this is the administration that killed osama bin laden. >> here's the other issue that i think we'd failed at, that is in our ability to collect intelligence around the world the. this administration in particular has been an absolute failure when it comes to extending the dollar and supporting the cia and military intelligence around the world to be able to draw in that intelligence that is going to truly be able to allow us to keep the next terrorist attack from happening on american soil. >> cal in the world does he come to that conclusion? >> is nonsense, the intelligence budget has gone up significantly. we have killed all but -- all the top leaders of al qaeda already. >> the record is very strong. crystal ball, how does he know that we have not collected good intelligence? there are scores that the other administration was not able to accomplish. >> there is absolutely no proof and his completely baseless assertion. there were lots of attacks on obama, but they were all vague, he's not a leader or believe in america exceptional lissome, all of these conservative means which are comp

and, by the way, the ship, the "uss carl vinson" is the one that carried osama bin laden's body to sea. the game will be carried on our sister network, espn. >>> and a special homecoming, just in time for veterans day. students at an alabama elementary school gathered for their annual assembly honoring the military. madison mehringer had no idea the guest speaker, a green beret who had been serving overseas, might be someone she recognized. >> oh my god! >> hi. i love you. >> and he told me he was going to fight in the war, it was heartbroken but i knew that my dad was going to make our country better. i watch these tv shows sometimes and when little kids see their dads and sometimes i wish it was me and now it is. >> now it is. staff sergeant mark mehringer spent eight months overseas. he'll be stationed in alabama next. >>> still ahead, bob woodruff, with something amazing, helping transform life for some of our nation's bravest warriors. americaning stands up for heroes. damentals. analysis. information. i trade on tradearchitect. this is web-based trading, re-visualized. streaming,

but with the killing of osama bin laden on pakistani soil and now this, the relationship between the two countries is close to rupturing. >> we need pakistan because we are concerned about ultimately the disposition of its nuclear weapons. we need it in order to have any chance of a success in afghanistan. >> reporter: the issue is so sensitive. abc news has learned that the head of cent-com, which is in control of that area, the u.s. military in that region, tomorrow, he will order an investigation, independent of nato's effort. and here at the white house, officials are only telling us that the president continues to monitor the situation. david? >> and you as well from the white house. david kerley, we thank you. >>> meanwhile, overseas tonight, tens of thousands of protesters remain camped out in egypt's tahrir square, on the eve of elections there, the first since the arab spring. and today, those three american college students held in a cairo jail after being accused of throwing molotov cocktails at egyptian security forces, are now back home with their families here in the u.

this is the administration that killed osama bin laden. ç >> here's the other issue that i think we'd failed at, that is in our ability to collect intelligence around the world this administration in particular has been an absolute failure when it comes to extending the dollar and supporting the cia and military intelligence around the world to be able to draw in that intelligence that is going to truly be able to allow us to keep the next terrorist attack from happening on american soil. >> cal in the world does he come to that conclusion? >> is nonsense, the intelligence budget has gone up significantly. we have killed all but -- all the top leaders of al qaeda already. >> the record is very strong. crystal ball, how does he know that we have not collected good intelligence? there are scores that the other administration was not able to accomplish. >> there is absolutely no proof and his completely baseless assertion. there were lots of attacks on obama, but they were all vague, he's not a leader or believe in america exceptional lisso

we have had free elections in 2004 and dismantled al-qaida and killed osama bin laden. i say this nation's future is not afghanistan. this nation's future is not iraq. this nation's future is how prepared we are to meet the 21st century in the challenges that is economic and education and that will play out over the age. and whether we prepared or not. i don't want to be nation building in afghanistan when this nation needs to be built. >> mitt romney does not have a lot of foreign policy or national affairs experience. he concentrated on iran and took a tough stance and newt gingrich agreed with him there is no way to get iran nukes. >> the credible threat of military action and made it clear that the united states is willing to take military action to keep iran from having a nuclear weapon. one thing to know if we reelect barack obama iran will have a nuclear weapon and if elect me they will not. >> comparable to what ronald reagan and margaret thatcher did. every aspect of breaking the regime and breaking it down. i agree with governor romney. if in the end the dicta

