prior to that, he served as a status join with the u.s. army center of military history in washington, d.c.. and as a staff historian as the u.s. army artillery center. he holds ph.d in american history from kansas state, an m.a. in american history from ohio state, and a ba in history from ohio university. his book, "homer lea: american soldier of fortune," is part of the association of the u.s. army american war your series. is also the editor of the book by a civil war officer, the artillery service in the war of the rebellion, a forthcoming publication due out later this year. he has even talked on this book at the annual association on the u.s. army convention in december, in december under in -- that was also film for c-span booktv. so today is an encore performance for dr. kaplan. >> thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen. and as soon as we get the screen down i will get my slides up. well, there ago. just bear with me. it's my pleasure to be with you today and i think you'll know a lot more about my topic, homer lea, about 20 m

still paying the price for a fateful decision to join the u.s. army. >> i join the army to fight for other people's freedom. and i ended up losing mine. >> reporter: this is chris cuomo for "nightline" in new york. >> and we give our thanks to chris cuomo for that report. thanks for watching abc news. we hope you tune in for "good morning america," bright and early. ey

the u.s. army ditches a much >>> and hats off. the u.s. army ditches a much hated part of their uniform. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including pacific time zones. i'm lynn berry, and today we begin with asking for trouble. in a development that's certain to increase tensions between washington and islamabad, the "new york times" is reporting pakistan has arrested several cia informants who provided information that led to the killing of osama bin laden. for more on the report we go to nbc's tracie potts. she's in washington for us. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. five in all, according to "the new york times" report this morning including an army major who apparently was writing down license plates as they were going in and out of the bin laden compound. we've just gotten news this morning that a senior pakistani official says that this report is not true. he denies that they've arrested the major, but he made no comment on the othe

the u.s. armyorps of engineers is monitoring the situation and say they're prepared if any other levees are breached. >>> an explosion in missouri >>> in california a helium-filled aircraft is off the drawing board and in the first stage of construction. the football field size flying machine's three moveable propellers makes it capable of vertical takeoffs and landings. the department of defense is funding the process for military uses, but engineers working on the prototype also see the aircraft as a floating cruise ship and possibilities for luxury travel. somethg to look forward to there. >>> finally, in south dakota an '80s baby just celebrated its 130th birthday. born in 1881, a giant tortuous getting some very special treats for reaching that milestone. zookeepers expect to celebrate many more birthdays with the 500 pound animal saying it could reach the ripe old age of 150. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather. here's meteorologist bill karins. i'll have what he is havin

from top brass to top spy u.s. army general petraeus is set to become the next cia chief but opponents question if the outgoing commander in afghanistan is fit for the job. and al cried from families in the news the government of allowing abuse of a controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children. which is hardly coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program the u.k. failed to track detainees handed over to the us neglecting to protect them from possible abuse the shocking revelations forced through by british m.p.'s expose a secret agreement over the treatment of prisoners passed over to washington by a london daniel bushell met one victim who spent years in america's most notorious overseas prison. murat kurnaz was a wristed on the streets and sent to guantanamo for torture after five years america released him without charge to this day the us has given no explanation all said story couldn't as is suing george bush's lawyer alberto gonzalez for ruling tool sure is legal interrog

to discuss the diplomatic and military pressure being applied against colonel gaddafi is retired u.s. army general jack king. thanks for joining us. >> nice to be here. >> the rebels are saying without more nato air support they can't do the job, dislodge colonel gaddafi. >> i certainly share their frustration. 100 days into this and because we've been doing half measures right from the beginning this is taking so much longer than what it should have. the right amount of military force from the beginning to destroy gaddafi's ground forces which are really his center of gravity, maximum air power with teams to control the air power when it's near civilians or near the rebels, probably at the most two weeks and it would have been finished. the irony of this is the longer we drag this out, the more civilian casualties we actually incur. the more people die unnecessarily as opposed to using the right amount of force which would be decisive and bring it to an end. >> given the constraints within nato and given they're not supposed to be getting rid of colonel gaddafi, just protecting civilians,

