, northern uganda in particular about what to do with kony and what to offer him. and there was even a sort of a difference of opinion between locals on the ground who said that they wanted to give him amnesty and forgiveness in a way, and human rights groups that said you're just creating a recipe for more violence, and if you don't stop this kind of violence and apprehend people and send them to account for their crimes, you will just see more people commit crimes. so this should serve as an example be of what happens -- example of what happens when you are a mass murderer. and it's a wrenching decision. it was a very painful episode. and i can see both sides. but, and i think he also escaped for other reasons. but it was a little more complicated than that, but it's a good question. um, you had a question as well. >> my question is, actually, i think, a good segway to both of the previous comments. i'm a canadian university professor here for the u.n. meetings in this week and last week on the rights of women, and i'd like to ask about the pattern of this kind o

by shipping the food from the farms in southern uganda -- northern uganda into southern sudan we saved months of time and not only the cost of ocean shipping but also overland shipping because it was just a few hundred miles as opposed to a thousand miles. >> warner: but am i delight -- let me just get ellen levinson back in here. are you two disagreeing or is the proposal that the obama administration came up with-- after a lot of pushback from many of your members and people in the industry-- the pushback to the sort of early draft, it's now settled, it will be roughly 50-50. is that accept to believe your group? >> no, that's not the point here. first of all, local purchase sounds wonderful and i -- you know, we strongly believe that we need to build the capacity of farmers in developing countries to produce sufficient amounts of food to meet their needs. and to us, that'shere aot of investment needs to go. however, they're not prepared at this point to provide the commodities. and local purchase could be distorting, which it has been in uganda. uganda was not a tradition almay skwr

he's from a religious family in northern uganda, an altar boy who became a witch doctor.rted out, he wanted his lord's resistance army to establish a government based on the ten commandments, but he's broken almost every one of them and his army is little more than a murderous cult. >> crytzer: some things you just can't turn your... a blind eye to, and i believe this is one case of that. >> logan: the u.s. turned a blind eye to joseph kony for more than 20 years. >> c: i n't account for why we did or why we didn't come. what i can tell you is, we are here now. >> ( singing ) >> logan: colonel crytzer and his men are the bridge between four african armies who are working to find kony and his fighters. these soldiers are from the central african republic where many people believe kony might be hiding. the americans train them in their native french, using the language skills that come with being a green beret. and they show them how to make the best of the little they have, like using their beret as a field dressing or a stick as a makeshift tourniquet. colonel crytzer say

the president of uganda into going down a long path way to a school and village to seat aid programsat as president. you have more time to dig into the details so you can have a bigger impact in a narrower field when you leave. that's important. >> stephen: now, the way you describe the things you do and the things you want to do and the way you want to improve the world, i sounds have good but i listen to a lot of right wing radio and i know there's nothing that you and mrs. clinton do that doesn't have an angle. you are always hungry for power. what is the grist here in helping people? what is the other thing, your secret plan here? because everyone would do it if it was just a good thing to do but they don't. you are not going to see me making the world a better place? is there something or just its own reward? >> it's totally selfish. >> stephen: is that selfish and selfless are the same thing? >> no, i do it because i'm good at it. i'm not good enough to play golf on the senior tour and do play my saxophone as much as i used to so i don't like to do it in public and i makes me h

there are many people who of the on civil in uganda's war. activists say there are many more victims too ashamed to come forward. for the first time, victims and activists are coming together here for a conference. it is the first of its kind in sub-saharan african. >> he was raped when he was just 12 years old. he has become one of the world's leading activists for male rape victims. he has flown in from new zealand to help of the conference. >> in the african countries during the wars, it has been used as a weapon against women. it is also being used as a weapon against men. it is about how we can bring that into the open and make the public aware of these things are happening and make changes from there. >> he is writing a book about it. in africa, the pressure on men to appear masculine is immense. admitting to being raped is a terrifying prospect. he hopes the book in conference will help others to overcome shame so that they can come forward and get the support that they need. >> in portuguese prime minister has warned the country faces

