all of this and we'll talk to the retired general who was once responsible for afghanistan, anthony zinni. i'll have a final word about the end of the world. it didn't happen and we'll have the details. but first national security add vidzor... advisor jim jones on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: we begin in the studio this morning with general jones. general, thank you for coming. more bad news from afghanistan this morning. eight american troops killed in this latest attack. this as the white house is debating whether to send more troops to afghanistan. i want to begin by asking you about this meeting that the president had with general mcchrystal, our top general in afghanistan. he met with him in copenhagen. after the general basically shot down the idea of changing our strategy in afghanistan. two questions. first, did the president feel that the general was trying to bring pressure on him in public and did he tell him not to d