u.s. experts in pakistan describe u.s. and pakistani relations as being at their worst since 2001. i think that is a fair judgment. pakistan cannot easily separate itself from us, given the aid and the value of our presence. we cannot separate ourselves from pakistan. public opinion, tensions with the intelligence community, tensions with the military have grown steadily for the last six months. it is very unlikely they will diminish, particularly if we announce that we are making major troop cuts and put ourselves on a vector where pakistan we can -- can say we are leaving quickly. whether that would be any different if we were leaving slowly is somewhat uncertain. if you look at this, the supply line is critical. you can talk about pakistan as being of great strategic interest, but it is not. pakistan is of technical interest during this war because we need the supply lines. it is a tactical interest because we need it support in the fatah area to the extent we can get it. aside from that, on a global basis, this is not a critical, or in many ways important, american strategic int

u.s. experts in pakistan describe u.s. and pakistani relations as being at their worst since 2001. think that's a fair judgment. pakistan cannot easily separate itself from us, not given the aid, not given the value in some ways of our presence. to the extent it actually serves pakistani interest, we cannot separate ourselves from pakistan. but public opinion, tensions with the pakistani intelligence community, tensions with the pakistani military have grown steadily for the last six months, and it is very unlikely they will diminish, particularly if we announce that we are making major troop cuts, and we put ourselves on a vector where pakistan can see we are leaving quickly. but whether that would be any different if we were leaving slowly and had less serious troop cuts is somewhat uncertain. when you look at this, the supply line is critical. you can talk about pakistan as being of great strategic interest, but it isn't. pakistan is a tactical interest during this war because we need the supply lines. it is a tactical interest because we need its support in the fatah area and t

pakistan was all intelligence related. the agencies have been locking horns over u.s. operations in pakistan, especially the killing of bin laden. they would like to see eye to eye with the cia. >> are the pakistani starting to feel that america understand concerns about bin laden killed by an american mission on their soil without the pakistani government realize it? >> sending them panetta to pakistan is the beginning to understand in but they want much clear rules of operation for cia and pakistan. the operations on the ground, having american spies on the ground, doing surveillance recruitment. they want to make sure that we are not running around like we did with bin laden. >> the relationship has been described as complicated. i would say it is putting it pretty lightly. will the afghan and pakistani president be discussing the solutions and will the taliban have to be brought into the fold? >> that is the only thing that's -- president karzai knows he cannot sit at the table and reach an agreement without the pakistani government buying into it. he needs to creat

u.s. experts in pakistan describing u.s.- pakistan relations as being at their worst since 2001. i think that is a fair judgment. pakistan cannot easily separate themselves from us, not giving the aid or the value in some ways of our presence to the extent that the fed to their interest. we cannot separate ourselves from pakistan, but public opinion, attention with pakistan intelligence community, with the military have grown steadily for the last six months. it is very unlikely they will diminish, particularly if we announce that we are making major troop cuts and we put ourselves on a doctor where they can say we are leaving quickly. whether it would be any different if we were leaving slowly and have less serious troop cuts is somewhat uncertain. when you look at this, the supply line is critical. you can talk about pakistan as being a great strategic interest, but it is not. they are a practical interest during this war because we need the supply line. it is a tactical interest because we need their support in fata. this is not aat, o critical, or in many ways, important strat

pakistan because of its nuclear program. and it's brad, it's very bad. >> reporter: the u.s. unilateral mission behind the back of pakistan's government was a big embarrassment. drone strikes aimed at eliminating al qaeda leaders has also heightened tensions. >> i think we've been upfront about challenges in the relationship. but we've also been consistent in saying that pakistan and the u.s. need each other. >> reporter: white house spokesman jay carney had that chance to call them that, but kept using the word partner. he did say the government has been helpful in going after some militant targets and the u.s. is working to improve the relationship. >> the administration -- a scenario where you have tough love, where you have to start looking at the aid to pakistan in order to bring that friendship back to the middle. >> i think, dan, we are very clear-eyed about this. and we pursue this relationship and value it and state its importance precisely because it is in the national security interests of the united states of america to have this relationship. >> now, the white hou

