>> lawmakers say they want to look into e-mails between major nidal hasan and a radical cleric in yementhe fbi says it knew about those but concluded that hasan had no links to terrorism. >>> meanwhile, family and friends said their final good-byes to six victims of the shootings. funerals for five soldiers and civilian held in several states yesterday, one was in elle wood, elle elle, where a young private was laid to rest. wgn was there. >> reporter: old glory remained suspended. this woman brought her own. she didn't know michael pearson. she watched from across the street. >> it's sad really to see things happen to young guys when they try to serve the country and then it goes bad. >> reporter: family and friends of army private first class michael pearson said good-bye this afternoon. ceremony inside the fred daenz funeral home was private. illinois governor pat quinn among those inside. >> mom and dad you could tell there's no words in the english language or any language to relieve the pain of losing someone you've known from the day they were born. >> reporter: michael pearson o

we will not neglect the importance of yemen and its dangers. but the important center of global terrorism remains the one we have been talking about today. >> the prime minister always mentions of the sacrifice given by soldiers, but sadly isn't this repeating the situation from the states adecades ago as with vietnam? we want to withdraw, boat we keep going closer and closer to accomplish that cannot be one. >> look at the support for the taliban in of in the standing of his assumption is that somehow the insurgency has massive popular support and the vast majority of the population would go with that insurgency if they have the choice. i do not think it reflects the situation in of in a stand. a poll was done recently that said only 8% of the population there supported in any way the taliban and insurgency. -- i do not believe it reflects the situation in of in a stand. the poll says only it% support. i believe we have the ability to work with the afghan people to defeat this insurgency. possibly there are many people associate with it who ar

they want to look into e-mails between shooting suspect major nidal hasan and a radical cleric in yementhe fbi says it knew about those but concluded hasan had no links to terrorism. >>> meanwhile, family and friends said their final good-byes to six victims of the shootings. funerals for five soldiers and one civilian were held in several states yesterday. one funeral was in ellewood, illinois, where a young private was laid to rest. wgn was there. >> reporter: old glory hangs suspended between two joliet ladder trucks, the 74-year-old katherine brought her own. she didn't know michael pearson and watched from across the street. >> it's sad, really, to see things happen to young guys, you know, when they try to serve the country and then it goes bad. >> reporter: family and friends of army private first class michael pearson said good-bye this afternoon. the ceremony inside the fred danes funeral home was private. illinois governor pat quinn among those inside. >> his mom and dad, you could tell there's no words in the english language or any language to relieve the pain of losing some

force not pursuing the lead they had apparently through emails between him and a radical cleric in yemen. >> some of the reports about concerns from other officers raise questions in your mind as to whether the military is properly evaluating people or a sensor going on about whether or not they are giving proper evaluations? >> there are questions that need to be addressed inside the military and that investigation is going on right now and by us. the answer to your question is yes. >> are you satisfied with what secretary gates has announced with their internal investigation? are you satisfied? >> from what i have seen, yes. i haven't heard -- i heard what secretary gates said. it sounds like it is a thorough investigation. the president wants an investigation by the end of november. that is prompt and proper. but that does not eliminate the need for congressional oversight. we have a responsibility here not just to make sure that the f.b.i. has a proper investigation and that the intelligence service here -- intelligence services here, including homeland security properly investigate

to look between e-mails between shooting suspect major nidal malik hasan and a radical cleric from yemen they concluded he had no links to terrorism. >>> meanwhile, family and friends said their final good-byes to six victims of the shooting. funerals for five soldiers and one civilian were held in several states yesterday. one funeral was in illinois where a young private was laid to rest. antoine miller from affiliate wgn was there. >> reporter: old glory hangs suspended between two ladder trucks. but 74-year-old catherine brought her own. she didn't know michael pearson. she watched from across the street. >> it's sad really to see things happen to young guys when they try to serve the country and it goes bad. >> reporter: family and friends of army private first class michael pearson said good-bye this afternoon. the ceremony inside the funeral home was private. illinois governor pat quinn among those inside. >> his mom and dad, you can tell there's no words in the english language or any language to relieve the pain of losing someone you have known from the day they were born. >> re

although he is not the only one anwar aulaqi though base in yemen is an example of this concept. his previous ties were discussed as well as his ability to translate literature that promotes violence jihad into english has enabled his widespread. not only has aulaqi been a religious authority cited by the convicted explotters who were disrupted in a 2007 plot against fort dixon in jersey, but his aides are also played for all of those who attended a training camp held the north of toronto in the winter of 2005. that group plotted to explode 3 tons of ammonium nitrate in toronto in the fall of 2006. key judgment, number one, in recent years u.s. authorities have uncovered significant and increasing numbers of radicalized clusters of individuals intent on committing violent jihad either in the united states or abroad. this confirms that radicalization is taking place in the united states today. number two, it is also noteworthy that in the past year there have been a half-dozen cases of individuals who, instead of traveling abroad to carry out violence, have elected to do it here i

