taliban, afghanistan., al qaeda, there is a fear that al qaeda could look at libya as a safe haven. >> and there's lots of weaponry that al qaeda would like to get their hands on. ed, my question is -- i spoke with former secretary of state condoleezza rice today and i asked her if foreign policy experience mattered in a president. i want you to listen to what she said. >> i would say to the candidates, yes, you don't have to know the ins and outs of foreign policy because nobody would expect that kind of exposure. but the basics of foreign policy, you can master those during the campaign and it's important for the american people to know that you care enough about these issues to do that. >> so the question is, do the american people care if herman cain or any other candidate -- and there have been others who have had some foreign policy flubs -- does it matter? >> sure, it matters. in this day and age of world crisis, economic and the middle east being in a turmoil, you've got to have some basic knowledg

pakistan is ensuring that they and the taliban are with members who support pakistan in the back by pakistan will have a seat at that top table when the final government of afghanistan forms and that government won't be anything like that which the west had hoped when he entered afghanistan in two thousand and one or will have to leave it there phil aris journalist and author thanks very much for your insight. a naked woman in the city's central square is bound to attract some attention which is exactly what one protest group is hoping for a series of extravagant demonstrations against the abuse of women's rights have been raising eyebrows across europe as artie's alexia shouts he discovered these ukrainian activists have their sights set on new horizons. oh yes. on a chilly morning in key of health naked women in racing outfits drink champagne and chant slogans this is how the feminine movement celebrated the resignation of silvio berlusconi several days prior to that the very same ladies were in rome voicing their support to the anti berlusconi protest even do it i mean we have st

they know all this could be at risk if the taliban are part of the equation. back in the classroom, more subjects to conquer, but not far from the capital, the taliban are still threatening schools -- still stealing the future. >> an unwelcome the thought, but these dust mites are found all around your home. the microscopic bugs are in your carpet, clothing, and in your bed. to top it off, they are apparently making millions of us allergic to where we live. i warn you. it's not a pleasant tale. >> are you allergic to your own home? the 15-year-old, gabriel, has been suffering for years. >> i have difficulty breathing. my eyes will get really irritated. i have a runny nose. yes, it's not very pleasant. >> and you cannot see them coming. attack of the dust mites. >> now warning. the next 30 seconds or so are hideous. these are the causes of some of gabriel's problems, the house dust mites. they feed on dead human skin. there could be a million of them living in your mattress. what causes the allergic reaction is frankly disgusting. it happens when we breathe in

victory against the taliban in afghanistan is the taliban is a neutered force. they are no longer a security threat to the afghan people or to our country. that would be victory. it doesn't mean wipe them out. you wipe them out but they're no longer a security threat. the bigger issue-- and i know there are those of us at the end that don't get a lot of questions so this is the most important national security issue that we're going to be dealing with here this year and that's the issue of iran getting a nuclear weapon. i think everyone should have the opportunity to answer that question. particularly me. i've been working on iran since back in 2004. >> and proposed exactly the things that herman and mitt romney suggested, which was to give money to the rebel forces there to help the prodemocracy movement and put tough sanctions in place. i was opposed by president bush, and yet we were able to overcome that and pass the rahm freedom support act. i was able to get that done and president bush didn't provide money for the prodemocracy movement and president obama

>> you're saying he was not a member of the taliban?to believe. >> you know not everyone is paid to sit behind a desk all day to tweet. everyone else has a life to tend to. >> reporter: twitter is seen by few afghans but influential among media and diplomats in kabul, nato have long had reporters and a tv channel to put out their message but don't want to lose ground, getting into exchanges that may not help their message some say. >> i saw some of them this morning. they were so funny to be honest. i was wondering why isaf should reply. isaf shouldn't do it. it's good for isaf to stay out of it and not to entaje gauge in such communications. it would be counterproductive for isaf. >> reporter: they do, dozens a day, often just to deny false taliban claims of isaf casualties. nope again, no isaf hilo shot down again. nice try. did not happen. abalkhi is truly the gift that keeps on giving. >> they need to fire you and put someone more competent. you're making people laugh at isaf's intelligence. >> reporter: however infectious speez onl