u.s. pakistan relations, right after this broadcast at 8:30 this morning here on cbs 5. >>> job growth is slow in california and beyond. >> we are going to take a look at a group that helps young people finds where they are. >>> reality for high school grads trying to enter the work force these days. >> still to come, thousands head to new orleans to check out gop hopefuls for the white house. who is leading the pack following the latest straw polls we will be right back ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back, i don't think your mic was on. >> well, welcome back gain. 7:39 a.m. on fathers day. >> happy fathers day have you heard from your kids? it is pretty early in the morning. >> i haven't heard from them although there was a card left for me. >> jim bernard also a father happy fathers day jim. a real gift to all the fathers out there, gorgeous day summer is coming up. >> indeed it is a little ahead of schedule. 2 days looking at a warming trend beginning today and continuing through the week. temperatures across the interior, headed into the 90s. a bit of patchy fog continues to linger this

u.s. and pakistan are looking at any information they have to share intelligence. pakistanis will act. atever we do, we will do jointly. ayman al zawahiri. is the top priority for both u.s. and pakistani intelligence. i want to make a point what secretary of state cheney was saying, there is war weariness in the united states. and concerns about the budget. try to imagine the pressures on president karzai in pakistan and then look at the context. just as, for example, one private first class got annoyed with the war and caused wikileaks to happen. there are people like that in islamabad, there are people like that in kabul. that's the context we should be judged instead of this assumption that anything that goes wrong is different because pakistanis don't want to be american allies. we want to be american allies, we are american allies. sometimes things don't go as we all want them to go. >> in the big debate that's going to come up over withdrawing u.s. troops. i don't know if there will be a big debate like last time, or if there is going to be a decision. how many do you think we'll

u.s./pakistan relationship. clandestine relationships around the world. >> peter, i disagree with you on one little thing. i think he must have known it was the cia or u.s. government agency because it's the only time rent was paid on time. i think he was happy for the good tenant. go back to world war ii, the old poster that said loose lips sink ships. we saw it from secretary gates and general petraeus shortly after the happiness, the euphoria after the raid, too much was said. is a general conclusion. now i think somewhere in the white house they're saying, you know, we may have cost ourselves five operatives or allies, friends in pakistan. are they going to change behavior because of this? >> i certainly hope so. i was critical of them in an article in the "new york post." i said, this is not the grands standing we need. we may put the feamilies or nav s.e.a.l.s in danger if people find out who they were. our operational tactics for our military, our s.e.a.l.s, our cia. we trotted out before the public when

we're on a collision course with pakistan. >> reporter: while the u.s. wants pakistan to go after the support network which allowed bin laden to hide in plain sa sight, pakistan has arrested and interrogated five people suspected of helping the cia pull off the raid. it's all part of a spy versus spy game the u.s. plays with one of its most important applies, and defense secretary gates told democratic senator patrick leahy, get used to it. >> how long do we support governments that lie to us? when do we say enough is enough? >> based on 27 years in cia and four and a half years in this job, most governments lie to each other. that's the way business gets done. >> reporter: although cia drone strikes against terrorist safe havens in pakistan's border area continue without letup, pakistani intelligence at the same time actually protect some of the terrorist groups. the cia gave pakistan the location of two compounds where the explosives smuggled across the border to kill american soldiers in afghanistan are manufactured. someone in pakistani intelligence a

u.s.- pakistan relationship with npr's steve inskeep, just back from a reporting trip. this is a discussion in pakistan. are we really an independent country or just doing what the united states tells does to do. >> ifill: we look at the pentagon papers, 40 years after the secret study on the escalation of the vietnam war was leaked to the "new york times." >> brown: and former supreme court justice john paul stevens talks about his years on the bench and the shifting dynamics of the court. >> everything has changed over the years. my own view is that there's been a change on the court every time a new member has been appointed. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. jor nding for e pbs newshour s be proded y: >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> create jobs, keep people healthy, and improve schools. >> ...and our communities. >> in angola chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers, launch child's programs. it's not just good business. >> i'm hopeful about my

