now people in the eastern u.s. are being warned to prepare as the hurricane heads their way. >> three people have been arrested in london with connection to the pakistani cricket saddam. people reacted with aner over the latest news -- people reacted with anger. >> cricket is not the only first time going on in the back streets. it may be illegal here, but secretly and apartments are gamblers and bookmakers. as soon as it gets dark we go to meet some of the notorious hokies. -- notorious bookies. big money coming from the gulf and india. you can never stamp out match fixing. every big bookie has links to one player or another. it has been going on for years. a cricket administrator is based here. they determined to root out bedding scams, but maybe it is asking too much to get a country to stamp out corruption in cricket when it pervades society. it is not just pakistan, alleged match fixing cast a shadow over the indian premier league season. there were many reports of players being approached by bookies. >> some

you know there is a lot of warm air across the eastern u.s. right now. 60s to the north and west. the cool spots, cumberland, pete persburg 63. frederick 64. across the bay, upper 60s and low 70s in cambridge and annapolis. mass transit down to -- manassas down to 64. 68 gaithersburg and 70 from mason neck. ft. belvoir 66. andrews where the fog is 66. to the west a couple of mid- 60s, manassas to haymarket. sterling 70 degrees. a warm morning. dew point 70 for late september. are you kidding me? this is nothing we should be seeing but it is here and the winds are not helping at all. they are dead calm. a sticky, steamy morning. we have some haziness with the higher clouds to the north. you see the line of showers. you can see it in hd especially. that is a cold front and that cold front will be here tomorrow morning ahead of it, though, it is very warm. the air is pouring northward across the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic and the northeast. as we put our future cast in motion you will see how things stay warm here through 10:00. we will go through the day. it's warm. we get to t

right now major threat racing toward an island paradise only a3l=" short flight from the eastern u.s. seaboard. bermuda, bracing for hurricane igor. we go there live as residents hunker down and tell you where this powerful storm is headed next. >> one of three americans held captive in iran is heading back to states after an unimagine able ordeal in prison. sarah shourd's arrival coming as the leader of the same country still holds her fiance and friend. she plans to take full advantage of it, next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? ♪ introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid, specially formulated to fit morning pain and fatigue. ♪ so get up and g goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. enough plastic water bottles to stretch around the earth over 190 times. each brita filter can take up to 300 of those bottles out of the equation. ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do [ deb ] people don't just

the u.s. senate gavels in at 2:00 eastern for an hour of speeches before considering whether to bring up legislation that would provide tax incentives for companies that move overseas operations to the u.s.. lives in the coverage is on c- span -- live coverage is on c- span 2. the panel on the golf is meeting today. they will cover who is in charge of making critical decisions. that is live right now. the afternoon session will be live here on c-span. the epa administrator testifies along with the interior secretary. the afternoon session begins at 1:30 eastern here on c-span.

nato says the american was killed sunday while fighting in eastern afghanistan. five u.s. troops have been killed in afghanistan this month. at least 321 have been killed so far this year. >>> for the first time since u.s. combat operations in iraq formally ended, u.s. troops found themselves in the middle of a fire fight. at an iraqi military base in baghdad, it was all on sunday. there were six heavily armed militants with explosive vests, automatic weapons and grenades. u.s. forces are based at that compound to train iraqi forces. 12 people were killed but no u.s. troops were injured. >>> two days after a massive earthquake in new zealand, the army has taken over security in the hard-hit city of christchurch. at least 500 buildings were destroyed by saturday's quake. there was no loss of life. the city center where falling glass remains a concern is off limits for business owners for everyone except business owners. the quake measured 7.1. power is back on for most of the city. >>> and guatemala mudslides have left 38 people dead. torrential rains triggered by a tropica

most of the western u.s. was dry, most of the eastern u.s. was dry as well. five-day forecast, high today about 80 degrees under plenty of sunshine. a very pleasant, beautiful, nice day. tomorrow hot, 90 degrees, humidity increases as well. slight chance of an afternoon or evening shower out to the west but it's only a slight chance. thursday, friday, hot and humid, highs around 90. saturday mid-80s with a better chance of scattered showers here and there. that's a look at the weather. now let's get more on the rush hour traffic with julie wright. >>> it's been a tough commute out there on the roads this morning. if you're traveling the beltway outer loop, you're still in for a very slow ride leaving greenbelt toward college park and toward silver spring. this happens to be the outer loop. this is northbound 95, 495 with delays at kenilworth extending all the way around to georgia before the pacive proves. and 95 is jammed from 198 to the beltway. and delays from the bw parkway 198 to powder mill. a crash possibly involving a pedestrian. the park a slow ride

across the eastern third of the u.s. and canada, looking generally calm and dry. central areas dealing with very windy conditions today. red flag warnings in place across the rockies and towards the north. the storm system likely to kick up a few strong thunderstorms in minnesota. relatively cool across central and western canada and down in the south. still dealing with lots of showers and lots of heavy rain in place across mexico after hurricane karl made landfall of friday. remnants causing havoc on. 25 degrees in mexico city today with heavy rain, stays hot in houston. 33. 31 up in chicago. it will be quite cool in winnipeg and vancouver. that's what's going on just now. here is your extended forecast now. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. 