the ban is being proposed by uganda's ethics minister.o this approach to the bay bridge ♪ have been the '60s and '70s for today. 60s for downtown is san francisco. and a low mid 60s for the north bay. now taking a look at futurecast. putting this into motion with mainly dry conditions. we will start to see some light rain. and even the of the south bay but it will be a dry starts to the day tomorrow powerhouse your kron 4 7 day around the bay taking a look at wednesday with the mid '80s. and upper 60s expected along the coast. >> after two harrowing bouts with testicular cancer, santa cruz writer and comedian fred reiss has been through a lot. but shortly after learning about his second diagnosis. fred grabbed a pair of boxing gloves and used it as a metaphor to fighting cancer. he even watched the movie 'rocky' to stay motivated. now, fred has written a new memoir of his year long ordeal. it's called "today cancer, tomorrow the world" and fred reiss joins us in studio this morning. >> when i was first diagnosed i thought of the movie rop

so if you want to know why, let's hear from the minister of ethics in uganda. >> anything related to dressing therefore exposing certain parts of the anatomy of a person. all right, i call it, i call it, pornographic and therefore condemned. >> so condemns anything that he says shows or reveals parts of the body that are erotic. >> it's not the first time they've tried to ban miniskirts, is that right? >> in 2008 part of the government tried to ban it again. didn't go through. so they're attempting to do it again. miguel, as you can imagine, ugan ugandan women are not very pleased. let's hear from some ugandan women and their response to the possible banning of miniskirts. >> everything bad begins from the mind. so really let him first work on the mind of men and then come to talk to me about fashion. because i don't think miniskirts and minidresses are trendy and we have a right to fashion. >> i think they should question that, but if you're wearing that, it's okay. but during the day, i don't fancy that. >> and the big concern here rolling back for women's rights in uganda? >> yes,

same media who has wordsmith the american public into believing that we are different from each in uganda or that we're different from pinochet in chile in the way we regard torture in simply look at the history and we're not you know. if there's not going to be a remedy at law and criminal law and apparently there isn't a president's made it fairly clear that he has no intention of prosecuting much less even investigating george w. bush. dick cheney don rumsfeld the others. are there remedies a civil law. now they're going to have immunity every every stage anybody bringing a case like this there was an attempt to even. and i have you know to characterize a couple of them is criminals in spain and in italy and there was you know some thought well maybe that could somehow parlay into a civil case that could least the story could be told but then this administration stopped that they actually closed all that down look this is a bipartisan decision the democrats and the republicans both jumped on board neither asked intelligent questions about what does this do to our constitution in this c

that would be the fighting surrounding the lords' resistance army which is originally a uganda rebel group that fled to congo and hiding out in northern congo and neighboring countries and survived by rape and pillage. we're going talk about the group where they came from and what can be done about them. suffice to say flee years ago they were a huge problem as they are today. the united states among other actors was working up the motivation laying the plans, gathering the resource to do something about it. that would come about a year after my trip to drc to do my basic reporting when president obama announced that 100 special operation military forces would go to the drc and neighboring countries to work directly with native armies to hopefully destroy the lord's resistance army. but when i was there, three years ago, that announcement had yet to come. and the ingredients that intervention were still bubbling in the pot. so i looked at it, it was an unmade thing. i asked myself could this be a new it's not necessarily a new way of warm. there are plenty of armed interventions and

coming up next, surgeons in uganda come up with a new way to treat babies. .nd back on french soil >> our latest storm system is finally clearing its way away from the east coast. just gradually nudging away towards the atlantic there. there isn't going to be much of a break before the next system. that is pulling itself together as we head toward sunday. you can see the snow there over parts of canada. this is the next system that will gradually sweep its way southward as we head through monday and into tuesday. look for snow. it is going to bring us more severe weather, potentially some more damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes as well. down towards the southeast, it should stay dry for the time being. as we head across towards europe, we have had some pretty unsettled weather recently. an area of low pressure responsible is not going anywhere any great hurry hurry. on sunday and into monday will still be wet their over many parts of italy and on monday that wet weather will stretch over the other side of the adriatic. this whole area will be very wet, and certainly not feeling warm

the ban is being proposed by uganda's ethics minister.ys 90-percent of parliament is on his side. but the public is more divided. >> tonight former south african president nelson mandela is home from the hospital. a crowd of reporters and police waited outside his house in johannesburg after he was discharged on saturday. authorities said the 94- year-old showed good improvement from a lung infection late last month. mr. mandela has had lung problems since contracting tuberculosis during the nearly 30 years he was a political prisoner. >> the latest jobs report is in. and unemployment numbers are down. but we take a closer look and break down the numbers that are deceivingly optimistic! u-s economy seems to depend [ chirps ] ♪ [ chirping ] [ chirping ] ♪ [ chirping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] audi a4 drivers have spoken. [ engine revs ] and they ranked the a4 highest in total quality index in its class. [ chirps ] ♪ on which numbers you're considering. the most recent jobs report is evidence enough of that. job growth slowed in the u- s, last