on one hand we want to fight and beat the taliban.th the taliban. that creates tensions and part of that creates the tension that we have with pakistan. >> yes. but i think the united states has to separate the taliban to two groups. the ones that are reconcilable in afghanistan where we want to negotiate with them. one willing to abide by the rules. give up violence and be part of the national solution and then the taliban that you can't negotiate with. those are the ones we want to fight. is it confusing. this is a part of the world that is confusing at best. where you don't quite know what allegiances the people you are dealing with, what allegiances they have. but yeah, trying to sort out the good taliban from the bad. >> chris: to sum this up. it's impossible to sum up. does this get resolved if not in the next couple of days, the next few weeks or months a we talk about there are other points. the c.i.a. officer who killed, you know, question to the circumstances. but killed some pakistanis, obviously, the take down of usama bin

taliban strategy.he "new york times" reported that american military officials say they think of zabiollah as a team of taliban operatives pretending to be the same man which is a complicated idea. but whether or not they got the one guy, the taliban spokesman, whether they got him or not, we know there is still a guy answering the taliban cell phone and doing the taliban spokesman job. >>> next up, true or false, the campaign to recall wisconsin governor scott walker, that campaign starts tomorrow. [ buzzing ] false sort of. the campaign to collect signatures to recall wisconsin republican governor scott walker starts just after midnight. so yes, technically that is tomorrow, but i have to tell you the party has already started. the wisconsin democratic party which bills itself as the official scott walker recall headquarters is coordinating all kinds of parties around the state of wisconsin tonight. some of course are gatherings of pakistan who want to recall scott walker and some are a pajama partie

some say the taliban can take over on the back of u.s. sentiment. for nhk world. >> next we have a report from mayanmar's capital, a city that remains shrouded in mystery. in 2005, the military government suddenly announced it was moving the capital to a city 300 kilometers north. since then the media has had little access to the country's center of power. but that is changing now as the government tries to persuade the world that it is moving towards democracy. >> reporter: an expressway connects this city and the capital city. we have entered the city. buildings rise in the middle of lush greens. there are brand new residential areas. >> it is a first assembly in a half century because the nation has long been under military rule. some members of the parliament have traditional attire. they are ethnic minorities. uniforms dominate the house. out of 440 seats, 25% are allocated to active members of the military. the rest are occupied by people from the 2010 election. nearly 80% of them belong to the ruling party. they are lead by senior membes.s it

the route from a drone, any man can look like a target. >> taliban or non-taliban would be addressed in the same way. every person carries a weapon in that area. anybody could be targeted. >> the british legal charity is gathering evidence about the atom victims of this covert war. predict the hidden victims of this covert war. >> but really tugs at my heartstrings, it was most certainly the missile that killed a small child. i have a three-year-old son myself. >> protesters have taken to the streets in islamabad. to clamoring for justice. the message here is that as well as killing innocent people, the attacks are counterproductive. they warn that they generate more radicalism, more hatred of the west. they said the strikes or a taliban recruiting tool. washington will probably be on moved by all desperate -- unmoved by all of this. >> millions of people without power on america's east coast. >> more than 3 million homes are without electricity in the northeast of the united states. a heavy snowstorm has blanketed the region with 11 people being killed. some states are warning it co

they say it is because the taliban can't win on the battlefield but the taliban and some afghans point it is perhaps a sign of more sophisticated tactics and if the documents are real, che which it is not clear if they are. . nick peyton walsh, cnn, kabul. >> thank you very much. >>> republican candidate for president is claiming media bias. it is not herman cain again. next the e-mail that is michele bachmann saying cbs is not being fair to her. alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! good gravy, bill. our insurance company doesn't have anything like it. magnificent, isn't it? with progressive, it's easy to cover all of your favorite rides. progressive has truck insurance? number one in truck and motorcycle. is that a golf cart? yep. we also cover rvs, boats, atvs. anything else i can help you with? can i take a ride? you need a ticket -- i'm first! and that's by the water slide. okay. no running. oh, dear. save on all your rides. now, that's progressive. call or click today. i

the taliban has threatened to target anyone attending. i spoke to the bbc's orla guerin in kabul earlier, and she said president karzai has called for peace and partnership at the opening of the talks. >> it was opened by the president, and he used his speech to outline some of his conditions for this contentious strategic partnership agreement with the united states, which is under discussion. he emphasized that america would not be able to do things like carry out night raids, which are extremely unpopular here. he also said that relations between the two countries has to take place as between two independent nations and that there had to be respect for afghan sovereignty. but he also stressed that a future security pact between the two countries was in the agreement of both nations. he said that if america met afghanistan's conditions, then it would be allowed to continue to have military bases here. he said that this would bring money to afghanistan and it would benefit the country because its forces would be trained by u.s. traps. bu