>> there is a new soar spot in the already strained relationship between the united states and pakistan. u.sofficials confirmed to cnn that pakistan detained and questioned a handful of cia informants who helped lead the united states to the bin laden compound in pakistan. you heard that right. a country that's officially listed as an ally on the war in terror took into custody the very people that helped the united states find its most wanted terrorist us is pet. congress already was talking about putting new strains on u.s. aid to pakistan. now the rhetoric and ideas are getting tougher. listen to this exchange today as robert gates testified before the senate. >> how long do you support governments that lie to us? when do we say enough is enough? secretary gates, i will start with you. >> first of all, i would say based on 27 years in the cia and 4 1/2 years in this job, most governments lie to each other. that's the way business gets done. >> do they also arrest the people that help us? >> sometime. >> when they save their allies. >> sometime. >> not often. >> and sometimes they send peo

u.s. has dealt a major blow to al qaeda in pakistan. u.s.fficials releasing new details about a drone attack on key terrorist leaders. >> to me it was just, i need to get this guy and he needs to go to jail. that's all it was for me. you don't point weapons at children. >>> plus, an iraq war veteran being held a hero for what he did right here at home. see how the military man and father took out a gunman. >>> and the new park unveiled in a soggy san francisco this morning. membership rewards points from american express. they're a social currency with endless possibilities. and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> pakistani officials are reporting a u.s. drone strike has killed another top terror here. u.s. leaders have yet to confir

u.s. drone. he was called a potential successor to bin laden. with word of his possible direct hit in pakistan, protests there and what will his death mean for u.s. security. diane sawyer traveling with the defense secretary tonight. >>> deadly threat. new cases of e. coli reported in this country, a world news fact check on the outbreak that started in europe. what makes this strain so dangerous? why have so many women fallen ill. >>> the big john edwards case, the prosecution going after him. tonight, the daughter, has witnessed so much. >>> the family drama, the trial of casey anthony, accused of murdering her daughter. tonight the anatomy of this trial. her own family, their words, building the case against her. >>> no hoax, this time, the real balloon boy, 9 years old soaring over america today. >>> good evening, as we come on the air tonight, what could be another big blow to al qaeda, just five weeks after the navy s.e.a.l.s killed osama bin laden. there are reports out of northwest pakistan that a u.s. missile strike killed a notorious terrorist and one of the world's most wanted men.

well pakistan has urged the u.s. to shut down and leave an air base in that country southwest the facility has served as a launching pad for washington's drone attacks against taliban and al qaeda targets on the afghan border of relations between the two allies have been on a downward spiral for months terry rating after american forces killed osama bin laden in early may and for more on this we can talk now to accident political analyst a medical writer joining us live from islamabad thank you very much for joining us the announcement comes as our relations between the two countries are already strained since the a cia killed al qaeda leader osama bin ladin in may now is this direct retaliation do you think yes it is it is in a way a direct retaliation but there are there is of course another reason the and that is being the u.s. is not is no longer they are using has done even sillies and pakistani bases the name for the use payments was the c.s.f. that's equal in support fund and the u.s. was pain pakistan under t

u.s. and pakistan. telling cnn that the pakistani government has arrested five cia informants who helped the u.s. find bin ladosa laden. a live report from his islamabad ahead. >>> the house speaker and the president in a showdown over libya, john boehner sending a letter to the white house warning president obama, the military operation in libya could be breaking the law. >>> anthony weiner facing even more calls to resign. he may be listening because one of his new york colleagues says she's hearing he may be days from stepping down. >>> plus the anchorman who landed an interview with the dalai lama and thought it would be a good idea to tell a dalai lama joke. we'll tell you how it turned out. the first sunblock designed to be applied directly to wet skin. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin kids instantly cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum protective barrier. with wet skin kids, your kids have full strength sun protection. try new wet skin sunblock for adults too. neutr

u.s. and pakistan. >> reporter: nearly seven weeks after osama bin laden was killed by u.s. commandos, al qaeda finally picked ayman al zawahri as its new leader. outgoing defense secretary robert gates says zawahri is no bin laden. but al qaeda is still a serious threat. >> i think it's a reminder that they are still out there and we still need to keep after it. >> reporter: as bin laden's deputy, zawahri was the brains behind the terrorist bombings of two u.s. embassies in africa, the attack on the uss "cole" and the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon. in a videotape released last week, zawahri called for the revenge of the killing of zawahri. >> it's probably tough to count votes when you're in a cave. >> reporter: the most immediate challenge, however, mending relations with pakistan, seriously embarrassed by the secret raid that killed bin laden. in retaliation, the pakistan military shut down three joint intelligence centers and ordered the 50 american military who work there to leave the country. the center provided critical intelligence about the