. >>> now, while some countries ban drugs and other lethal weapons uganda has posed the ban with nothingith safety. nadia, what is this proposal? >> a larger ban on pornography and to ban mini skirts because they are seen as far too provocative. let's hear from the ugandan minister of ethics and culture as to why he feels the mini skirts should be banned in uganda. >> anything related, therefore, exposing certain parts of the an anatomy of a person. all right, i call it, i call it, pornographic and therefore condemn it. >> so, this is not the first time mini skirts have been banned. >> well, mini skirts haven't been banned prior to this. in 2008, proposed the ban which wasn't passed. but the fact that the idea that it may be passed, again, to a multi-national, multi-party national assembly of which the ruling government is a majority, it could very well be passed. as you can imagine, ugandans are mortified by this. i know you will want to hear from them. >> everything bad begins from the mind. the mind of men because i don't think they are trendy and we have right to fashion. >> i think

women wearing minisikirts in public might soon be nailed in uganda.skirts could be jailed or face heavy fines. some say the miniskirt ban harkens back to an era of the dictator. tell me what this proposed bill is all about. >> well, it's a government-backed proposal, don. they consider any skirt that comes above the knee to be inappropriate and obscene and put in this category of pornographic. any woman with a skirt above the knee could be in trouble if this bill does pass. i want to say the miniskirt aspect of this is one portion of this broader anti-pornographic bill before the ugandan parliament. it could extend itself to banning films and movies and also allowing the government to censor internet content which they deem inappropriate. so it's not just about the miniskirts but the debate has gotten a lot of attention recently. i want to take a listen to and have our viewers listen to two women who weighed in on this debate from uganda and have really, really strong comments to share with us. >> everything begins from the mind. so really let him fir

the next time you are visiting one of your agricultural projects in uganda the villagers are going to go, hey, you are that dude from colbert. we ready for that. folks you want to follow the clinton foundation twitter feed @clintontweet. i know it's no perz billy jeff but it's a nonprofit. we conducted our historic chat in st. louis site of this queer's clinton global initiative university where every year college students present projects that make the world a better place. for instance, a few years ago jessica matthews april tended cgiu and designed a soccer ball that generates electricity for people in emerging economies. after 30 minutes of play it can power a light for three hours. best of all, you only have to watch 30 minutes of soccer. [ laughter ] so -- [cheers and applause] who knows what big idea will be next? jim? >> i headed over to the cgiu's exchange fair to check out some of the problem solving projects being presented by the brilliant young minds. but first i met up with some old friends. >> as far as i can tell the projects that you got these young people creating to

. >> in eastern uganda cometary has introduced motorbike ambulances to reach patients in remote areas. lives are being saved as people are brought in for treatment cheaply and quickly. now this report. >> martin is an ambulance driver with a difference. someone is in trouble. his ambulance is a motorbike. on the dirt roads in the rural areas, two wheels are better than four. at this clinic in a remote village, this baby and child is suffering from severe malaria. they could not treat him here, so they call the ambulance to take him to a bigger health center. >> i feel good about what i'm doing, because it's my joy if i am saving someone's life. thenside health center, baby is not doing well. the doctor injects medicine. there's nothing to be done except wait and see if it works. meanwhile, the ambulance is out on another call. this time it is rushing to pick up a pregnant woman who has just started labor. the driver is going fast and it's pretty terrifying sitting here in the sidecar. but it's better for a casualty or pregnant mother than to be stuck at tahoma in the village with no h

is that what you write a book about it you can't shut up about it so you did i did i was i was in uganda back in in one thousand nine hundred during the war with video i mean and i was still before i went in there i was staying in in nairobi in the new stanley hotel and there was this waiting for my visa and there was this courtly old british gentleman who every afternoon would come out and have two gin and tonics and we were talking one day and he said well you have to have a gin and tonic every every day here in africa in this part of africa because the tonic water has quinine which poisons the malaria parasite and the june contains general berries which make you unpleasant smelling to the mosquitoes and so this was you know this is actually medicinal and therapeutic and he was very serious about this as was thirty years ago i think the malaria is have got a lot more sophisticated in the years since then but you know is there some truth to that number one and number two to what extent have things that we find in the bar whether it's a gin and tonic or jaeger moister when i lived in ger

