defense build-up or internal run of the soviet union. they think they did it and they turn the jihad global and always thought they would defeat us. and that is what they're taking away from this. when they they look like they're the strong horse, that's when you get more recruiting. it is when their fundraising takes off. when really they get much more aggressive. you have to keep -- it is very hard to do what we have to do, be vigilant, gather intelligence and try to strike them before they hit us. every now and then we get weary of it. >> dana: right. and they say you have the clock but we have the time. i wanted to ask you just a quick reaction to the fact the taliban spokesperson told richard engel of nbc news they don't think bin laden had anything to do with 9/11. >> it's not surprising. that's the propaganda they've been spouting for 20 years. president bush in 2001 into 2002 asked the taliban to turn al qaeda over to us and that was their story. show us the evidence they had anything to do with it when bin laden was taking credi

we had a woman last week who came from the former soviet union. she had a lot of feelings on that, too. rolling calls for st. louis district attorney to resign. three murder cases were dropped in one week. mike tobin is in chicago, illinois in the midwest bureau. hello. >> kimberly gardner of st. louis is one of the george soro's backed prosecutors. three murder cases under her authority fell apart. locals report that a grand jury has turned over evidence citing errors all the way down to misspellings and incorrect dates on legal documents. now data from the clerk of the 22nd judicial circuit in missouri shows her office is dropping felony cases at a little more than double the. the average of felony cases dropped more than doubles to 27.84% after she took over. an attorney representing police says cops are discouraged. >> the cops on the street are feeling beleaguered. they are working -- they're understaffed, underpaid, so when they have the ability to bring a orce to not have it prosecuted is demoralizing because they know that nine times out o