bin laden because it wasn't meaningful enough. what's the reaction right now when leader kantor continues to block most of the president's jobs plan. >> i am aware of the opposition to the tim bolic resolutions and things like that. i was shocked that something like this would come up today. i think it's an act of desperation and they want the american people to think they are godly, but they are doing this at the same time they were contemplating cutting things like home heating oil and head start and food stamps and things that i think every moral code and religious group would say we should do for poor people. the fact is that there is no religious leader i know of who said we don't have a duty to the poor. at the end of the day, i am shocked and think they switch and violated their policy because they are that desperate. >> what's your reaction to what now reached the floor of congress? are you offended at all? >> i'm as religious as anybody. i'm a praying person and i believe in god. i don't think that congress is doing its j

. >> i look at it slightly differently, which is that he did go after osama bin laden in pakistan and relationships with pakistan already very tense, even more afraid now, and now when you see a burning of ephagy of president obama, part of them is they are making a decision whether or not to stay with the united states or go a different way. >> they seem to give a wink and a nod to the killing of bin laden. in fairness, that wouldn't have of happened but for president bush. >> i agree. all the intel led to that operation. >> he has projected power by stationening american marines in australia as a containment of china. but can you really say that this president projects an image of the shining city on the hill? they aren't afraid of them. i think it projects nothing but weakness. i think he is weak. look, he's even said t he doesn't believe in america's exceptionalism, america has been arrogant at times. he's been on his apology tour. >> well, they called his style leading from behind. that's the approach taken in egypt and libya. but i think economic strength is the biggest factor i

these people somehow overlook the presence in the middle of osama bin laden for a number of years and gave us a lot of trouble as well. it's a very difficult important relationship for anti-americanism as you can see on the screen is in many quarters rampant. >> the politicians don't know what to do. and in iran, our politicians don't know what to do. >> they just don't know. you're right. and there is a rogue country hating you with a nuclear weapon. and anything can happen at any time. and enough is enough, brit. they know bin laden was there. they just thumbed their nose in our face all the time. and we've been hunting tall hi ban who live in pakistan. and taliban forces live in the country. and pakistanies won't control them. we attack them, then, pakistani army starts shooting at us. so what are you supposed to do? have open season? and it's a matter of how much dust you're going to take. it is not? >> sure. it's satisfying to think of it that way. and there is trying to accomplish the goals another way. and there is not a good analogy. iran is a more committed enemy than is paki

he put our troops in to go after osama bin laden. he took them out. it is tough for the republicans to get to the right of the president on nafta security. host: here is one photograph. from the cnn debate last night company talking about newt gingrich's rise. we will show a number of clips. here is one from herman cain. it regards iran and the u.s. and israel. >> i would first make sure that they had a credible plan for success. clarity of mission and clarity of success. remember, when you talk about attacking iran, it is a very mountainous region. the latest reports say that that -- there may be 40 different locations. i would want to make sure that we had a good idea from intelligence sources were these are located. and it israel had a credible plan that appeared as if they could succeed, i would support israel, yes. and in some instances, depending on how strong the plan is, we would join with israel for that, if it was clear what the mission was and what the definition of victory was. host: general clark, there were other conversations about iran

bin laden killing and has done great work to get things back on track and then this happens. >> what can we do? it is not just a minor blip. >> no, it's huge. >> this is serious. what should the united states to? should the president be involved, the secretary of state? >> the first thing you have to let it blow over as much as you can. >> they hate us. i have been there. >> i have been there, too. >> they are hostile to us. as civilians they don't like us. >> you have to let it blow over and focus on the pakistani military. they are the most respected institution in pakistan. >> and they guard the nuclear weapons and they don't like us. >> there is complicated. some are favorable but don't want to advertise it. the isi and intelligence arm is against american presence in afghanistan. but we have no choice. they are nuclear country and toward. if we don't make it right with the pakistans, then the deal is american soldiers will day. that's what i worry about most. >> we're giving them billions of dollars in an effort to make it go right. and secretary state hillary clinton made an an