hundreds of people in uganda you protesting after a five year old girl was allegedly raped tortured kept in captivity for nearly forty hours face the rest of the man of attack girls in a stable condition but medics say they face she will need surgery because of a severe injury that we've months of angry protests over the mistreatment of women in india since the fatal gang rape of a young woman on the bus the capital last december. but the stars former leader pervez musharraf will remain in judicial custody for two weeks after being arrested on friday it's unclear whether he'll be placed under house arrest police custody or in jail until his next court appearance on may the fourth the sheriff's accused of illegally detaining judges and suspending the constitution of imposing emergency rule back in two thousand and seven. up ahead the latest kaiser report tells us how a basic spreadsheet could cost us all a pretty penny right after this break them thanks for being with us. i reckon cardiologist dr omar our claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping th

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later in life to eldest daughter's go to uganda uganda, they are about 18 at that time and 21 and they are spending a prolonged period of time they're doing work and one day i get a call from them to tell me they have returned safely. where did you go the returned safely that you need to tell me? they went up to a camp on the border of sudan which at that time was in the middle of a war. really? thank you for letting me know. [laughter] but they do crazy things might middle one spent a year in mali. >> just as committed to social justice. >> was just wondering talk about nature vs. nurture but now come glad well wrote a book, where he talks one specific example is a father and a son that or both and fraternities and different generations equally everything but the father was the standard local lawyer the everybody came to this general issues and the sun was mr. zillionaire employer and he talked about all the reasons in our society this was the particularly great time for the sun to rise it doesn't matter what the father would have done with his generation because he'd never could have

we have driven him out of uganda. we believe he is in the central africa republic. i saw firsthand while visiting there what we are doing to make sure his rein of -- reign of terror comes to an end quickly. it turns out kony's reign of terror has been fed by the chinese demand for ivory. he is poaching the elephants, slaughtering them in the area and using this ivory to keep his men in arms and their reign of terror continue. the increasing american jobs through greater exports to africa act is something everyone should support. it's good for the u.s. company, helps u.s. businesses create jobs, is good for u.s. foreign policy, keeps america in a position of global leadership, and it's good for the people of africa. by making superior american products and services the standard in their future. i urge my colleagues to sign on to support this important effort. while we wait and do nothing, the chinese are acting every single day and america is falling further and further behind in africa. madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding of

in uganda, it opened the door for us. >> catch more of jason carroll's interview at 9:00 a.m.tomorrow in the "cnn newsroom." >>> an alarming new study says nearly all kids' meals offered in america's top chain restaurants flunked nutrition standards. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more. >> the center for science and the public interest come down hard in the restaurant industry in this new report. they looked at 50 restaurant chains and said 91% of them did not follow the nutritional guidelines for kids that are laid out by the national restaurant association. let's look at what they say are three of the biggest offenders. first let's look at this meal from chili's. pizza, fries, chocolate milk. 1,120 calories. that's more than twice as many calories as most kids are supposed to get in a meal. take a look at this meal from dairy queen. fried chicken fingers, barbecue sauce, french fries, ice cream bar and a slurpie type drink -- more than 100 calories. was the biggest offender calorie wise -- french fries, grilled cheese and chocolate milk? this one is from ap

about uganda because they were studying africa for the whole month. darling he asked me. he's so sweet. the little one who thinks i'm chunky is in kindergarten and he was like i want to go, too. the bigger one he can't go. she's my aunt, i'm going to go. so they let him out. he was sitting right there in the front with the third graders. >> stephanie: his review? >> it was boring. >> stephanie: although, in fairness, he was more focused on your chunkiness. >> it was boring but the older one was like it was excellent! >> stephanie: and he also said you're not that chunky. >> i was not that chunky. >> the younger guy hasn't really learned to appreciate boobs yet. >> stephanie: oh but he will. >> if not then -- perhaps he's that way. >> stephanie: every time you tell a story about your nephews it reinforces my decision not to have kids. i can't look at that now because there's crackers in my computer. >> it is true. because i let them -- we do jib jabs on the computer. they got crackers in it. actually, that's not what broke the computer. what broke it w