of the taliban in pakistan, but now saying taliban is emerging in libya.bya, there are al qaeda elements in libya. if he has new information the taliban is in libya, that's news. >> that would be news. maybe you can ask him about it at the foreign policy debate. >> i think he will be asked about it long before the debate in washington. if he's saying the taliban is emerging as a force in libya, that's significant. we'll get it for our viewers. >>> while both sides of the super committee admitted they're scrambling for a deal, their colleagues are standing their ground. >>> bernie sanders, the independent senator from vermont is here. thanks for coming in. you want this so-called super committee to reach a big deal by this coming week? >> want them to reach a good deal, a deal fair to the middle class and working families of this country that does what the american people want, which says no cuts in social security and medicare and medicaid, ask the wealthiest people in this country to pay their fair share of tax, do away with corporate loopholes so compani

of course is interested has been interested in supporting the taliban in afghanistan the taliban of course being america's enemies in afghanistan the pakistanis are interested in the taliban if and when the taliban take over or have much more power again afghanistan the pakistanis see them as allies in their ongoing struggles with india and what china support that is well that. you know well because the chinese on the other hand are also i'm happy about america's power in the region and i would think they're particularly more perturbed now since obama's trip to australia where he announced he was going to be putting up twenty five hundred u.s. marines in australia and the united states was now going to turn its attention to increasing its power and its influence in the pacific i imagine that is the last thing that china wants anything that china can do to slow us down or hinder them. certainly plays into their politics i got pakistan wants to reduce cooperation with washington as we've been hearing what impact will that have on the future of afghanistan. well it could have a tremendous imp

the taliban said they'll do whatever they can to disrupt this meeting.n absolutely vital meeting between community leader across the country where they're set to gather together to discuss what kind of long-term presence u.s. troops can have in this country and even discuss with peace with the insurgency is still possible. >> how unusual is this that there would be public notice, fake plans or not, presented by the taliban? >> well, it is all about this information war that is starting between the insurgency and isaf here in afghanistan. they say the taliban can't win on the battlefield, so they're waging this information warfare, but the taliban and many afghans point out that actually this is perhaps the sign of the insurgency using more sophisticated tactics, going to the internet, showing they have good intelligence, having proved tactics, and if these claims are actually true, if this leak is the real thing, then showing they can get the deepest secrets from inside the afghan government. fredricka? >> nick payton walsh, thank you for that update. >>

and word the taliban prepared to lay down its weapons but it is unclear whether it is legitimate cease-fire. coming up we will talk to aen man who has firsthand experience with that group all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. but, first from fox at 3:00 in new york, new government numbers suggest our economy is growing more slowly than we thought. the commerce department reports it grew at a rate of 2 percent between july and september, half percent down from an early estimate. that is still an improvement over the first half of last year and analysts say there are signs we could round out 2010 with 3 percent growth not enough to boost the jobs market so the president obama is addressing a rally in new hampshire over the economy. >> there is a from found sense of frustration about the fact that the essence of the american dream, if you work hard, if you stick to it, you can make it, feels like that is slipping away. >> preferring to the occupy moment in cities and towns across the nation but the focus was on a key tax vote in congress next week. and wendell is live at the white

they say the guy they arrested is the taliban spokesman, which maybe the taliban strategy.f taliban operatives pretending to be the same man, which is a complicated idea. whether or not they got the one guy, the real taliban spokesman today in afghan, whether they got him or not, functionally speaking we know from "the new york times" that there is still a guy answering the taliban cell phone and doing the spokesman job. next up, true or false? the campaign to recall wisconsin governor scott walker, that campaign starts tomorrow. false, sort of. the campaign to collect signatures to recall wisconsin republican governor scott walker starts just after mitt night. technically that is tomorrow. the party has already started. the wisconsin democratic party which bills itself as the official scott walker headquarters is koording parties around the state of wisconsin tonight. some are gatherings of packers fans that want to recall scott walker. some are pajama parties and some ask attendees to come up with scott walker recall themed pajamas. all hit the party peak at 12:01 a.m. to