u.s. officials say militants at two bomb building factories in pakistan's tribal areas fled after the u.s. gave pakistan's government information about those factories. the u.s. suspects low level pakistani officials or local tribal leaders of tipping them off. >>> we're going to turn now to the presidential race, expected to grow more crowded this week when former utah governor john huntsman makes it official. in recent days, he released this ad. it's another race he's likely to join this week. so, we bring in rick klein. and rick, when huntsman does join the race, will there be a bit of a double take because of someone else already running? >> reporter: that's right. he's got a background just about as quirky as the ads he's already showing. but where you see the double take is that he is going to match up in a very interesting way against mitt romney. he's also a political centrist. he's worked with democrats before on big issues. he is also a mormon and part of a political family. like john huntsman, he is going to be making a play for independent voters. the two of them are going to b

u.s. and pakistan is about a three on a scale of one to ten. since that raid, the big concern here we need pakistan's help in the war on terror to root out and fight al qaeda. here on capitol hill, though, there are still concerns about the $2 billion we're giving to that country every year. >> tracie, thank you. >>> house speaker john boehner is demanding the obama administration come up with answers soon about the ongoing u.s. military operations in libya. in a letter to the white house the republican charges the administration will be in violation of the war powers act by this weekend and urges the president to explain the legal grounds for the continued u.s. military involvement, setting a friday deadline for the commander in chief's response. the white house maintains that it has been in compliance with the war powers act and has called the resolutions unhelpful and unnecessary. nevertheless, nbc news has learned a new presentation of information may be made available to congress as soon as today. >>> wisconsin governor scott walker has be

pakistan and u.s. are not having good relations. where does that leave us? does that leave the u.s.? >> pakistan is the key. if afghanistan were next to denmark, we wouldn't be there. we won't worry about it the way we do. it is next to pakistan, a nuclear power. i think martha has it right. the commander in chief and commander in the field are fighting different projects. david petraeus is the author, literal the book of counter insurgency. counter insurgency is nation building. the united states army has been engaged in 16,000 economic projects over there. there's three problems with nation building. it's expensive and we're short of money. it takes time and we're short of patience. and, three, we don't know how to do it. it's like building. nations are not built like tinker toys. >> if you're switching to counter terrorist strategy, there's obviously a bit of counter terrorism strategy and counter insurgency, if you don't switch to that, you don't need 70,000 troops. there's this disconnect on how you go forward. frankly, hearing the general on the hill s

what they get in return for their billions in the wake of osama bin laden's assassination in pakistan the u.s. all but accused the country's military intelligence agency of sheltering the al qaeda leader more questions arising in washington about pakistan's commitment to fighting terror after pakistan arrested five cia informants whose help was key to the bin laden raid how on to support governments allied to us when we say enough is enough most governments lie to each other and so a business gets done and made all the cheerleading about bin laden's killing the u.s. has stepped up drone strikes in pakistan. and pakistan in a number of civilian casualties that result because of the drone strikes. that's like the taleban. in other groups in pakistan to recruit new numbers and they're doing their. base washington now sees yemen as the most dangerous al qaida outpost and he's planning to step up drone attacks on the country establishing a. they sing the persian gulf specifically for that purpose especially now when bin nonce replacement iman also ari is not to be building obl quite as already sig

u.s. >>> making news in america this morning. >> washington's fresh anger at pakistan after targeting its own citizens who helped the u.s. with the bin laden raid. and only abc is learning more from secrets bin laden left behind. >>> hack attack. first the senate's website, now the cia's is the latest to be brought down by online assailants. >>> and hockey violence off the ice. vancouver fans erupt in anger over losing the stanley cup to boston. >>> good morning. official word from al qaeda this morning, osama bin laden's longtime lieutenant has taken command. >> egyptian born ayman al zawahiri is now vowing to pick up where he left off to attack the u.s. >> the cia learned how such an attack might take place after sifting through information from bin laden's pakistan compound. we'll have those details ahead in a "good morning america" exclusive. >>> and inside pakistan this morning, the government is still so embarrassed by the u.s. commando raid to take down bin laden that it's cracking down on some of its own citizens. john hendren joins us now from washington with the very latest. goo