even when uganda said we don't have the resources to keep looking for him.tinued national leadership when that means both our political leadership, and also our citizen leadership. >> and our cultural leadership. our media leadership. drawing eyeballs to the issue, saying we see you, is so important. ladies, this has been awesome. thank you so much for joining me. thank you to jada pinkett smith, chelsea clinton, and zaina zainab salvi. and my earlier panel, that's all for now. "andrea mitchell reports," whose show is celebrating its fifth anniversary today, is coming up next, congratulations, andrea. i don't like to golf. i love to golf. ♪ [ grunts ] yowza! that's why i eat belvita at breakfast. it's made with delicious ingredients and carefully baked to release steady energy that lasts... we are golfing now, buddy! [ grunts ] ...all morning long. i got it! for the win! uno mas! getting closer! belvita breakfast biscuits -- steady energy to do what i do all morning long. arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperw

. >> they brought in people specifically called global voices, they had a woman from uganda talking about things they were doing there. all kinds of people talking how they really use the phone. in this country we're so elite and lucky and we play games on these things. these things transform -- if you're a subsistence farmer in india you can find the right prices. if you get the right weather or health information. >> banking. snipe microfinancing. >> there's no bank branches in most of these places in these poor countries, they do it on the phone. >> and you can find temperature, prices. you can find out everything else. >> to be fair, let's be fair for a minute, i was talking about google's problems, one of apple's problems is it may need to figure out a way to make an iphone chep enough to sell into somebody's lower income economies. they're never going to be the lowest price people, that's not in their d.n.a. but they may have to do something a little bit less expensive. >> rose: back to the point that i think technology is so interesting today. one as i just said is underdeveloped c

kony started out in northern uganda, but his campaign has spread to four countries.ter of africa. we traveled there to report on one of the biggest manhunts that's ever taken place. you don't have to spend much time here to understand why it's so hard to find joseph kony. it's as isolated and unforgiving as it gets. the undergrowth so thick, every step is a battle. when our producer joined this ugandan tracking team, they had been searching for kony and his army called the lord's resistance army, or lra, for three months, tracking them the way you would an animal. >> right now we are trying to find the enemy tracks. >> footprints. >> the lra. >> reporter: this 27-year-old's sole mission for the past three years has been finding kony, and he's one of the ugandan army's top trackers. the footprints are the first sign they've seen of kony's army in six days. as they follow the trail, the soldiers whispered so as not to give away their position. after an hour, they reached this stream, but the tracks disappeared into the water. >> no lra. okay. >> reporter: there were no

there's other places in west africa u uganda, once they are developing the oil resources down there, then have money merges, the problems emerge with them. we're going -- i'm sure have to expand our intel our isr capability in that area. do you have any thoughts about the part of africa you did not mention that are potentially a great threat? i think you covered it well. i would comment if you look at northern africa say from on the west to sudan on the east it's 475 million people. imomportantly, most importantly a very high proportion of population areyouo . >> yeah. >> frustrated and are ly attracted to the yes jihadist. that whole area, i believe, is in the other countries you mention, i think going or it a tremendous challenge. a big challenge. we don't cover -- and so we have focused on area the. the challenge would be how to bring to bear more particularly in the isr to africa. >> africa is unique in another way too. you can find a place right now where we have adequate intel. there's not a real threat there. when they change leadership in these countries, when the bag bone we

i've been worrying about my children who are in columbia and uganda right now, and they're safer thanm. >> oh, gosh. >> which is extremely ironic. >> what are they telling you -- thank you karen, what are they telling you? are you in communication? we've heard there's some reverse 9-1-1 calls going out. are they keeping you updated with what is happening, or are you having to watch local news agencies to figure out what to do? >> we're watching the news. we're listening, we're reading things on the internet. there is a local watertown patch of people are posting and tweeting on that, and we've started getting those kinds of messages in the middle of the night. so watertown as a city has an emergency alert system, so we got a call about 2 a.m. waking us up and telling us to stay in the house, and that's the entire -- that the entire town was on lockdown. so at that point we could also see flashing lites. we live not very far from that auburn street where a lot of the shooting and everything was taking place. we could see the flashing lites and smell the gun powder, so that's not what s