and are the taliban interested in conducting these talks? are the genuine and wanting to sort of come up with some peace plan? right now, if decidedly looks like they are not. there's a lot of talk going on back and forth. you hear reports leaking out about rumors of who is talking to whom. there is not sort of a set schedule or program for how we're going about talking to the insurgent leadership. however, there is a plan looking at how to integrate local, low, and midlevel fighters at the village and district levels in afghanistan. that is just getting off the ground. for that to be successful, you have to come to some sort of accommodation with the taliban leadership. host: this is another tweet -- guest: excellent question. that is for the sanctuary become such a big issue. if they can get some more and felt comfortable, going back to the soviet era in afghanistan, you have a lot of people who over that time learned a lot of useful things as far as bomb building and tactical maneuvers and things like that. that has been passed on amongst

the taliban might have gotten hold of their secret security plans.ck payton walsh reports. >> reporter: well, the taliban say they've obtained confidential security information about a forthcoming meeting of tribal elders to be held in kabul here at the request of president hamid karzai later on had week. they claim it's a leak from inside the afghan government. i should point out the afghan interior ministry rubbish this claim saying the documents are fake and an example of taliban propaganda. nato don't seem too worried pointing out that the taliban have pledged to do whatever they can to disrupt it vital meeting, but it is an exceptionally important event later on this week. community leaders from across afghanistan coming together to discuss what kind of permanent presence the u.s. military could have inside afghanistan and perhaps even discuss whether a peace deal with the insurgency, elements of the insurgency here is at all possible. now, it isn't clear whether these documents are the real deal at all or not, but whatever is the case, they poi

the taliban are threatening anyone taking part. why is it going ahead? >> president karzei made this decision a few months ago. in order to have the bigger opinion of the assembly of afghans. security is a real project because we all remember the assassination of a professor of a couple of months ago. we all know that taliban has the capacity to infiltrate the afghan security forces. today, it is a threat -- ambassadors that are also invited to attend. it is a real risk for them. >> thank you for that interview. turkey has stepped up its pressure on syria over the crack down on protests by the government. the prime minister said no regime could survive by killing its opponents. damascus is facing increasing pressure from the arab league. >> running for their lives, under fire in syria, protesters take cover. these unverified pictures show that the violence continues. this month, it may be one of the bloodiest periods of the uprising so far. hundreds of syrians, security forces, and of the visit -- opposition, believed to have been killed. president assad

at the very moment when the taliban are stressing to attack us. a 28-page document that they claim was the official security for the event has been denied by official sources and by the police, but nonetheless there is extraordinarily high security, not just around the jirga gathering but around the city, and there are reinforced checkpoints come additional patrols, and troops and police out in the streets. many businesses are closed, and we are driving around kabul, which is normally a bustling city, now deserted in places. to appoint a new head for president karzai's peace council. the former was killed in september by someone claiming to be a taliban peace envoy. the delegates have to decide how to try to make progress on reconciliation at the same time that traders said targets have been named. >> thank you very much. 20 people including preschool children have been killed in a bus crash in western china. the minibus hit a truck head-on. two adults were killed in the crash, and many children were injured. the van designed for nine people was c

that's an area cluttered with taliban. the pakistan encampments were maybe a couple hundred meters apart. the taliban runs freely. we conduct a special operation when we have a high degree of confidence. there are taliban in a specific area. a fire fight ensues. the pakistanens think they are getting fired on. they fire back. >> so what does pakistan want? nato has already apologized. >> an apology is not what they are after. we stopped the billions of dollars we were giving them annually. they want money and they want the united states to say that it is not going to conduct any cross border operations ever again. we're not going to do that. the taliban is on the pakistan side of the border. we're going to continue to conduct operations. we may give them more money, but there are a lot of people in congress who are not happy with how pakistan is operating. i don't think they are going to get any money any time soon either. it's a very dangerous time. >> always great to have you on. thank you. >>> iranian student protesters