u.s. missile strike near pakistan's border with afghanistan. the strike took place near the town of wana in pakistan friday. u.s. and pakistani authorities have not confirmed whether the attack kills one of al qaeda's most wanted leaders, described by u.s. officials as al qaeda's military operations chief in pakistan. cell phone video taken by a local tribesmen showed bodies wrapped in white sheets lying nearing an orchard and an emotional robert gates met with troops gates posed for photos and thanked them for their service. he paused several times to praise the several times to praise the servicemen and women for their sacrifice. >> i just want to come out here to thank you for the last time for your service and for your sacrifice. more than anybody except the president, i'm responsible for you being here. i'm the person that signed the deployment papers that got you here. and that weighs on me every day. i've had this job for four and a half years. >> the defense secretary said the u.s. would gradually withdraw its combat troops and that the

pakistan. >> reporter: the u.s. wants pakistan to go after the support network which allowed bin laden to hide in plain sight. pakistan, instead, has arrested and interrogated five people suspected of helping the c.i.a. pull off the raid. it's all part of a spy-versus- spy game the u.s. plays with one of its most important allies. and defense secretary gates told democratic senator patrick leahy get used to it. >> how long do we support governments that lie to us? when do we say enough is enough? >> based on 27 years in c.i.a. and four and a half years in this job, most governments lie to each other. that's the way business gets done. >> reporter: although c.i.a. drone strikes against terrorist safe havens and pakistan's border areas continue without let-up, pakistani intelligence at the same time actually protects some of the terrorist groups. the c.i.a. gave pakistan the location of two compounds where the explosives smuggled across the border to kill american soldiers in afghanistan are manufactured. someone in pa

u.s. drone strike in pakistan. our nick schifrin covers pakistan, and he joins us here in the studio. good morning, nick. you broke many of the details about the story about osama bin laden. what are your sources and u.s. intelligence telling you about what just took place? >> the pakistanis i'm talking to increasingly think he's dead. the intelligence officials thinks he's dead. a spokesman for his own organization say that he's dead and locals say that he is dead, but the u.s. says, look, let's wait. a senior u.s. official says, our bar is really high. we've been said he's been killed in the past. that turned out not to be true. so we're going to wait. but the u.s. has been hunting him for years. he's kind of an evil genius for al qaeda, one of the most important terrorists in the world. >> tell us a little bit more about him. he's number four on the most-wanted list in pakistan. is this a big coup for the u.s. as well? >> it is a big coup for the u.s. he's extremely well connected. he's extremely trained. he was trained by the pakistani military. and one of his main jobs was to recr

. >> multilatel in that it ceainly involves afghanistan, the u.s., pakistan. >> charlie: india? >> well, there is acommitment on the political and diplomatic side to have a regional sategy as well. and i wouldn't go into the details of how all of that is working but i have felt from the beginning it hast been just one country, it is in fact the region, it's major of neighboring states. i believe there's a rirmt for the international community pay a lot of attention to what going on here and that that pressure needs to be brought so that we don't see this part of the world collapse. i spent, as you know, a lot of time in pakistan, many people are worried, including myself, about the trends in pakistan, the increased the terrorist activity in pakistani. i will tell you charlie, across the board there isn't anybody i speak to, whether in this country or othersth don't speak to the importance of making sure that that country has a more positive future and that a country with nuclear weapons doesn't find itself under the rule of terrorist kind of government that would in fact join up

pakistan. is exactly the right way to go. also from what she said it's becoming clear that the u.s. is going to continue and it has actually asked about their case against this package carried the trap which means more drone strikes in pakistan some experts say slightly and it sent people to glass is only going to generate more extreme in the region but that was not one of the. in her testimony before the senate committee on foreign relations it's going to focus very much indeed for that let's just kind of live from washington. and the voice of russia radio host ricardo young he told me a little earlier here in r.t. that president obama is scoring political points ahead of his reelection attempt by making such announcements on this one. if you look at the timeline that president barack obama did announce while he was running for the presidency and a bit after he said by this time we had to have a troop drawdown but remember he's also running for reelection so there's an issue of not only the safety of u.s. combat troops there is also the point that is being reelected in twenty twelve

