in some cases supported by intelligence, but it's their observation that iran's activities in southern iraq are intend to do produce some beirut-like moment. and in so doing, send a message that they have expelled us from iraq. what i wanted to make clear in my advance policy question, my response, and as well today, is that while we've got soldiers in southern iraq, and as you know, my view is that when you put united states military reserve, you place them someplace, it is the clearest sole verz of natural reserve. i want to make sure that's clear to everyone. >> i appreciate you, i hear you. it goes "best defense" what was said a couple weeks by ed mard mullen and edward pi naneta. the risk they're taking with the shiites, they're going back to southern iraq and killing our people. obviously, it's important once the people at the top of our military, like the three of you say iran takes it seriously or suffers consequences. and i just want to thank you for that. i know you're a serious man, i know your word is credible. >> i want to spend a few minutes on the budget questions. important

in some cases supported by intelligence, but it's their observation that iran's activities in southern iraq are intend to do produce some beirut-like moment. and in so doing, send a message that they have expelled us from iraq. what i wanted to make clear in my advance policy question, my response, and as well today, is that while we've got soldiers in southern iraq, and as you know, my view is that when you put united states military reserve, you place them someplace, it is the clearest sole verz of natural reserve. i want to make sure that's clear to everyone. >> i appreciate you, i hear you. it goes "best defense" what was said a couple weeks by ed mard mullen and edward pi naneta. the risk they're taking with the shiites, they're going back to southern iraq and killing our people. obviously, it's important once the people at the top of our military, like the three of you say iran takes it seriously or suffers consequences. and i just want to thank you for that. i know you're a serious man, i know your word is credible. >> i want to spend a few minutes on the budget questions. important

and its allies invaded southern iraq to throw saddam out of kuwait. >> president george bush: but there's way for the bloodshed to stop. >> pelley: the elder president bush urged iraqis to overthrow their dictator. >> bush: to take matters into their own hands... >> pelley: the ma'dan and other shiites in the south supported an uprising to topple saddam's regime. the marshes, known for ages as a smuggler's paradise, turned out to be a perfect place for the rebels to hide, with their endless maze of waterways, like these on the iranian border. but in 1991, when the allies withdrew, saddam turned eden into hell. >> alwash: the united nations environmental program called it the biggest engineered environmental disaster of the last century. >> pelley: saddam tried to wipe out the marsh arabs by destroying their world. he built six canals to divert the waters of the tigris and euphrates out into the desert and the persian gulf. in a five-year project, he drained 90% of the marshes, an area of more than 3,000 square miles. >> alwash: as an engineer, i'm telling you, drying of the marshes is def

kids in southern iraq in central iraq, specifically going after the remnants of our u.s. presence inside of iraq. .. believe that we are totally evacuated the area. let me just mention again, you and i have talked about it a lot, but it's one of the agreed -- as those of us who are deeply concerned about continued cuts in defense -- and i'd like to have your views of the effects of significant cuts in defense particularly personnel areas and a group chartered by the secretary of the army to look into how the army procures major systems found at every year since 1996 the army spent more than $1 billion annually on programs that were ultimately canceled since to those of for 3.4 trillion to 4.8 per year of farming development testing evaluations have been lost due to cancel programs including the now canceled future combat systems program. it goes on and on and you are very aware of it. doesn't it have to be one of your highest priorities of trying to get this procurement situation under control? and wouldn't it be helpful if we gave legislative authority to the service chi

says the service member died while conducting operations in southern iraq. meanwhile, several car bombs killed shiite muslim pilgrims. an additional 70 people were injured. >>> a san francisco native missing in action for more than 60 years is now back home in the bay area from a german battlefield. private first class edward o'toole received full military honors at golden gate national cemetery yesterday. his remains were located two years ago in a forest in germany. they were later identified as the 23-year-old from san francisco. natives from the city and other veterans paid their respects to the man they never knew. >> he did serve his country, gallantly, and honorably. >> to the honor and the memory of this man here is -- there's no words for it. >> edward o'toole's great grand nephew is the only known living relative and yesterday he accepted on behalf of the family the flag from the casket. >>> supporters of president obama will fan out today to sign people up to vote. the obama re-election campaign plans nearly a thousand event in more than 40 states

iraq in two years. >>> pictures from southern afghanistans. u.s. marines and afghan security forces are conducting joint operations against the taliban. thursday the troops used helicopters to fly in search of taliban fighters. the current plan is for afghan forces to take over the country's security by 2014. >>> two people were killed when their plane crashed into an unoccupied hospital building in watsonville, california. the plane struck the building shortly after takeoff apparently as the pilot was trying to clear a line of fog. >>> economists look for positive unemployment numbers being released today. >>> plus it's raining? no, not quite, it's pouring in denver, a sudden cloud burst swamps the mile high city. first, scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> from nasa's first mission to now the final shuttle flight, we'll look at how cbs news and walter cronkite covered the space race for the last 50 years, that story tonight on the "cbs evening news." we all have internal plumbing. but for some of us with overactive bladd