here we have a map of the twelfth u.s. army group situation in late december. the bulge smashed into bradley's line andulgnocked the teeth out of his eighth score and put americans back to the news river. bradley's army was on the south side of the bulge and his other armies were left on the north side of the bulge where bradley could not efficiently communicate with them. what to do about that? eisenhower took a look at the problem and said at the moment of crisis i have to do something about it. i have two armies that cannot be effectively led by bradley so eisenhower did the ultimate slap in the face. he took those two northern armies and gave them to montgomery. bradley as you can imagine didn't take that very well. to bradley by this time it was all about prestige. not about bradley's prestige. he was in it for the american soldier and what was bad for brad was bad for the american soldier. so bradley decided this was the last straw. toe put ue owith too much from e british and told eisenhower on dece u.er 20th i resign. fortunately for the allies eisenhowe

there are worth it all right well thank you very much for your thoughts stephen i'm anderson retired u.s. army general in ohio for us thank you thank you. that pakistan has urged the u.s. to shut down and leave an air base in the country southwest the facility has served as a launching pad for washington's drone attacks against militants on the volatile afghan border pakistani political analyst ahmed career i she thinks the only way to stop the violence is to end the war on terror. one of the main reasons for the for the continuation of violent activity on the pakistan of god is done border is the mess that the us military has created inside of coniston over the past decade the mess there the way they have alienated a large portion segment of the afghan population in terms of the push to try the way they have conducted the war on terror their the way they have alienated a large pockets really of the country is a big reason for why we have a continuation of violence in afghanistan and how that violence is spilling over into pakistan and most pakistani commentators believe now that one of the wa

first of all, the msnbc are all u.s. army interrogators. they were not interrogating high targets. that was initiallydown done as part of the cia. now ksm and the other are in the custody of the u.s. navy. the army interrogators looking at low-level taliban in afghanistan or iraq. but your view of interrogation is splintered along agency lines. the fbi and law enforcement folks think about making a case. you know, lawyers have written themselves a complex set of rules, over the last 100 years. especially since the 1960s. and they are very cautious about these rules. rules of evidence, chains of custody and so on. these are the kinds of things that upset the fbi. if you are going to prosecutor using the civilian courts, they are right. evidence needs to be maintained and interrogations conducted in such a way as to avoid tampering with or spoiling the evidence and ruining the case. there are some military, predominantly army people who believe the interrogations in afghanistan and iraq should be the model. they are not interrogating the same cases. this is sort of the center of john

happy birthday to the u.s. army. if you did not get the army a president, no worries, it's world blood donor day. do a good deed and donate. let's go to wolf blitzer live in new hampshire. take it away. >>> just three hours from now, cnn's first republican presidential debate. should anthony weiner be forced to resign? and billions and billions of dollars air lifted by u.s. officials to iraq go missing. just ahead -- the disturbing details of what authorities now believe happened to all that money. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're live here in manchester, new hampshire where last-minute preparations are now under way for cnn's first republican presidential debate. less than three hours from now, six run candidates and one potential white house hopeful will formally square off. here are the contenders, the former massachusetts governor mitt romney. he's considered the early front runner this race. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty who's expected to hit romney hard on his controversial health

. >>> darkrooms, dark hallways, all home to the u.s. army. tonight, the final tour. >> cloudy skies will soon be moving out of our weather picture. when a few neighborhoods will be approaching the century mark. i want to crush more cars. i want to sell more tea cups. ♪ i need help selling bread. ♪ i want to sell more crabs. [ male announcer ] you know where you want to take your business. i want to design more buildings. [ male announcer ] in here, small business solutions from at&t can get you there. like the at&t all for less package, starting at just $70 per month, voice plus broadband. it's the at&t network. helping you do what you do... even better. >> word tonight that the wildfire in new mexico has come within 50 feet of the los alamos lab. they take it samples which shows no increase in radiation. canyons were once dumping ground for radioactive material but are now deemed safe. there are concerns about contaminants that could get stirred up because of the fire. >>> this afternoon the coroner's office says the 70- year-old grocery sto

we don't need to re-create the u.s. army model in the afghan national army. and then we really need to focus on the movie force. there's something called the afghan local police program. it's not that people try this over the centuries, of equipping and arming the local police. it creates some problems for you because if you're in the air and you're on a bombing mission and you see a guy with a rifle, you've got to be sure is this a local policeman or -- he's not wearing a uniform, or he is the one of our guys, or is he a bad guy. it's a difficult problem but is probably citable. so we need to refocus that, and i was a bowl our troops men into the bases and let them do the training from our big bases, and let the countryside be under afghan control. it was under afghan control before we arrived. they defeated the soviet army with money and some weapons from us but not with us running the show. so they are not incompetent at defending their villages. and if they have to do it they will do it. but i will never forget a british soldier who asked one day, are you