>> so, you're saying he was not a member of the taliban?ieve? >> you know, not everyone is paid to sit behind a desk all day to tweet. >> twitter is seen by few afghans, but influential among media and diplomats in kabul. they have long had a tv channel to put out their message, but don't want to lose ground. getting into exchanges that may not help their message, some say. >> i saw some of them this morning. they were so funny, to be honest, and i was wondering -- i shouldn't do it because taliban probably won't consider elect e electives of communication -- it would be counterprugtive. >> but they do dozens a day offer to deny force taliban claims of casualties. again, no isaf hi lows found last night. nice try. did not happen. the gift that keeps on giving. >> who ever has put you behind a desk needs to fire you and put someone more competent. you're making people laugh at isaf's intelligence. >> after a decade of war, much more with words. >>> the republican presidential hopeful, michele bachmann, referred to at too tutti-frutti by wup

the taliban. the headmaster peddled his bicycle 30 miles to the commander leader and he had two daughters going to another school. he got very upset and came in with 120 militia and did kill onal ban and wounded one and arrested the 12 dozen others and found out they had gotten 200,000, 3,000, $100 to shut down the school from the mulla in the village. they went to his house and arrested him and they're a waiting trial in kabul and will probably get 6 - 8 years. two days later think did open up the school and even had another inauguration for the school because they said we want our kids to go to school. there are about 18 schools - she's got the facts. there's 18 girls that are not going to school and we set up what's called displaced girls school but the rest of the kid have come back here and i think if if quest we can give those k the support they need for education i think things could really make a difference. this is another school. this is in a remote area of north afghanistan. the first d

don't negotiate with the taliban? >> i don't think you do. >> would you agree that the taliban -- >> i think this is so much bigger and deeper a problem than we've talked about as a country that we don't have any clue how hard this is going to be. >> newt gingrich went on to say that the taliban has sanctuary in pakistan. >> rick perry proposes not giving any aid or friendship to pakistan but michele bachmann and former senator santorum says that pakistan must be treated as a friend and angering them could be dawn rust for the u.s. >>> president obama called his super committee cochairs urging them to make cuts. >> some republicans doubt that the president wants a deficit beale deal but according to the white house, the president called the bipartisan leadership of the super committee to push the group to come to and agreement on time by december 23rd. the president spoke to them on the phone while on his way to california. he does not want to dilute the deal. that law would cut government spend ailing cross the board

soldiers and marines are battling the taliban insurgency.he other really big hot spot is eastern afghanistan on the border of pakistan. u.s. troops are fighting not only taliban, and al qaeda elements, and insurgents sneaking across the border from pakistan. a number of troops did take time to have turkey today. we visited with some in kabul. for the majority of the 100,000 or so troops in this country, today is just another day. today is another day when they're coming under attack here in afghanistan. host: any surprise visits you have heard about from americans or otherwise? guest: there is a senior marine general in afghanistan, meeting with the troops in the southwest. we do not know too much about where he is going for security reasons. we hope to learn more about who he is seen later in the day and tomorrow. right now, i think his summer in the southwest with a majority of american troops located. he is sure the explicit purpose of joining the troops during this -- here is here with the explicit purpose of joining the troops during th

pieces of the corpses to keep as souvenirs and planting weapons to make it look as though the men were taliban fighters. gibbs will be eligible for parole in ten years. >>> in the turkish city, 28 people have been pulled alive from the rubble after a deadly earthquake wednesday night. rescue crews worked throughout the day, thursday, to reach people still trapped. dozens more may still be buried. the government says 260 survivors have been taken to other cities. the death toll stands at 12. >>> the murdoch media empire has been compared to the mafia. he said they adopted a code of silence surrounding the phone hacking scandal. murdoch rejetted the allegation when he appeared before mps thursday. he insists he didn't learn about the scope of the problem until last year. those are the top stories from cnn, the world's news leader.

is fighting the taliban. >> do you agree or disagree with president obama on libya? what part? do i agree with the part where we intervene with rockets and missiles? do i agree with siding with the opposition? do i agree with saying that qaddafi should go? do i agree that they now have a country where you've got taliban and al qaeda that's going to be part of the government? do i agree with not knowing what the government was going snob which part was he asking me about? >> pelley: the united states invaded afghanistan in 2001 to root out al qaeda and overthrow the taliban. another coach from a major college sports program is accused of sexually abusing children. bernie fine, an assistant basketball coach at syracuse, is accused of molesting two ball boys during the 1980s. one of them first went to authorities in 2005 but no charges were brought. in a statement today, fine called the allegations "patently false." head coach jim boeheim said fine has his full support. the second ball boy says he came forward after hearing about the sex abuse case at penn state and we learned tod