pakistan last week. she gave pakistani officials the u.s. list of most wanted terrorism targets. the joint intelligence team is part of an attempt to restore trust between the two countries after u.s. forces killed osama bin laden during a secret raid in pakistan last month. >>> it now seems likely more san jose police officers are going to be laid off at the end of this month after contract talks broke down. city negotiators and the police union failed to reach agreement by a midnight deadline last night. the city was already posed to lay off 122 police officers. without a contract deal an additional 156 officers may be laid off. the city council could order both sides back to the bargaining table before those layoffs become effective. >>> a new poll shows majority of californians support governor jerry brown's call for a special election to let voters to decide whether to extend expiring tax increases in an effort to close the state's budget deficit. 62% of likely voters say they want a special election that's up 50 # from 56% a month ago. it's not clear if they would vote to e

u.s. operation in pakistan? >> first of all, the long history of u.s.akistan relationship stems and flows. they have not regarded over the decades that we have abandoned them on at least four occasions -- two wars with india, when the soviets left afghanistan, and after the enforcement of the amendment. it is a relationship that both sides have to work on. it is complicated, but as i said yesterday in the hearing and as i have said often before, we need each other. we need each other more than in just the context of afghanistan. pakistan is an important player in terms of regional stability and in terms of central asia. my view is that this is a relationship that we need to keep working at. >> is anything in the near future that could change the relationship? >> just as the have come -- ebbs have come in surprising ways, it is hard to predict right now. the key is to keep the lines of communication between our governments open and continue communicating with each other as openly and honestly as we can. >> from my perspective nothing has changed in terms

u.s. and pakistan is really tense and complicated. sident obama's speech on wednesday, he left little doubt about his expectations for afghanistan's neighbor, after the u.s. pulls out of the region. >> of course our efforts must also address terrorist safe havens in pakistan. no country is more endangered by the presence of violent extremists which is why we will continue to press pakistan to expand its participation in securing a more peaceful future for this war-torn region. we'll work with the pakistani government to root out the cancer of violent extremism and insist that it keeps its commitments. >> but just what are pakistan's commitments to the u.s.? and how seriously does the pakistani government even take them in the journalists joins from us islamabad. thanks for being with us. a tough message from president obama to pack stage. what's your reaction on hearing the speech? >> well, suddenly, it seemed now the focus will be shifted to pakistan and president obama feels that al qaeda has to be dealt in pakistan which sees as a s

u.s. and pakistan on the ropes this morning. i'm christine romans. en, they have been arrested by pakistan military spy agency. >>> the showdown with the president. i kiran chetry. the u.s. could be breaking the law with its military operation in libya. we're live at the white house with reaction. >>> anchorman lands an interview with the dalai lama and decides to tell a dalai lama joke. dalai lama didn't get the joke. we will see if you do on this "american morning." ♪ >>> good morning! it is wednesday, june 15th. good morning, everyone. >> nice to see you guys. >>> we have been following developments in greece. massive protests because of the austerity measures and turned violent this morning. police using tear gas and water cannons on thousands of demonstrators. they are angry about budget cuts and proposed tax hikes by the government. lawmakers set to begin debate on a five-year austerity campaign. they don't have much choice to keep greece from defaulting on its debt. >> the folks in greece don't like it too much as you see the action playing out

made this 300 turn against these people why should we expect that pakistan would change its policy in the opposite direction because of the u.s. interest. we don't sponsor their budget why should they follow about their own country's interest? thanks. >> where is the question? [laughter] >> some how secure the interest and not pakistan interest. >> and shuja answered that it extends on their own national principles and he did as well. all countries to, we do and everyone else does a think is the quick answer. back over here and then to the green shirt. >> [inaudible] broadcast deer to the border region. from the discussion we have established in pakistan isi continues its relationship and a link with militants belonging to afghanistan and taliban and other organizations. the question and the people living there and pasterns to or in the northwest pakistan, they think if you leave afghanistan at the mercy if of the pack as a military will united states get on its war and afghanistan? what is the future? and that is a large issue of relations in countries and i'm not so sure this is the place. an interesting question that i'm n