it's a violent rebel group from uganda scattered throughout central africa kanchts two men dead afterand burst into flames. witnesses could hear the engine sputtering before the chopper plunged straight down. ntsb spokesman said initial reports show there were birds in the area and may have been a problem with the helicopter's tail rotor. >>> 50 feet down to the pavement, this suv took a terrifying plunge last night in downtown atlanta. you see firefighters put a neck brace on the driver. he may have had a medical problem. all four people in the jeep went to the hocht but spital. the driver was cited for t not having a license. >>> attention, a rare florida panther returned to the wild. scientists hope they he will do his part to keep this species going. their mother had died. the sister was released in february. they have monitoring collars on so wildlife experts can keep track of them. fewer than 200 panthers are believed to be left in south florida. >>> call it a case of sheer embarrassment. corporate transparency. coming up, a company forced to pull yoga pants off store shelves be

>> there goes my vacation to uganda. >> stephanie: cancel that. [ buzzer ] >> sheesh. >> stephanie: thatand selena gomez, the latest in the series of swatting incidents. such calls intended to draw s.w.a.t. officers as a prank are a growing problem that could result in interference. although probably most of the calls about me are true. >> boy band. >> computer says yes. >> stephanie: let's go -- >> i'm sure he's seen you passed out on your lawn before. >> stephanie: he hushes. if he knows what's good for him. chris in pennsylvania. >> nothing? nothing? >> stephanie: chris in pennsylvania. >> caller: before i make my comment, i'm watching on current. i tune in every day to see what you will be wearing. t-shirt, baseball cap. and now you go on cnn, you're wearing a bra and a jacket. >> stephanie: it is later in the day, i can get it together by then. >> caller: here's the comment. i wanted to point out that you were talking about the rutgers coach. mike rice earlier. almost a perfect -- it is a visual representation of the way the republicans treat obama. hurling abuse and slurs at him. i

but when i was growing up my friend in uganda would say to me when i was growing up in my village weere poor that we had food. now we have long periods of drought and flash flooding and then more drought and it destroyed the school and they formed a group of women to try to cope with that. in liberia a friend would say to me when i was growing up in liberia we had two predictable rainy seasons that came within a week of when they should come. not anymore. when we get a rainy season we don't know, how do and mend my roads? how do i manage my economy in that situation? that is the situation all over south africa, south asia and north america. i was in bangladesh and i saw the devastating impact of the flooding from a cyclone where it had filled smiles and miles, hundreds of miles of fields with tainted water and the crops would not grow on it. i saw adaptations. you have to have new seeds and new ways of growing for waterlogged or dry conditions. this is expensive and difficult and poor people are undermined in their food security. of course if you under find people their livelihoods a

areas of the world where they have a constitutional prohibition that would require people to stop -- uganda comes to mind. has there been any talk of any kind of an effort on his behalf to be able to remain there? i understand there's not but i just wanted to get that into this record. >> senator, there's not been any public discussion about that. in several meetings that i've attended, with the ambassador with president karzai, with secretary kerry and hagel. on each occasion president karzai has expressed his intent to stand down in april 2014. i also attended his address to parliament a month ago where he announced there that he also intended to step down on the fifth of april of 2014. >> i understand that. is there any talk about who might succeed him? >> senator, there's a tremendous amount of political activity ongoing in afghanistan right now but it would be difficult for me to select a favorite at this point. >> there's kind of a history that when rogues are on their way out they clean up their act. have you seen a more positive karzai than we've seen in the past? >> general, over t

areas of the world where they have a constitutional prohibition that -- d require people to stop uganda comes to mind. has there been any talk of any kind of an effort on his behalf to be able to remain there? i understand there's not but i just wanted to get that into this record. >> senator, there's not been any public discussion about that. in several meetings that i've attended, with the ambassador with president karzai, with secretary kerry and hagel. on each occasion president karzai has impressed his intent to stand down in april 2014. i also attended his address to parliament a month ago where he announced there that he also intended to step down on the fifth of april of 2014. >> i understand that. is there any talk about who might succeed him? >> senator, there's a tremendous amount of political activity ongoing in afghanistan right now but it would be difficult for me to select a favorite at this point. >> there's kind of a history that when rogues are on their way out they clean up their act. if have you seen a more positive karzai than we've seen in the past? >> general, ove