. >> item 9b, request approval to execute agreement with the u.s. army corps of engineers for staffing costs associated with expect -- expedited regulatory review for the proposed terminal and the 34th america's cup for costs not to exceed $157,703. >> the army corps of engineers one, they will be an agency that will support the work of other federal agencies through their process. the item i am here to present today, kelly actually prepared. she has been negotiating based on a template that was first trail blazed by the puc, entering into a memorandum of agreement to get dedicated staff who are there to address the permit issues that you have on a timely basis. physically the proposal is to provide staff and support. for the city to provide staffing support. we estimate that about 80% of these costs are america's cup related. 20% are related to the cruise terminal. the other federal agencies that would be reimbursed through this effort include the know and national fisheries, who are doing an endangered species act consultation. in addition to pulling t

factions and so really i think the real question is i'm sure it's very difficult for offices in the u.s. army and the u.s. forces and other armed forces that have been serving in afghanistan to see that we're negotiating with the taliban i'm sure that it's very difficult for those families of soldiers that have been lost to see that but i think the real question is to what extent does cause i and his all administration are they palatable to these kinds of discussions you know i mean we always hear these kind of gloom and doom scenarios if we if the u.s. leaves and its allies leave too quickly it'll be a power vacuum but want to be a power vacuum irrespective of whatever timetable is there because after ten years we have been obvious who has the staying power and who has the stomach and it's certainly elements within afghanistan irrespective of how you want to name them. well absolutely i mean the reality is that you know petraeus and gates want two more full fighting years as they call it with the majority of the increment the surge increment of u.s. troops to put pressure military pressure o

legality of extraditing alleged russian arms smuggler the third move to the states or wherever the u.s. army walks of leaves its military mark forming a web of bases that span continents next our special report on the impact it's having on host countries. beginning in the 1980's and the belief is slowly taking over the world that new liberal globalization with its builtin self-regulating mechanisms would finally do away with old institutions like the state and the military and would assure the planet in twenty year of relative peace and prosperity retreat will bring on the great depression nine eleven and the current economic crisis have shown that belief to be largely a myth. but many signs were already there. markets have always relied on state power and military might. america's transformation from republic to economic superpower following world war two was accompanied by the creation of a global network of military bases unlike any other in history. according to the pentagon's base structure report today these amount to seven hundred sixteen and thirty eight countries more than two hundr

. >>> up next after the break, the u.s. army will soon be sporting a new look.ou might say a big change is coming to the very top. >>> the latest apparent overreaction to aviation security is brought to you tonight by the letter f, a new york-based children's author was overheard by another passenger dropping a few f-bombs in excitement over a delayed take-off. the delta jet went back to the gate and the cops boarded the plane and he was hauled off for being disruptive. in his defense, he says it was rediculous and embarrassing, he was in his seat, used profanity but was far from threatening in any way. he said he lost a cousin and a lot of people on 9/11. the airline apologized and put him on a later flight. >>> after everybody in today's army got used to their new look, you may recall when in 2001 when the army converted to berets for their basic acu, but the army combat uniform with the black berets proved unpopular. they are hot, like wearing a wet sock and it takes two hands to put it on and you can't put it in your pocket. so now they'll go back to the old

from top brass to top spy u.s. army general to tressa set to become the next cia chief but opponents question if the outgoing commander in afghanistan to state for the job. ukraine's x. premier goes on trial over charges of abuse of power allegedly losing a country hundreds of millions of dollars energy deals. and i'll cry from families in india who accuse the government of allowing the use of a controversial pesticide which they say is killing their children. also in business sea oil is mixed after dropping four point six percent the session before why is this happening how this is affecting the russian market join me in twenty minutes or more. if you want unity coming to life from moscow joshie well. come to the program the u.k. failed to track detainees handed over to the us neglecting to protect them from possible abuse the shocking revelations forced through by british m.p.'s expose a secret agreement over the treatment of prisoners passed over to washington by a long r.t.s. danny a bushel met one victim has spent