yemen which borders saudi arabia has been much in the news in recent days because of that troubled border area. is also losing its irrigation water supply. the yemeni aquifer is replaceable, but they are pumping at four times the rate of recharge. so they're going to lose their irrigation water within a matter of years. but what really makes a difference is big countries. a world bank study of india points out, this is a 2005 study, points out that 15 percent of india's peoplere

yemen, which borders saudi arabia has been much in the news in recent days because of that troubled border area. it is also losing its irrigation water supply of. the yemeni aquifer is replenish a bold but they are pumping it at four times the rate of recharge so they are going to lose most of their irrigation water within a matter of years. but what really makes the difference is the big countries. a world bank study of india points out in 2005 study, points out that 15% of the india's people are being fed from grain produced by over pumping. that is 175 million people. we have done a comparable as the men for china. it is about 130 million people being fed by over pumping in you can go through the list of countries, pakistan, iran, mexico that are also over pumping. but one of these days, and the thing that is so, so disturbing about this is that water tables are following in so many countries at the same time. countries in the middle east that imports, that they are pushing against the limits of their water supply, and north africa and throughout the middle east including iran, when the

now is he in yemen? i believe necessary yemen you now. and he's saying that he admires the man. let me ask you a quefl do you think the intelligence community, the cia, i guess, and army officials missed the whole radicalization that was going on with this guy? >> it looks like they missed quite a few things. we still don't know what and that's an important point. we can't jump to conclusions. we don't know enough about the rimz he has externally, the relationships with the military. we've been urging everyone to take a deep breath and focus on the families who really need the support of a nation. we can't rush to stereotyping soldiers. we can't rush to stereotyping muslim americans. we have to really urge folks to focus on the families before we jump to conclusions before their affiliations because most people don't know right you now. >> there were certain signs, he was showing signs that he was radicalizing against the country and no one seemed to pick it up. let me ask you something. was that incompetence or political correctness that nobody came in and intercepted when this

we did discuss the situation in yemen. the secretary outlined for me the saudi view of the situation there. i will leave it at that. >> had the election in afghanistan affect the drawdown -- how did the election in iraq affect the drawdown of troops? >> i would say that we have -- we are continuing to proceed on the assumption that the drawdown will take place. frankly, we were heartened when the election law was passed. we hope the current -- concerns that have been expressed can result quickly and new legislation passed so that the election can take place within the constitutional framework before the end of january. we have seen nothing at this point that would make that necessary. >> are you in favor of setting a precise time line as far as the invasion of the georgia invasion by the soviet union? >> clearly, a very important part of the strategy and afghanistan -- in afghanistan has to be the increase in the size of the afghan national security forces and their training. and part during with us. -- and partner in with

maybe with increasing sectarian divide, in the advance in yemen, iraq, and lebanon, where it is these negotiations with iran and how much does that accomplish as the obama administration? >> mr. ambassador, do you think the subject of human rights should be included? >> dur talk discusses bilateral relations. however, it has been multilateral for many years. number two, there are actors that have interest that are not part of it. so how do you factor that in as well? >> jazz, particularly with respect to afghanistan, both positive and negative and how does that factor into a negotiation in the used negotiations? >> okay. let's see how we do this. the question you ask about the sunni shia issues it's easy for me to get back to this pendulum swing we talked about between state and cause and which one prevailed. it's very clear to me that the priority for the islamic republic in the last 30 years has been at survival. and it will do what needs to be done to survive. and particularly, the leaders will do what they need to do to survive politically. so for example, there are things out the

police in yemen want to know if he has ties to al-qaeda.was arrested there once on suspicion of giving religious approval on kidnappings. a u.s. government source says they e-mailed each other many times over several months. >>> the woman who fell right on to the train tracks as the train was coming was saved at the last second and now, she's grateful for the people who saved her. here she is, falling right on to the tracks. the train driver stopped in time. just in time. >> people were waving, but waving a little bit too much and they were really, really close to the yellow line, which they're not supposed to be, so that's telling me to slow down. >> i kept yelling at her to just get up -- >> what were you saying? >> just get up. >> the woman who fell said she did not think she was drunk, but admitted she had four, 22 ounce beers. so that's huge. >> 88 ounces. >> what is a normal one? >> 12. >> 34 minutes past the hour. kind of a rainy, yucky start because of what used to be ida. >> what we're seeing right now is just the transfer of energ

