. >>> and we will head to the kitchen for a little taste of southern italy. stay with us. >>> cloudy with a chance of meatballs took the box office crown this week earning $30 million. sony 3 hd animated comedy was adapted from the children's book. >>> matt damon's "the informant "debuted in a distant second. >>> a few surprises at this year's primetime emmy awards but the top shows, nbc's 30 rock won best comedy the third straight year and anc's madmen took the trophy. tony collett from the united states of terra and glenn close won the award. you can read more and check the complete list of winners at wusa9.com. check out our water cooler headlines. kim, what's cookin'? >> we have some flavors from southern italy right now in our 9 news now kitchen. we are so lucky have chef antonio here. he is from lorton, virginia. >> good morning. this is great. you are making clams and rice. it we will start to toast. >> this is the rice. >> yes. >> and this will be turned in to risotto. >> so it is a rice i don't know those things. i think it is a pasta. it tastes so g

southern province. germany has 4500 troops serving in northern regions. italy, france, canada, also present with significant number of troops in the country. joining me from london is the foreign editor of "gut *." i know you are embarking on a major reviewthe major times" on what on earth should be done. what do you make of the general mcchrystal's warnings? >> the same as what we reached as well. we had a meeting last week. we brought in some of our correspondents covering the country for the last few years. i think the general consensus was we are in a very difficult situation with the karzai government. the military campaign is not going well. there is a lack of focus, i think, in western capitals on this and we could end up losing the war with a very serious consequences for western security. if we don't adjust the various problems. i think that is what general mcchrystal was saying very much in his report back to washington. >> as increasingly difficult as it is politically -- the more troops, tens of thousand of american troops, let alone building the af

italy's allies. meanwhile, afghanistan officials are saying that a u.s. serviceman and a canadian soldier have been killed in separate provide bomb explosions in southern afghanistanis year has been the deadliest for american and nato troops since the 2001 invasion. finally, japan tells us that tokyo wants to strengthen bilateral relations despite potential areas of disagreement, including their longstanding military alliance. assistant secretary campbell says washington is looking forward to having a wide range of talks with the new japanese government the prime minister made the remarks on this, his second day on the job. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. >> michael chertoff, in your new book "homeland security: assessing the first five years" you write about the september 10 mindset. this is where you ride, "the voice of complacency sounds something like this. here we are eight years after 9/11, and because there are no attacks on our soil, 9/11 has got to be a freakish aberration that is not going to repeat itself. al qaeda a is a threat to the government and exaggerating the threat. there are other thin