structure and undeveloped in many respects. you put your finger right on it the main source of revenue for so many rural iraqis in the south and candle h kandahar providence is this poppy crock. they are simultaneously trying to develop alternatives for the farmers so they have other ways to make a living other than growing pop sees. see if that works. that will be an important question we have visited some of those in other places. but it's an open question whether the farmers are going to o that as a viable option this is america's news headquarters. i'm lauren sivan. two oklahoma sheriff deputies killed while trying to serve a domestic abuse arrest warrant. investigators say 26-year-old ezekiel holbert opened fire. none much the victims names have been released yet. >>> a developing story from north korea where leaders appear to be extending an olive branch to washington. they said the north is open to discuss its nuclear program. north korea says it will not resume six nation talks but is interested in direct negotiat

structure and undeveloped in many respects. you put your finger right on it the main source of revenue for so many rural iraqis in the south and candle h kandahar providence is this poppy crock. they are simultaneously trying to develop alternatives for the farmers so they have other ways to make a living other than growing pop sees. see if that works. that will be an important question we have visited some of those in other places. but it's an open question whether the farmers are going to turn to that as a viable option rather than continuing to go with poppy. oo thooengs. we will be right back. of the free internet... and where he grabbed a free hot breakfast to start his morning. so where's kevin? he's out treating his customers to lunch with the money he didn't spend back at his hotel. spacious rooms. free breakfast. free internet. and now when kevin stays three times, he gets a free $50 cash card. and so can you. choice hotels are everywhere, with the best value anywhere. that they have cervical cancer. that's why i chose

it's a 400-acre undeveloped track of land near the intersection of route 7 and 28.here could be a hotel and restaurants and a retail center. those crying foul say they are concerned about traffic. monday night a. small rally of supporters gathered at the county board of supervisors public meeting, and they kept their caps on inside to show their support. and one said no matter what is developed in that space, there will be traffic. in his view a ballpark is the best place to have it. >> i stood there, and kt saying support baseball. nobody said no. everybody said i cannot finally wait to take my kids somewhere. we need it. it's an opportunity. don't mess it up. >> better than you get at potomac, and believe me, york, pennsylvania, better than you get at frederick, maryland, and better than cal ripken stadium, and sometimes it's better than the nationals or the orioles to tell you the truth. >> that was the legendary third baseman for the orioles. and he is considered a heavy hitter here with a vested in this particular ballpark. and he is also a member of the concor

>> well, it's an undeveloped country. only about 24% of it is literate. it has no economy, the only natural resource it has that is being exploited now for the economy is the opium trade. you have a building economy. you have to build a school system and you have to be roads and you have to build an education system. all that needs to be done and you just can't take the taliban out and leave and think you won. you have not won until the nato troops and the collective partners of the western world help them create an economy and education and a health system, as well as a bigger army. you know afghanistan is 1.5 times larger than iraq. >> i want to wrap up our conversation, reminding, americans reminding us all how we should be reflecting today on independence day and thinking of our soldiers and national guard troops. >> absolutely. you know, we have 110,000 national guard and reserve. they're very key to me because that was my last job to help train them and they're making up a large part of our troops deployed around the world today and our hats go off

shepard: than there are the undeveloped economies that are not a part of this. >> that is right. even within the g-8 machine itself, these are just pledges and goals. there is no enforcement mechanism. they have often followed through on goals, but this is a brand new kind of commitment from them, they have never put anything on paper committing themselves to achieving greenhouse gas production. this is very new, no enforcement mechanism. it is a good commitment, but the obama administration admits that as part of a global consensus, we are a long way from understanding what did the film will be. shepard: sounds of it -- sounds like a lot of yackety-yak. i hear that it is lovely in italy at this time of year. spend some of ruperts money. let's get to afghanistan, marines continued to battle militants for control of the southern part of the country. it appears that a large number of insurgents may have managed to slip through the fingers over there. taliban fighters, trapped in a residential area. and they apparently put on burke as and took off. as you know, those of the traditio