iraq. the community partnership of southern arizona is the regional behavioral health authority in pima county. and one of the things that, as an organization, we're very much tuned into is kind of the changing needs in the community. i came to the va about 5 years ago and i had worked in the community for many years and had worked with cpsa a lot when i worked at some of the public agencies. so, i had already the relationships with a lot of the people there. and then, once i came over here, i think that partly that we were having sort of a surge in kind of more mental health funding coming into the va. there was just kind of more tension because of all the returning iraqi vets. we believe that a system like ours can be of tremendous benefit to organizations like tricare, the department of defense, in providing behavioral health benefits to enlisted military and their families. and, in fact, have developed the proposal and have been working very closely with tricare and samhsa to try and move that forward. the two issues that you really see are peer support and in-home care. it's peer support

kandahar or actually the whole of southern afghanistan personified american policy in this country behind a population centric counting insurgency first tried in iraq and then replicated and propagated in afghanistan was in fact a interagency turf battle between the bandwagon the state department c a s b i and d. e a all the u.s. agencies you know afghanistan have been all careening at cross purposes what was a victory for cia promoting carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for ever and be a in their uphill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions you know afghanistan. now if you want the best in life you gotta put the hours in am it's something indians know all too well and they are reaping the benefits by working harder and longer than their western counterparts i deserve an english who joins the new delhi rap race. it's a busy city with busy people india is a rising economic locomotive still what's the driving force behind its success

of kandahar or actually the whole southern afghanistan personified american policy in this country behind a population centric counting insurgency first tried in iraq and then replicated and propagated in afghanistan was in fact a interagency curved battle between the pentagon the state department see a as and a all the us agency is in afghanistan have been operating at cross purposes what was a victory for cia promoting carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for f.b.i. and dea a in their out hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day this a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. leading athletes are inspired to become top india sports by one russian golf prodigy has used his talent for a very different tracing his long lost brother and sister aren't easy different words on the teenager's drive to use a fair way to find his family he might have a smoother swing but from the outside nicholai looks no different than a pampered junior players and this hyper exclusive mosc

the 280 extension is jammed, the southern freeway is jammed. 101 northbound is jammed of iraq to the fog >> a day. man is one of the four astronauts headed into space on the final trip of the space shuttle program, space shuttle when atlantis. current all-clear up in the bay area. the purpose of this final mission is to deliver supplies, logistics' and spare parts to the international space station. lunchtime is scheduled for 826 a m. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues, right after this break a live look from mt. tam above the clouds, the fog is starting to break up around the bay. hoesch all of the note >> a = awareness, we are still tracking a hot spot and san francisco, nearly two hours if the alternative is to the city have been badly damaged. take a look at the problem. f it was this a wide load that got lost from its trailer northbound. here it had been part over here, this is where the incident occurred where it ran aground. some just about five minutes ago, looks kiss of both big rigs were trying to move this to the seventh street offramp. as they were

iraq. and in the program heading east we take you to the region in southern siberia a place where entrepreneurs singlehandedly fighting for sobriety in a better lifestyle that story then this two. we're messing about on the river just outside moscow but why am i in a wetsuit to find out in just a few minutes. let's take a look some world news headlines south sudan has become the world's newest nation following separate north thousands of people are taking part in massive celebrations in the city of juba the capital of the new state however the two separated countries haven't yet reached an agreement on their borders natural resources or the status of their citizens clashes over disputed territories to continue some. pro palestinian activists who clashed with security forces in two separate incidents in the west bank some of the protestors hold still do these raids soldiers responded with several arrests earlier about one hundred pro palestinian campaigners clashed with security forces a major israeli checkpoint calling for the return of refugees to his role. in malaysia police fired tear gas an

debate whether a large number of american forces should stay in iraq after the president obama's deadline. >>> and growing trend on our southernre drugs growing at an alarming rate. heroin andand methamphatamine flowing in across the border. >> it is the busiest border crossing. they are smuggling hardcore drugs in the united states . one agent said if they get through here they will scattered across the country in hours. >> it is much more difficult to detect. this is an example much this came in this morning, 14 pounds of mexican tar heroin out of the drive shaft. >> they deprabed a quarter of a million in hardcore drugs including methamphatamines in a car battery and more found in the lining of the suv it is part of the disturbing trin in agents seeing more cocane smuggled. we have to make sure we are throwing up every barrier without choking off the no of legitimate travel. >> on any given day 40,000 cars come through and roughly 90,000 people. try to figure out which drive train may have black tar heroin stuffed inside. the task seems impossible. >> the ruls of increased hardcore smuggling and means more heroin and meth,