investigation, anwar ellackey the former imam of a suburban center left in 2002 and may be living now in yementhere was nothing to warrant further action. again, though, want to let you know, president obama and mrs. obama shgs video of a couple minutes ago arrives in texas for a memorial service for the 13 people killed, and we, again, have a live report coming to you from ft. hood in a few minutes. >>> the cbs news producer charged with blackmailing david letterman is in court right now. prosecutors say robert joe halderman threatened to expose his affairs with women on his staff if he didn't pay him $2 million. the defense attorney asked the judge to dismiss the case altogether saying his client was merely trying to sell a screenplay. letterman made tv hisry last month when he quett confessed on his show he indeed slept with women who worked for him. >>> the former astronaut accused of attacking another woman over an ex-boyfriend may take a plea deal. remember lisa nowak? a pretrial hearing in about 90 minutes from now. prosecutors say the deal has conditions but are not disclosing them to.

. >> this guy, this cleric now in yemen, he was in touch with the 9/11 hijackers. right? why wasn't that a red flag for the army to say, why are you talking to this guy? >> i don't understand. like i say, it's not against the law. but it should be against the military code of conduct. there should be no active duty military officers who are allowed to have open communication with a known terror suspect unle they are working on the investigation. anyone is is suspected of that should be pulled aside and questioned and they should not be put in a situation where they are in charge of talking to other solars about their problems. r . >> this congressman, he said that overseas jihadists are radicalizing people around the country. is this happening from abroad and they are influencing people in this country? is that happening? >> we don't know if this guy is radicalized. >> do you think he is a nut or is he radicalized? >> he can be a radical nut. >> i guess. >> there is a compromise. >> they don't blot out each other. you know, there are -- congressmen and senators get in on

. >> this guy, this cleric now in yemen, he was in touch with the 9/11 hijackers. right? why wasn't that a red flag for the army to say, why are you talking to this guy? >> i don't understand how -- like i say, it's not against the law but it should be against the military code of conduct. there should be no active duty military officers who are allowed to have open communication with a known terror suspect unless they're working on the investigation. anyone who is suspected of that should be pulled aside, questioned, not just monitored, questioned and they should not be put in a situation where they're in charge of talking to other soldiers about their problems. >> this congress -- there's a congressman, heck stra, i think is how you say it, he said overseaed jihadists are radicalizing people around the country. is this happening from abroad somewhere and they're influencing people in this country? is that happening? >> we don't know if this guy is radicalized. he could just be a nut. >> do you think he's a nut? or is he radicalized? >> well, he could be a radical nut. c

now is he in yemen? >> yes. >> he is saying that he admires the man. think the intelligence community, the cia, i guess, and army officials missed the whole radicalization that was going on with this guy? >> it looks like they missed quite a few things. we still don't know what and that's an important point. we have to emphasize right now. we can't jump to conclusions. we don't know enough about the relationships he has externally, the relationships he had within the military. we've been urging everyone to take a deep breath and focus on the families at fort hood who really need the support of a nation. we can't rush to stereotyping soldiers. we can't rush to stereotyping muslim americans. we have to really urge folks to focus on the families and keep that caution before we jump to conclusions about what this man's affiliations were because most people don't know right you now. >> there were certain signs, he was showing signs that he was radicalizing against the country and no one seemed to pick it up. let me ask you something. was this incompetence o

protestors burning pofters of king ap duala reportedly over the recent saudi bottom barredment in yemen. now i have no idea why this is happening in majority sunni turkey, majority sunni secular turkey, but shows there are many changes happening throughout the region that perhaps are more under the radar than they should be. >> one last question. >> do you see hard line islamization in turkey in the face of u.s.? >> when you force people to be one thing, they'll react against it. iranians over the past 30 years are getting more secular whereas the trend was more religion. >> i mean in turkey. >> i understand. i'm giving an example of its neighbor. if you take that template and apply it to turkey, it does seem as if things are moving in a more religious direction. at the same time, turkey is a country that is feeling at ease with it self. it spent the last 80 years engaged in a project that could be described as cultural schizophrenia. we are more western than eastern. we had this in greece where part of the preparations for entering the e.u., everyone studied in england. or italy. west