u.s. and pakistan even as we speak. but i'll let you topline what the story is and then we'll come back to some real-life stuff. >> this story is set largely in pakistan. it's the story of a c.i.a. operation under very deep cover far from langley, far from the eabses that traditionally provide cover. it's an entertainment business based in studio city, california. to hide our covert operatives when they're abroad. it funds itself through a hedge fund in london in a way that i hope readers will find believable. it's doing really crazy things off the book in pakistan and it gets found out. one of the operatives in the opening pages gets killed. the story of the book is really what went wrong with that operation, who knows about it, who's killing these agents from this undercover organization. and then, in a larger sense, what's going on with the united states and pakistan. if ever there was a web of deceit and distrust, it's the u.s.-pakistani spy relationship. and i try to get to the bottom of that and describe character

u.s./pakistan relations with diane sawyer who's in afghanistan. we'll have that later in the program. and this week, just as the race to the republican nomination shifts into high gear, the economy has dominated the headlines, and it makes the very grim reading. high gas prices, disruptions caused by the effort earthquake in japan and uncertainty about government debt made the road to recovery a rocky one. here's abc's john berman. >> reporter: the american road to recovery, just one month ago, along with the strongest private sector growth in five years until suddenly -- >> there will always be bumps on the road to recovery. >> reporter: bumps on jobs, 54,000 new jobs added last month, unemployment back up to 9.1%. bumps on manufacturing, new factory orders fell to the lowest level in two years, bumps in housing, a double dip in home prices all of the way down to 2002 levels, and if the economy hit a bump, for the white house, something else hit the fan. >> when you look at the extremely high unemployment numbers, they still aren't coming down as fast as they should. >> this is now h

u.s. drone strike in pakistan may have killed the man considered al qaeda's military brain. cashmerery's group says he was killed in an attack on a tribal area near the afghan border. the killing has not been confirmed by pakistan or the united states. >> he was a man who was believed to be mounting or in the process of planning large, spectacular global attacks. and that is why he is such a key darth for the u.s., a man whom they believe had the ability and the resources to conduct strikes that could attack the west, particularly in europe and possibly even the united states, michelle. >> here in the u.s., the coast guard is closing a 182-mile stretch of the missouri river from sioux city to south of omaha, nebraska because of continued danger of flooding. it's causing thousands in north dakota and south dakota to evacuate in advance of all the water. heavy rain on top of the snowmelt is causing all this flooding. >>> in wildwood, new jersey, something will break your heart. an 11-year-old girl fell 100 feet to her dealt from a ferris wheel. she was on a class trip when she

targets in the region but apparently isn't anymore pakistan has ordered u.s. military to g t f o and it sees all drone strikes from shamsi relations with pakistan have deteriorated greatly since the tearing and courageous video game narrative of bin laden's defeat by seal team six afterwards the united states government insinuated pakistani involvement in bin laden's long invasion of u.s. forces which. inevitably sent pakistan into a bit of a diplomatic and diplomatic temper tantrum isn't interventionism fun we could start a new war every year at this rate it least until we default on the debt and i say every year i'm always saying you know obama's got the regis for two thousand and eleven. what was i thinking anyway here's a fun fact i figured out the real reason osama's body was dumped in the sea so quickly i have to bet here at least the real reason was probably that one of the seals on ship on the right home got a little bit drunk and seen bin laden's body mistook him for one of his own and drew a penis on a space all right you know that other war the one n

mutual suspicion and now o course with thgeneral having reduced the military presence of the u.s in pakistanafter the drone attack that killed 41 peop in dartha hill and after the attack on atabad, th reduced the u.s. footprint in afghanistan tremendously and it's becoming a rious impediment inetter relationships. >> so what can the united states do, for example? >> the united states can focus more on the development side of things, which historically it has not done. >> rose: gave the money to the military? >> yes. it was a pentagon-backed army relationships and there were otherinterests also. the security decide delivered also to be honest. during the 60s in cubanism and the 1980ese. counterterrorism is primarily a law enforcement action. we never invested in pakistani police and law enforcement which is a big infrastruure which shows signs of improvement and reform. we continue to look at this election cycle in the u.s. we want change overnight. that never happens. we have to invest in education, in law enforcement, and meig infrastructure project. with $1.5 billion per year out which 5 b