we've had free elections, killed osama bin laden. dismantled al queda. we've achieved very important goals for the united states of america. the fact we have 100,000 troops nation building in afghanistan. this nation so desperately needs to be built. on the ground we need a strong special forces presence and drone presence and need strong training of the afghan army. we haven't done a very good job definding and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan of the american people are getting very tired about where we find oufrselves today. >> are you suggesting we take our troops out next week? >> i said we should draw down from 100,000. we don't need $100,000 troops. many have crossed the wire. we need a presence on the ground more akin to 10,000 or $15,000. that will serve our interest in terms of intelligence gathering and special fors response capability. we need to peep for a world not just in south asia but in every corner of the world in which counter terrorism will be in front of us as far as the eye can see. >> on this issue, gloria and ron,

we have had free elections in 2004 and dismantled al-qaida and killed osama bin laden. i say this nation's future is not afghanistan. this nation's future is not iraq. this nation's future is how prepared we are to meet the 21st century in the challenges that is economic and education and that will play out over the age. and whether we prepared or not. i don't want to be nation building in afghanistan when this nation needs to be built. >> mitt romney does not have a lot of foreign policy or national affairs experience. he concentrated on iran and took a tough stance and newt gingrich agreed with him there is no way to get iran nukes. >> the credible threat of military action and made it clear that the united states is willing to take military action to keep iran from having a nuclear weapon. one thing to know if we reelect barack obama iran will have a nucleart me they will no. >> comparable to what ronald reagan and margaret thatcher did. every aspect of breaking the regime and breaking it down. i agree with governor romney. if in the end the dictatorship persists you

bin laden killing and has done great work to get things back on track and then this happens. >> what can we do? it is not just a minor blip. >> no, it's huge. >> this is serious. what should the united states to? should the president be involved, the secretary of state? >> the first thing you have to let it blow over as much as you can. >> they hate us. i have been there. >> i have been there, too. >> they are hostile to us. as civilians they don't like us. >> you have to let it blow over and focus on the pakistani military. they are the most respected institution in pakistan. >> and they guard the nuclear weapons and they don't like us. >> there is complicated. some are favorable but don't want to advertise it. the isi and intelligence arm is against arican presence in afghanistan. but we have no choice. they are nuclear country and toward. if we don't make it right with the pakistans, then the deal is american soldiers will day. that's what i worry about most. >> we're giving them billions of dollars in an effort to make it go right. and secretary state hillary clinton made an anno

navy s.e.a.l.s found and killed osama bin laden in pakistan in may, relations hit a new low. they may be even worse today. as the crisis erupted saturday, president obama went book shopping. one choice, a book about pakistan and afghanistan called "descent into chaos." that just about sums it up. i'm simon mcgregor-wood for "good morning america." >>> the holiday shopping season is off to a very strong start. according to one survey, retail sales hit $11.4 billion on black friday. a 7% increase from last year. the most money ever spent on the day after thanksgiving. the question now is, whether shoppers will keep coming back? or if they were drawn only by those door buster deals? >>> and los angeles police have not yet decided if they will charge a woman who fired pepper spray into a crowd at walmart on thursday night. she turned herself into police late friday. she was later released. >>> prince william is part of a rescue crew searching for missing russian sailors. he's a co-pilot in the royal air force. after a cargo ship sunk off of north wales earlier today. five are mis

