreign affairs" magazine. it talked about the arab revolt. it had a big caption, "why no one saw it coming." so what i would like to do is begin by aski