an american jury will decide if the boot future walk to a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena point nine artsy new york and if you want to furnish yourself with more background and analysis about this long running story head to our call there we got the data at the time one of the old vic to boot case you can see how it all unfolded. with one of the highest teen suicide rates in the world russia is now being jolted into action to try to reverse a worrying trend but experts say it's not that simple because there are several causes that can lead to tragedy if left i've noticed results is exam a boy to reports no compassion is a cure but sadly it's a remedy that all too often is too hard to come by. just days before final exams a t.v. crew was reporting and students gearing up for the adult lives that lay ahead of them the teachers pointed to bullying or the broader student who it seemed had her future figured out wish it were a stage i want to become a journalist because it's a very interesting and creative profession which would open doors to the world for m

. >>> president barack obama today promised u.s. armyld keep their sacrifices in mind as thebegins troop draw downs. >> you guys are the tip of the spear. you guys are the ones that face it each and every day. >> the president visited the 10th mountain division. soldiers were the first to go to afghanistan. they were also part of the research. president barack obama says the withdrawal plan will be implemented carefully. >>> nine former members of the armed forces will be part of a program tomorrow along with their k-9 companions. >> i go everywhere with him. >> casey suffered a traumatic brain injury four years ago while living in iraq. he felt his life was over until he found the nonprofit the pathway home and his buddy, the program is assisted more than 200 soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder. they train with dogs coping with flashbacks and anxiety. tomorrow, eight teams will graduate and return home. >>> right now there are 400 million pounds of carpet in landfills. but, consumer advocates say a new law will make sure all ca

. >> redwood city pharmaceutical company received a multi-million dollar grant from the u.s. army to develop a powerful new pain killer. >> the army will use the drug to treat severe pain without the akicktive side effects of morphine. >> net flicks plans for a major expansions in los gatos. so far the city is unable to agree on the plan. fit is rejected net flicks will move elsewhere. >> more in tomorrow edition of the silicon business journal. >> but moving on now. we have a series. >> washington a game that was larry. >> unreal. mavericks come through with would you be of the greatest come back in nba final history. what slump. huff finding the stroke in a final history. what slump. huff finding the stroke in a big way in st. louis. if. >> good evening. game 2 of the nba finals a classic. mavs in miami. come back for the ages led by dirk bad finger and all. dirk has a torn 10 didn't in the left hand. finger taped u up. first quarter off the miss. lebron. with authority. look how high he is. james ties the game up at 28. after one quarter. in the second wade transition. come get

october an american jury will decide if the future want to be a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena part nine artsy new york. says it has a new leader and the u.s. has a new fear figurehead among. some of bin laden's deputy and is now heading the terrorist organization and terrorism expert phil reese's told me that it doesn't matter who leads are qaeda as long as washington uses a perceived terror threat as an excuse for military action. i think the west was. was wrong footed by what was going on in the middle east and i think they're very keen to have a foothold there now certainly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is one of the most active ideological groups there but the yemeni president ali abdullah saleh who was injured recently he used al-qaeda as an excuse to get funds from the united states and then he used those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states going to attack drone attacks in certain areas and claim that's fine we're going to so our influence there shouldn't be question. phil reese ta

twisting come october an american jury will decide future to a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army evidently you are in a fortnight party. iran is promising transparency and constructive interaction with the u.s. nuclear watchdog the e.u. has been pressuring iran to give evidence of its peaceful atomic intentions but in an interview to r.t. iran's envoy to the atomic agency says his country has nothing to prove and nothing to hide. many allegations was raised by united states and i you approved of that investigation taking samples and added to go process that all these allegations were basis in fact before coming to you and i was in charge of escorting all these spectators and i was with them in this way to size it which would prove that this allegation had no basis is every unfortunate after eight years the are repeating these boring new stories one thing is clear that we do not have baby program for nuclear weapons but we are fully cooperating with. the un p.c. dented the most robust space in the history of forty five thousand men these patients have found no every day is of dive

and still ahead for you in the program from top brass to buy u.s. army general petraeus to become the next cia chief but opponents question if the outgoing commander in afghanistan is fit for the job. and the hot issues that brought leaders of two southern nations to the world of coldest continent all the details in just a few minutes right here on our team. now it's cheap effective and highly toxic endosulfan is a pesticide banned in most countries but still widely embraced by farmers in india however its use carries grave consequences for the whole generation of children suffering devastating health problems and while the government claims there is no affordable alternative to the chemical ordinary families are paying the price you may find some of the images in previous reader's report distressing. this girl's body is the size of a baby but in reality she's five years old in her short life syria has endured an operation to reduce the size of her abnormally large head and she's not the only one suffering like this the doctors who have to put it through