u.s. workers are pounding targets in pakistan saying the u.s. workers have had multiple targets along the afghan border. 16 people are dead and it is believed that the u.s. ground strikes took out top al qaeda leaders this weekend. kashmiri was wanted for a 2008 attack in india reportedly killed. another republican made his white house to run official this morning. pennsylvania senator rick santorum will kick off this kick -- kicked off his campaign just a few moments ago. he immediately went on the offensive against president obama challenging his record against energy and took a swipe at his plan for spending. >> who argue, mr. president? who argue, mr. president? to say that you and your administration should borrow from future administrations to prop you love. >> the leak his announcement earlier today on "good morning america." saying that he was in it to win it. coming up, 4-3, leaving everything behind. a deadly outbreak, our scientists and the closer to finding a cure? get ready for the new jumbo size [unintelligible] at returns >> a pow

u.s. and pakistan. allison. >> reporter: u.s. officials are extremely frustrated with pakistan's military and the mistrust between the two countries is growing especially in light of these arrests. the new york times reports five c.i.a. informants are in pakistani custody. one of them includes an army major who copied the license plates of cars visiting osama bin laden's compound in abbottabad, pakistan. another person in custody is reportedly the owner of a safe house the u.s. used to spy on the bin laden compound. it's unclear what charges they're facing. the nominee to be c.i.a. director general david patraeus is meeting this hour with california senator diane feinstein, the chair of the senate intelligence committee. we have a crew covering the event. we're trying to get reaction from them and bring it here for you on the morning news. for now we're live in washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:16. happening right now, the prosecution in the casey anthony murder trial in florida expected to rest i

u.s. has stepped up drone strikes in pakistan. and pakistan in a number of casualties that result because of the drone strikes. like the taleban. in other groups in pakistan to recruit new members and they're doing their. salary base washington now sees yemen as the most dangerous al qaida outpost and he's planning to step up drone attacks on the country establishing a. facing the persian gulf specifically for that purpose especially now when bin alonso replacement i am and also worry is not to be building up all quite as already significant presence in yemen. the us had been cooperating with yemeni counterterrorism forces in targeting al qaida but they've since left the field preoccupied is that with the nationwide turmoil against the sollie regime that means the americans are likely to have a freer hand going it alone with the cia to take a central role because the agency is not subject to the accountability the us military is legally under expect more bombs to fall on yemen when the us starts to hit people who are members of al

u.s. officials have finished going through the first of the files recovered from osama bin laden's pakistanwas directly corresponding with senior operatives in yemen telling them to attack the u.s. homeland. now more on the situation between the u.s. and pakistan. >> the men who owned the safe house the c.i.a. used to monitor bin laden, detained. men report reported coming and going, reportedly detained. that prompted the under statement of the day. >> our relationship with pakistan is extremely important, it is also complicated. >> on capitol hill there was outrage. >> how long do we support governments that lie to us. >> most governments lie to each other. that is way business gets done. >> do we arrest people that help us. >> when they say allies --? sometimes. >> sometimes they send people to spy on us and they are close lies. >> routing out the enemy in pakistan may be harder than ever. >> if we don't have local pakistani informants it will be difficult for the united states to stage operations inside pakistan. that is what the pakistani government wants. >>> time is just about 5:50. s

u.s. drone strike in the tribal areas of pakistan overnight. the reason we're not getting official confirmation yet may be because he has been targeted in the past. he has narrowly escaped a number of strikes, and especially one in september 2009 where it was declared that he had been killed. he surfaced the following month in a newspaper article to prove that wasn't the case. but if it is true this time, it would certainly represent a significant hit for al qaeda following so closely from the loss of its leader, osama bin laden. >> tell us more about kashmiri. he is just one of many high-ranking al qaeda figures that are often targets. >> reporter: it's true. these drones hunt and prowl over the skies of this tribal area of pakistan looking for key militant leaders. but he is certainly one of the top figures that the u.s. has been looking for for some time. he started cooperating with al qaeda only relatively recently. he has a reputation for great daring, great skill and also great success. he is considered or was considered a highly respecte