bin laden. and i think al qaeda right now is the debilitated. and with these strong foreign policy decisions, i think we're heading in the right direction. >> and if you were to offer lessons learned, through what must have been an extraordinary experience for those who may find themselves, perhaps with lower stakes, perhaps with a less exotic narrative, without the cia and the fbi and all this, but find themselves in the context of that type of both potential judgment and railroading and all the various biases that can come into power structures when people are fearful, particularly people in the community or people at the top of the community, what would you say? >> i do believe that we need to have some government accounting. for people who have -- like you said, the judge and the jury, we do need to have some government accountability in that sense. but at the same time, i am also an example of someone who believes in the justice system, because after going in this round circle, i was able t

bin laden. where are his cheerleaders? >> i think in this economic environment, you're never going to find cheerleaders. you look at reagan. his popularity got down to 35% during the economic crisis in the '80s. george bush had been a hero at the time of the first iraq war. then his popularity plummeted to 27% after the economic crisis of 1992. so i think it's kind of inevitable we'll be focused on the downside. and also, for many of us, i think, we were full of hope for obama. there's going to be a certain amount of disappointment. but i think we also have to have some perspective both about the challenges and about the fact that we're facing a referendum. >> one of the things you write about is he had this incredible gift for public speaking. he really did go out there and raise peoples' spirits with the hope and the change. and there are a lot of folks who say he has been surprisingly inept at communicating. i'm wondering if you have seen the new ad that has come out. i want to play a clip. >

we have gotten rid of osama bin laden. we made high command is essentially operational irrelevant, according to what analysts say. we will have combat troops out of iraq. as president obama promised an following president bush's plans at the end of this year. we have intensified activities in afghanistan. we got some operational results and we are on a draw down there. i think he has handled and worked his way through this pretty well. we need to be looking long-term as the united states. we need to strengthen our economy. we need to bring jobs and prosperity back to america because ultimately america's strength and influence in the world rests more on our economy than it does on the men and women in uniform. >> analyst will say that a number of major policy years -- president obama has continued many of the major bush administration policies. if you believe that thesis, i am wondering about how different things would be under a republican administration. essentially, is there a fairly unified foreign policy right now amon

we've had free elections in 2004, we killed osama bin laden, we upended, dismantled al qaeda. we've achieved some very important goals for the united states of america. now, the fact that we have 100,000 troops nation building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built, when on the ground we do need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence. we need a drone presence and we need some ongoing train of the afghan national army, but we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are getting very tired about where wre find ourselves today. >> let me let governor romney respond. >> let me respond. are you suggesting, governor, that we take all our troops out next week. >> did you hear what i just said? we should drawn down from 100,000. we don't need 100,000 troops, many of whom can't cross the wire. we need a presence on the ground that is more akin to 10 to 15,000. that will help with intelligence gathering and special forces responsibility

osama bin laden's death, hurricane irene, and the death of amy winehouse. and on this day in 1942, the u.s. government announced the nationwide ration of coffee in appear effort to help our troops during world war ii. had nothing to do with the shortage of coffee. latin american growers were pull not guilty record crops. but the feds decided our guys on the front lines needed those cups of joe more than the people on the home front. they were right about that. the ration was also designed to make sure the remaining coffee was evenly distributed in the united states. of course, just as with sugar and milk, many rationed products were also available on the black market. but the government brewed up a battle plan 69 years ago today. and everyone had headaches. and now you know the news for this tuesday, november 29, 2011. i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us into your place t

osama bin laden's death, hurricane irene, and the death of amy winehoue. and on this day in 1942, the u.s. government announced the nationwide ration of coffee in appear effort to help our troops during world war ii. had nothing to do with the shortage of coffee. latin american growers were pull not guilty record crops. but the feds decided our guys on the front lines needed those cups of joe more than the people on the home front. they were right about that. the ration was also designed to make sure the remaining coffee was evenly distributed in the united states. of course, just as with sugar and milk, many rationed products were also available on the black market. but the government brewed up a battle plan 69 years ago today. and everyone had headaches. and now you know the news for