american jury will decide picture of the future was there a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army evidently the arena for nine r.t. . given some of the other world's news stories making headlines this hour al qaeda has appointed a new leader gyptian i'm hours away hearing who was osama bin laden's deputy now leads the terrorist organization a statement from the group so it would continue its fight against the u.s. and israel alex over here is thought to have been the operational mastermind of the nine eleven attacks warned last week that bin laden would terrify the united states . beyond the grave. a strong blast has struck nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital and has left at least two people that one is report seeing bodies at the scene and cars on fire sending a thick pillar of smoke into the sky police say the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber the attack follows two blasts out of police station and a church in northeast nigeria a week ago which killed eleven people. a hack organiser organization claims it temporarily knocked the cia's public website off

do you think of being in the u.s. army is just like being a mutant with superpowers because it looks like a battle but army is trying to tell your kids take a look at this new collaboration between the army and the new movie x.-men first class. ordinary people just go for the extraordinary. talents straight. to. get. a chance to see. these. scams. and there's army strong. that's right it's a new sponsorship deal where the pentagon is using its money to lure young people to go to war i mean to lure young people to their facebook page to watch exclusive clips of the x.-men yeah it's pretty blatant pro-war propaganda that completely leaves out the realities and the dangers of fighting in conflicts so why are they getting away with it and how long is this kind of thing going on joining me to discuss that is david sirota radio host and best selling author of the book back to our future how the one nine hundred eighty s. explain the world we live in now david always nice to have you on the show and i think we've all seen a lot o

october an american jury will decide picked a future wanted a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army and evidently the arena fortnight r t v your. grandson's analysis had a four hour to go home where those full details of the history our entire lives of the victims case. iran promised to be constructive and transparent with the u.n. nuclear watchdog came at the united nations conceded new sanctions on tehran as atomic blast demanding prove their program was peaceful and was spoke to iran's envoy to the i.a.e.a. said his country no longer had anything to prove. many allegations was raised by united and i approved of that investigation taking samples and early diggle process all these allegations are baseless in fact before coming to the un i was in charge of escorting all these specters and i was with them in this video to size which would prove that this allegation had no basis this is a very unfortunate after eight years the early picking is boring the stories one thing is clear that we do not have daily programs. but we are fully cooperating with. the unprecedented the most robust

twisting come october an american jury will decide future to a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently arena point nine artsy new york. for more background and analysis head toward dot com where we outlined the dates and timeline of the victor boot case and there you can watch how the story unfolded. iran has promised to be constructive and transparent with the u.n. nuclear watchdog it came as the united nations consider new sanctions on tehran atomic plants demanding prove their program was peaceful well we spoke to iran's envoy to the i.a.e.a. who said his country no longer had anything to prove. many allegations was raised by united say and i approved of the investigation taking samples and added to go process that all these allegations are baseless in fact before coming to vienna i was in charge of escorting all the spectre's and i was with them in this military size that it was would prove that this allegation had no basis is every unfortunate after eight years they are repeating these boring stories one thing is clear that we do not have any program for nuclear weapons

october an american jury decides picture of the future wanted a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army having to make the arena fortnight carthy. some of the world's other big stories right now for you know world al-qaeda has appointed a new leader. we're hearing here was bin laden's deputy now leads the terrorist organization a statement from the group said it would continue its fight against the us israel is over here is thought to have been the operational mastermind of the nine eleven attacks last week that in love would terrify the united states from beyond the grave. a strong glass destroyed nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital has left at least two people dead witnesses report seeing bodies at the scene and cars on fire sending a thick pillar of smoke into the sky police say the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber attacked follows two blasts in a police station and a church in north east nigeria a week ago which killed eleven people. a hacker organization claims it temporarily knocked the cia's public website off line the group known as security also over