the topics for debate: hhw long american troops stay, if peace wiih the taliban is possible, and whethers shouud continue.analysts say legitimiss his long-term pact with the us.but it may insteaa give voice to opponents and critics of americannpolicy that leaves him yet weaker. nick paton walsh, cnn, kabbl -----end-----cnn.script----- &pstraight ahead... the government ailout hhs a higher price tag than once thought.how much more taxpayers are paying... when it comes to bailing out automakers like chrysler and general motors. girl's besttfriend... but not this price tag.how much this rare diamond sold for... at an auction. p(breek 3)) 3 3 3& holiday shopping is kicking into high gear... pple gets a nee chairman of the board...and as dennis kneale tells us... consumer confidence... is up. up. rush...more peoppe rushing to go shopping.retail sales risiig in october... as folks snap up more cars and electronics.some of those shoppers pending more at walmart.the discount retailer seeeng a bumm in quarterly sales at u.s. stores open at least a yyar...something that hasn't happened n more than

there taliban as you know are in afghanistan and pakistan."this will also be the first debate where former house speaker newt gingrich can claim front punnnr status -- at least according to recent surveys. they show him deadlocked with mitt romney for the top spot -- with herman cain close behind.i'm tommy andres reportinn. 3p tonight's debate will be th last one to focus on foreign policy before the iowa caucus in january. the debate will air on c-n-n at 8 p-m eastern. c-n-n, the heritage foundaaion and the american enterprise institute are hosting. the nation is facing automatic bipartisan congressional suppr committee failed to reach an agreement monnay.tte group of 6 republicans and 66ddmocrats were trying to agree on a debt reduction package... of at least 1-point-2 trillion automatic cuts don't kick in - obaaa says he willlveto any - measure to work around them. students at the university of california davis are demanding action... about police officers pepper-sprayed a group of students last week. week.this is video from last friday.stu

. >> victory against the taliban in afghanistan is that taliban is a neutered force. they are no longer a security threat to the afghan people or to our country. >> reporter: to the plan to pull all u.s. troops from iraq, criticized by most candidates. huntsman and texas congressman ron paul support the complete iraq withdrawal and a withdrawal from afghanistan. on preventing iran's nuclear ambitions... >> congressman paul, let me follow up with you for 30 seonds. it is worth going to war to prevent a nuclear weapon in iran? >> no, it isn't worthwhile. >> reporter: but others support a more muscular approach. >> after all of the work we've done there's nothing else we can do besides take military action then of course you take military action. it's unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon. >> i agree entirely with governor romney. if in the end despite all of those things the dictatorship persists you have to take whatever steps are necessary to break its kasty to have a nuclear weapon. >> woodruff: and on interrogating terror suspects. >> firn president i would

is the strong army again going to be taliban dominated? so therefore, are they starting a new war with the taliban? really i don't know these things. maybe this something happening which is much wiser than what i am thinking, but i don't know. >> pervez musharraf, pleasure to have you on. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> and we will be back. >>> -- who's the president of ubeki-beki-stan-stan. that has all the luxury you'd expect. then you put in an 8-speed transmission that gets 31 miles per gallon. that combination of luxury and efficiency only comes from one place in the world. ♪ now lease the 2012 chrysler 300 for $339 a month for well-qualified lessees. >>> we've been talking about pakistan a fair bit today. we've mentioned afghanistan. but there are other stands that are important to america. not, of course, according to herman cain. >> when they ask me who's the president of uzbeki-beki-beki stan-stan, i'm going to say, you know, i don't know, do you know? >> mr. cain i think was talking about uzbekistan. americans actually fami

from both hands so as a strategy you know i think this is going to fail and what's going to stop taliban members simply taking their money and going back home and i you know i think it's a it's a desperate measure and i think it's a sign of the the failure of the whole afghan episode and the fact that the taliban are probably going to return as the most powerful political force once the west is gone. as we've reported damascus has been hit by fresh sanctions from the arab arab league and there's another blow awaiting the country as u.s. president barack obama hosts e.u. leaders in washington to thrash out additional measures against syria concerns over iran's nuclear program also on the table with the european oil ban the likely response or he's got a guy in a chicky on reports on why the two countries are caught in the crosshairs. splitting the spoils of war in the middle east and north africa the u.s. and europe are meeting in washington searching for new ways to fortify their global position now with syria and iran on their plate here at the white house european leaders together with