he put our troops in to go after osama bin laden. he took them out. it is tough for the republicans to get to the right of the president on nafta security. host: here is one photograph. from the cnn debate last night company talking about newt gingrich's rise. we will show a number of clips. here is one from herman cain. it regards iran and the u.s. and israel. >> i would first make sure that they had a credible plan for success. clarity of mission and clarity of success. remember, when you talk about attacking iran, it is a very mountainous region. the latest reports say that that -- there may be 40 different locations. i would want to make sure that we had a good idea from intelligence sources were these are located. and it israel had a credible plan that appeared as if they could succeed, i would support israel, yes. and in some instances, depending on how strong the plan is, we would join with israel for that, if it was clear what the mission was and what the definition of victory was. host: general clark, there were other conversations about iran

we've had free elections in 2004, we killed osama bin laden, we upended, dismantled al qaeda. we've achieved some very important goals for the united states of america. now, the fact that we have 100,000 troops nation building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built, when on the ground we do need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence. we need a drone presence and we need some ongoing training of the afghan national army, but we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are getting very tired about where we find ourselves today. >> let me let governor romney respond. >> let me respond. are you suggesting, governor, that we take all our troops out next week? what's your proposal? >> did you hear what i just said? we should drawn down from 100,000. we don't need 100,000 troops, many of whom can't cross the wire. we need a presence on the ground that is more akin to 10,000, to 15,000. that will help with intelligence gathering and

we've had free elections in 2004, we killed osama bin laden, we upended, dismantled al qaeda. we've achieved some very important goals for the united states of america. now, the fact that we have 100,000 troops nation building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built, when on the ground we do need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence. we need a drone presence and we need some ongoing train of the afghan national army, but we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are getting very tired about where wre find ourselves today. >> let me let governor romney respond. >> let me respond. are you suggesting, governor, that we take all our troops out next week. >> did you hear what i just said? we should drawn down from 100,000. we don't need 100,000 troops, many of whom can't cross the wire. we need a presence on the ground that is more akin to 10 to 15 15,000. that will help with intelligence gathering and special forces responsibil

the aircraft carrier that buried osama bin laden at sea. the game was in honor of veterans day. about 7,000 people were there, including president obama. north carolina, by the way, won the game. >>> and the ginger day in a reference was a clue. >> a clue. >> something that will be unveiled on the show. right now, time for the big reveal. are you ready? >> a drumroll? >> we said we had a mystery guest this morning. in fact, it's our newest member of our weekend "gma" team, her name, ginger zee. ginger, good morning. >> good morning. i'm here. >> we are so thrilled to have you. you're going to be with us every weekend. we're going to learn a little bit more about you coming up. ginger, can i tell you how happy i am to have a girlfriend on the show right now? >> as am i. >> i won't have ron and dan ganging up on me every week. >> ron and i won't take that personally. >> it's a fair fight now. >> we are a major team. and we have some major weather to talk about. we've been so quiet in the east. just a little on the chilly side. but we'll talk about that in a moment. want to start w

this is a big deal, given osama bin laden was killed on pakistani soil without their permission or knowledge. what's this mean for the white house right now? >> it's very difficult right now. because as you say, the relationship is already strained. some repercussion to the relationship. talk about closing various bases forb drones that fly over the tribal areas that target terrorists by the united states, terrorists that come into afghanistan, target american troops. not just a question of it being tense. there are likely to be further raids by the united states, by nato troops, into pakistan to deal with these safe havens that are operating there. again, where they target u.s. troops by coming over the border. so this is just going to underline that difficulty. >> second big foreign policy challenge, the arab spring. a challenge all along to measure this fine line between dealing with the uprisings and democracy and freedom. if egypt right now, where the u.s. had really supported the uprising against mubarak, what happens now? as that agreement seems to be falling apart? >> well, again, th