american jury will decide picked up a future want to pay our political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena for nine artsy. just on in quarter past the hour here in moscow now let's check out some other headlines now from around the world al qaeda has appointed a new leader egyptian our hearing who was osama bin laden's deputy now leads the terrorist organization a statement from the group said it would continue its fight against the u.s. and israel al-zawahiri is a thought to have been the operational mastermind of the nine eleven attacks and warned last week the bin laden would terrify. the united states from beyond the grave. a strong blast has struck nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital it's left at least two people dead when he says reports seeing bodies at the scene and cars on fire sending a thick plume of smoke into the sky police say the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber the attack follows two blasts the police station and a church in northeast nigeria a week ago which killed eleven. organization claims it temporarily not the cia's publi

american jury will decide picked up a future want to be a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena part nine artsy new york. now or to assume petersburg where it's going to do some serious business as the annual economic forum gets underway up next our business desk comes to you live from russia's northern capital . trends are reporting live at the st peter's bird. and international economic forum here to give you all the latest on all the goings on here at this very important annual meeting the fifteen thousand new meeting in russia's northern capital we do have some news to tell you about earlier dow chemical and the skolkovo fund signed a deal put pen to paper here in order to found a research and development center also. russian nanotech firm side to deal with some asian partners to establish a hundred million dollar plus nanotech fund in order to accomplish that kind of research and development so some important economic news going on here in addition just the typical not the typical but the general theme going on here russia is w t o a session on the table

october an american jury will decide picture of the future they political pressure exercised by the u.s. army evidently the. artsy. iran is promising transparency and constructive interaction was un's nuclear watchdog the e.u. has been pressuring to iran to give evidence of its peaceful atomic intentions but in an interview to r.t. iran's envoy to the atomic agency says his country has nothing to prove and nothing to hide. as was raised by the united states and i approved of that investigation taking samples and having to go. says that all these allegations have basis in fact before coming to the end i was in charge of escorting all the spec does and i was with them in this way to size it which would prove these allegations had no basis this is a very unfortunate that eight years they are repeating these boring stories one thing is clear that we do not have a program for nuclear weapons we are fully cooperated with as they said the un-p.c. done the most robust especially in the history of order five thousand men these make him gay have known every days of divergence of nuclear material to pro

come october an american jury will decide picked a future to day political pressure sized by the u.s. army evidently the arena for nine r.t. new york. ground and analysis head for home where there's full details of the history and timeline of the victim case. elections are needed my be postponed as the country's current prime minister the new constitution must be drafted first the country continues to be under military rule during which around seven thousand people have been arrested since february the revolution and activist david keyes says the uprising to install democracy has so far changed very little some have been jailed simply for criticizing the government others have been brought up on spirits charges of quote unquote insulting the military but increasingly and certainly given the incredible high number of detentions detentions of civilians not attentions of people who have you know tried to undermine the regime but people simply criticizing the military this is a very dangerous trend egyptian dissidents and bloggers who were imprisoned in military prisons and they describe incre

american jury will decide picked up a future want to be a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army evidently you are in a fortnight our thanks to your. party is coming to you live from the heart of moscow let's go to some of the world's other big stories right now a strong blast as it struck nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital has left at least. when it is reporting bodies of the scene cars on fire sending a letter of smoke into the sky police say the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber the attack follows two blasts at a police station and a church in northeast nigeria a week ago. which killed eleven. al qaeda has appointed a new leader egyptian iman al zawahiri who was osama bin laden's deputy and now leads the terrorist organization a statement from the group said it would continue its fight against the u.s. and israel over here is thought to have been the operational mastermind of the nine eleven attacks and warned last week that bin laden would continue to terrify the united states from beyond the grave. more than two hundred militants stormed a pakistan

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the u.s. army corps of engineers is releasing water from floodgates and dams to help reduce the flooding. the river is expected to rise five to six feet above flood stage in iowa and nebraska this weekend and in missouri ten feet above flood stage. >>> some good news to report on the massive wildfire in arizona. thousands of residents have been allowed to return home. the fire crews have their work cut out. so far they've managed to contain 6% of the blaze. karen brown has the latest from springerville. >> reporter: they were chased from their home by the massive wildfire. >> it stopped about two city blocks from my house. >> reporter: snapping the ominous photos as they ran. >> it was terrifying. i was really upset, very upset. i've calmed down, they've given us good news. >> reporter: after nine days, evacuee debbie wallace and her family are among the 7,000 residents finally allowed to return home now that firefighters have beat back the flames. >> all the firefighters around, everybody gave the