the proposal is to build it right here, on this undeveloped tract of land near intersection of routed 28. there would be a hotel, restaurants and a retail center proposed as well. the chief strike against the ballpark, concerns about traffic. but monday night, a small rally of supporters gathered outside the county board of supervisors public meeting. even little leaguers kept their caps on inside to show support for the stadium. supporters said no matter what is developed in that space, there's going to be traffic, and their view a ballpark is the best reason to have it. now, they brought out some heavy hitters. hall of famer brooks robinson pointed to the poparity of other minor league parks he's developed. the legendary third baseman for the orioles drew hearty laughter when he told the supervisors and the crowd that minor league baseball in lancaster, new york and southern maryland is typically better than nationals or orioles ball. there are other concerns, like the timing and financing of this project. at least one environmental group cites impacts on streams, wildlife and taxe

that former vice-president dick cheney directed the agency not to inform congress about a new, undevelopedcounterterrorism program. but some are saying, if it's true, he may have good reason. caroline shively with the rest of the news from washington. >> julie, today, members of congress are reacting to reports that former vice-president dick cheney, kept congress in the dark for eight years, about a cia count are terrorism program. >> on abc, democratic senator dick durbin said that mr. cheney did hide the covert program and it might have been a crime. and here is what senator diane feinstein told fox. >> i think if intelligence could have watched for program and asked for regular reports on the program, could have made judgments about the program as it went along, that was not the case because we were kept in the dark. >> cia director leon panetta found out about the program on the 23rd and killed it on the 24th and braced the house intelligence committees in an emergency meeting that same day. they require the cia to keep the intel committees informed of significant activities and some

as all these large populations of countries around the world that are living in an undeveloped situation move forward and i'm talking about a long-term view now and start improving their standards of living, building cities, building places to work, buying cars, comooukt communication devices, all of those things have requirements for copper. and so the long run view for our industry is, it will be driven by increasing demand in the developing world and then when the economies in the developed world recover, it will make for a very attractive situation. >> and the most used, the most important usage for copper, is it still the housing market or something else? >> it's a combination of construction and not just housing but commercial construction. it's used in transportation, communication, the world has become increasingly electronic and increasingly mechanized. things like energy saving devices will have a significant copper component and if we think about a world that moves towards hybrid cars or electric cars, they have two to three times more copper than ordinary cars. so copper is r

to raise revenue to operate the cemetery, the mount olivet cemetery association hopes to sell 13 undeveloped acres of this parcel to an adjacent school and requested that the federal government relinquish its reversionary interest. this noncontroversial bill, which was favorably reported out of the natural resources committee by unanimous consent, authorizes the conveyance of the reversionary interest to the association in exchange for appropriate consideration based upon a survey and appraisal of the property. mr. speaker, congressman matheson has worked diligently on behalf of this legislation. the administration supports the bill and i ask my colleagues to support its passage as well. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. brown: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brown: 100 years ago, a parcel of land in salt lake city was conveyed to the mount ol vent cemetery association. h.r. 1442 directs a sale of the lands. the bill does not cost the t

four great inventions of the world and we come from a country who has 1.3 billion people is on undevelopment and is working on building harmonious development with harmonious coexistence with the rest of the world. we come from a country where the human rights undertakings have achieved tremendous progress in a few decades. why are we here? i think we came here in the spirit of mutual respect treating each other as equals. mutual benefit and progress to have candid and dialog with the united states. to discuss overarching strategic and forward-looking issues that are essential to people for peace and development. we came here to discuss with our american colleagues ways to build a positive, comprehensive china/u.s. relations in the 21st century where changes are taking place and we came here to seek better understanding and a common understanding and cooperation so we can make the case of our common interests bigger and more beautiful to bring benefits to our two peoples and to the planet to live together. can china and the united states both have a cooperative relations in the 21st century?