tonight, osama bin laden is history. al qaeda has been decimated. thanks to the bold and determined leadership of president, justice has been done and america is safer for it. typical of the person i know, president obama did not brag. he thanked our troops. he thanked our intelligence services. he moved on to the next terrorist who was threatening america and brought him to justice. he did not hang a banner, he did not pretend that the mission was accomplished. he got the job done. [applause] that is the change we believed in and that is the change the president delivered. four years ago, senator obama, at this podium, stood before you and said, he wanted to stop talking about the outrage of 47 million americans without health care. he wanted to start doing something about it. he promised then, i will make certain that every single american in this country has health care they can count on and i will not do it 20 years from now. i will not do it 10 years from now. i will do it at the end of my first term as president. folks, you know this. politici

that claims to describe the real version of how osama bin laden was done. he claims they shot bin laden 0 seconds within them arriving at the hideout. but they calling this a fabrication because they never -- he never spoke with the author, they say. >> reporter: alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with a letter that was just sent to senate leaders. >> reporter: some of the questions is supposed to be -- he's warning if the deficit super committee fails to reach a deal next week, $600 billion cuts kick in, that means some major defense programs will be slowed down and eliminated. tops is the f-25 joint strike fighter program alonging -- along with canceling. program. the navy would have to postpone its replacement for the submarine issue. the army would have to cover all of its vehicle and some congressional republicans on committee that we just saw are pushing legislation that would overturn automatic defense cuts. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, ail little -- alison. >>> we're findin

they said the same thing just after the raid that killed osama bin laden. we'll have a live report from pakistan in just a bit. >>> also, it was a record haul for retailers on black friday. all those big deals and long lines apparently paid off for the stores to the tune of about $11.4 billion. that's about $1 billion more than last year. >>> also, police in buckeye, arizona, are taking a closer look at the bloody arrest of a shopper at one of those chaotic black friday sales. it was caught on video by one of our ireporter. the 54-year-old man on the ground there, he was thrown apparently face first into the floor by police officers, accused of shoplifting and resisting arrest. the man, family says, he put a video game under his shirt because other shoppers were trying to grab it out of his hands. [ crowd noise ] >>> police haven't yet decided what to do with the woman who has admitted she sprayed pepper spray into a crowd at walmart in los angeles. she turned herself in on friday, but she was released. investigators are trying to figure out if she did it t

bin laden. and i think that the question that people are going to have is, who has got the guts to make the tough calls. and the other thing people are going to look for is who has the guts to take on the other candidates. will newt gingrich stop running for president like he's been doing this entire time. >> the no attacks on mitt romney is a little pathetic. >> he has to stir up controversy within the republican primary. but he does make a good point which is that this is one of the difficulties sometimes in a republican primary. in any primary. many times you agree on a lot of these issues. so the charge is that who can show they are the strongest? who is the one that -- the candidate that can show they are the most articulate or have the greatest, strongest vision for the country. so that is -- that's what these debates offer these candidates the opportunity to do that. >> i want to ask about iran because i think it's important for both sides you represent. i want to really cover this ad whi

when it comes to the uss carl vinson that ship, of course, dumps the body of osama bin laden in the sea. >>alisyn: the setting for the game sounds dramatic. on air game and it happened at sunset, during the perfect san diego evening, and 7,00 people in the stands, we fire jets screamed overhead the moment the high notes were set on the national anthem, so a spine tingling situation. >>clayton: and 4,500 sailors and each day they lower the flag and it was a touching moment. >>dave: very cool. and the most unique experiences for the players was meeting the president before the game and he spoke to the crowd and the troops before the tip-off. >> the uss carl vinson has been a messenger of diplomacy and a protector of our security for a long time and the men and women who serve on this ship have done extraordinary service in the pacific, in the persian gulf, in the indian ocean. it was from this aircraft carrier that some the first assaults on iraq were launched. this ship supports what is happening in afghanistan. some you may know because it has been reported that the men and women on the