he may be in yemen. agents decided there was nothing to warrant further action.hey were in effect benign. the fbi is starting a new internal review to see if it might have missed any red flags. >> i guess no one saw the signs on him. can you imagine if they missed the signs with someone else? i mean, you know, this is ridiculous. >> think they were probably a lot of connections that should have been made that weren't made but we're at war and we're around lot of pressure, and maybe that's what happened. >> hasan is still in intensive care at the burn unit in san antonio. he has met with investigators but he has declined to answer their questions. right now in new york police are trying to figure out why a man walked into the school with a rifle and took the principal hostage. the school immediately went into lo lockdown as police a arrived at the scene. the man surrenders after a two-hour standoff. the state government official identifies the suspect as christopher craft, a man in his 40s who once attended the school. his son was recently suspended from the schoo

maybe with the increasing sectarian divide in the events in yemen and iraq and lebanon, where does this fall in the negotiations with iran and how much does that complicate the efforts of the obama administration? >> voice of america. mr. ambassador could the negotiation between tehran and washington, do you think the subject of human rights should be included? >> my name is wrong with washington tv. your talk discussed bilateral relations however talks of the multilateral for many years, number one. number two their actors that have the interest in the results of negotiations that are not part of it, namely israel and the arab world so how the factor that into this world? >> yes, i would also like to ask about iran's role in the region particularly with respect to afghanistan both positive and negative mac and how does that factor into any negotiations and is that something that can be used in the negotiations? >> okay. let's see how we do this. it gets that-- the question you asked about sunni-shia issues, it seems to me to get back to this pendulum swing we talked about between state

when program update -- abc chief foreign affairs correspondent martha had to travel to yemen this weekend. her husband of npr news is here in her stead. caroline kennedy will join us later today and offer opening remarks for our afternoon session, but i also wanted to note we are pleased to have clifton truman daniel, the grandson of president truman, here with us today. if you could stand, we would like to welcome you. [applause] the exhibit that sharon mentioned in the foyer, one of the most arresting documents is a bid document from -- is a entry from harry truman's diary, nine days after the first test. the present rights, "we have discovered the most terrible bomb and the history of the world. it may be the fire prophesied in the euphrates after noah and his fabulous ark. it may be a good thing that hitler and stalin did not discover this atom bomb. it is the most terrible thing ever discovered, but it can be made most useful." please join me in welcoming our first panel, reverend wilson, ms. campbell, richard rhodes, thank you. >> we are going to begin by discussing whether or not r

plan, the soviet union expanded by gathering into its camp vietnam, laos, cambodia, mozambique, south yemen, nicaragua, grenada, and afghanistan. almost all of these countries fell into economic disarray and military collapse with civil wars berlin ogoing on. the results of that was a massive increase in the difficulty of the soviet union trying to defend its overseas dependencies. it would have been better off contained. some of that lesson came through in the 1980's when the soviet union's new thinking was going on. the whole idea of our ideological bondage, they decided maybe it was not such a good idea. that may happen when the cold war came to an end. on wolfowitz's statement about democracy, i strongly agree. i wrote a book about that 10 years ago. it argued that democracy has been on a chair for 200 years. it has had setbacks. -- it argued that democracy has been on a tear for 200 years. it has had setbacks. the countries have been able to do it. where i disagree is that the idea of democracy leads to policy outcomes that you might like. we've had rampaging democracy going on in the

we saw the events in yemen and iraq and lebanon. where does this fall in the negotiations with iran, and how much does it complicate the efforts of the obama administration? >> yes. [inaudible] >> thank you. [inaudible] voice of america. mr. ambassador, serious negotiation between tehran and washington, do you think the subject of human rights should be included? >> my name is ron, i'm with washington tv. your talk discussed bilateral relations. however, talks have been multilateral for many years, number one. number two, there are actors that have interests in the result of negotiations that are not part of it, namely israel and the arab world, so how do you factor that in as well. >> and one more up here. >> yes. i'd also -- also like to ask about iran's role in the region, particularly with respect to afghanistan, both positive and negative, and how does that factor into any negotiations, or is that something that can be used in the negotiations? >> okay. let's, let's see how we, we do this. it gets, the question you asked about

i don't think the location of where the offense occurred in yemen as opposed to new york city is very important, since extraterritorial jurisdiction applies all over the world as a result of amendments we made in 1984. the point on protecting intelligence sources and methods looks, to me, to be aligned. with respect to the evidentiary problems, there could be. the decision to make these trials in the article 3 courts is quite a testimonial to our criminal justice system to try these horrendous criminals with the rights of a criminal court, constitutional rights is a great credit to the united states. the military commissions have been crafted after a lot of starts and stops, but what standards do you apply to try the terrorists one place instead of the other? >> well, we do it on a case-by-case basis using the protocol that i think you have in front of you. there are evidentiary questions. i think the location of the crime can be a factor, and i think you're right, given the extraterritorial -- >> are you saying you have less evidence necessary in a commission as opposed to an article