southern afghanistan. >> but the money does seem to be flowing in iraq and in ways that are taking the american taxpayer report by a special inspector shows that contractors are overbilling the government by as much as 12,000%. in one case a sub contractor charged the pentagon 900 bucks for a $7 switch. and the audit comes as violence in iraq is surging. steve centanni is live for us in washington. so steve, first, what about the allegations that iraq is not any safer than it was a year ago? >> well, heather, that is the claim of the inspector general for iraq reconstruction in a scathing report just released he says "iraq remains an extraordinarily dangerous place to work. it is less safe in my judgment he says than 12 months ago ." the report says 15 u.s. soldiers were killed in iraq in june, making that the bloodiest month for the u.s. military in two years. there has also been an increase in rocket attacks and assassination attempts. also call this is summer of uncertainty in iraq with a deadline looming in september for a u.s. pullout. >> we have no idea how many forces might be able to remain and

people living in the southern italian city of naples are used to living with rotting garbage on their streets. the local mafia has had a stranglehold on garbage collection, running iraq it through their control of landfill sites. naples has a new mayor who has declared war on trash, but beating the mafia where his predecessors have failed. >> in the sweltering heat, innoxious cents hangs over the city of naples. we are driving to the stronghold of the local mafia. it is a maze of concrete tenements, drugs, piles of trash, this is all part and parcel life here. this is the kind of place you need to film discreetly. it is not exactly a tourist attraction and. the new mayor of naples, who enjoys police protection, has now declared war. he knows that his battle against garbage means no less than taking on the mafia. getting in touch with the grassroots ikey. he is visiting neighborhoods to try and get local people on his side to give them hope. >> i want to help the people who volunteer their services in schools and clubs and doing a lot of bad worker. we have to make progress on the trash a separation brunt. there are other projects, like the construction of a new unive

system are alive and kicking the citron out party in iraq still to come venturing east we take you on a tour of the core again a region in southern save the area a place with beautiful scenery and some of the usual custom plus. quit messing about on the rivers just outside moscow but why am i in a wet suit to find out in just a few minutes. first though with a population of more than a billion people india is a promising platform for entrepreneurship but a young indian businessman have to rely on creativity and innovation to find ways of making profit or he's preassure to reports from new delhi. downstairs in a dusty basement in jelly's okla neighborhood you'll find twenty six year old people kamar this is one of several of his manufacturing sites it's small and weak but it's one of the offices kamar uses to make sporting equipment including taps he's also working to mastermind a sports curriculum for hundreds of schools around india in an attempt to build an empire that he hopes will change the sporting culture in his country forever there was no gap in the market there was you know nor. will it be all things as far as the sport

iraq and still to come of this our heading east. we take you on a tour of the coridon region in southern siberia a place where an entrepreneur is singlehandedly fighting for sobriety and a better lifestyle plus. we're messing about on the river just outside moscow why am i in a wet suit to find out just a few minutes. from now to take a look at some world headlines for you right now. south sudan has become the world's newest nation following separation from the north thousands of people have taken part in massive celebrations in the city of juba the capital of the new state however the two separated countries have not yet reached an agreement on their borders natural resources or the status of their citizens clashes over disputed territories still continue in some areas. profilers tinian activists have clashed with security forces in two separate incidents in the west bank some of the protesters hurled stones at israeli soldiers who responded with several arrests earlier about one hundred pro palestinian campaigners clashed with security forces at a major israeli checkpoint calling for the return of refugees to israel. humilation out where po

iraq. and still to come this hour heading east. you take you on a tour of the could have gone a region in southern side bierria a place where an entrepreneur is that single handedly fighting for so brightly and a better life style along. with messing about on the road just outside moscow but one morning a wet suit case wind out and just a few minutes. under some news making headlines around the world right now a seven point one earthquake has struck off the coast of japan prompting a tsunami warning to the stricken for she nuclear power plant has been evacuated as a precaution in march an earthquake and tsunami left nearly twenty three thousand dead and triggered the ongoing nuclear crisis out the plant. south sudan has become the world's newest nation following separation from the north thousands of people have taken part in massive celebrations in the city of juba the capital of the new state however the two separated countries have not yet reached an agreement on their borders natural resources or the status of their citizens clashes over disputed territories still continue in some areas. pro palestinian activists have clashed with secu

bauer were arrested two years ago while hiking in iraq, accused of entering the country illegally and spying. a suicide bomber's car exploded in southern

southern china. a build up of volatile gas is hindering rescue attempts. >>> u.s. officials say there is strong evidence that shiite malilas in iraq weapons to attack u.s. troops. they said materials found have been traced back to iran. roughly 47,000 troops in iraq are due to withdraw by january 31. >>> japan is trying to nationalize their company's nuclear power plants. this comes in the wake of the nuclear crisis stemming from the march earthquake and tsunami. tokyo electric power is in the midst of paying billions of dollars worth of compensation. >>> the former international monetary chief used his first day of freedom from house arrest to make a trip. he was seen getting into a car with his wife. it is unclear where they went, but they did return a short time later. strauss-kahn still faces attempted rape charges. prosecutors said they discovered problems with the credibility of the alleged victim. >>> a new poll indicates that french people are divided over whether dominick strauss-kahn should reenter politic. 49% say without prejudging this innocence or guilty, they would want him to return. 56% said no. strauss-kahn was c