we're starting to see dangerous swells and rip currents up along the eastern coast of the u.s. and then of course there is bermuda. now the eye of the storm is expected to come very close to the -- to bermuda on mopped. of course there are hurricane warnings in place here. let's talk about carl. now carl is also a category 3 storm. it's just as intense as igor but it is a much more compact system, a much smaller system moving at 15 kilometers an hour. wind speeds at 195. it is going to be making landfall here in the eastern coast of mexico on friday evening. the rain is going to be a huge issue because these areas here vera cruz, southern portions of the state of vera cruz, will already flooded from very heavy seasonal rain. looking at upwards of 200 millimeters here. it is going to be very high cause for concern for flooding and very high winds as well. elsewhere in north america, the u.s. is looking quite settled for southern portions though ahead of this front, some stormy conditions, quite severe in nebraska, iowa as well. showers also pushing through the pacific portienort

. >>> back to hurricane earl which is moving closer to the eastern u.s. this morning with winds of 140 miles an hour. a federal state of emergency has been declared in north carolina. >> earl could make landfall there later today. steve osunsami now reports from cape hatteras. >> reporter: on hatteras island -- >> back to jersey. >> reporter: thousands of visitors from across the world were told the hurricane is coming too close and they would have to leave. >> pain in the butt. >> reporter: bill eiler and his family were forced to abandon their two-week vacation and drive back to maryland -- >> rented a big house in frisco. they kicked us out this morning. >> reporter: a group of friends who planned to spend the week in this house near rodanthe is now on the road to canada. >> we're heading back to montreal. >> 18 hours? >> yes, 18 hours straight. >> reporter: the one road off the island was a slow-moving mess. >> they won't let us stay. they're going to make us sit in this traffic. >> reporter: the storm is fearsome and still forecast to skirt the easte

it has increased in strength but so far off the eastern seaboard ú% the u.s. and it's expected as we continue to watch it to stayú several hundred miles of the ú%stern seaboard.3 we will keep an eye on it, but it will miss us as it conttnues toward the eastern seaboard.3 we will watch that one as well. 84 degrees in the eastern shore today for a high temmerature,,3 winds up around 5-15 miles per hour gusting to 25. the central part of the state, about the same. the winds picking up 10-15 miles pee hour gusting higher in the afternoon. 81 degrees for the high, much like yesterday with a loo of suushineeand back to the west we go, look for a high temperature there of 78 ddgrees with mostly clear skies, also the winds3 getting gut efin thtier in the afternoon. -- gustier in afternoon. and clear skies so very comfortable. the temppratures will climb through the day. and 69 degrees is where we will head overnight for the low. we will see mostly sunny skies tomorrow for a few more clouds roll in late in the day tomorrow, and 80 degreee for the high, it shhuld be a

he was a facilitator helping to launch attacks in eastern afghanistan. u.s. officials have coon firmed that he was a very senior al-qaida official. he was killed on saturday. this is one of several attacks in the region that has been launched by u.s. nato and coalition troops over the weekend. another al-qaida official was killed in western pakistan. in recent weeks we've seen a big step up in drone attacks in eastern and western -- eastern afghanistan, western pakistan. u.s. and afghan officials have come to the realization in the last few months, the last year that there can be no victory in afghanistan unless the safe-haven that al-qaida and the taliban enjoy in pack san are removed. they have been publicly decrying and arguing and complaining about the eye tax. privately they have supported u.s. and afghan attacks in western pakistan for the sole purpose of trying to reduce violence in afghanistan, greg. gregg: streaming live from kabul afghanistan, connor, thanks. jenna: fox news alert for you now. we talked a little bit about potential terror "tax. what

eastern. today, i look at u.s. policy toward iraq and we will hear from the national security adviser. live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern. later in the day, a conversation on israel's modernization -- india's modernization and what it means for their neighbors. that starts at 3:30 eastern. follow the people and events that make history on line at the cspan video library. the transfer of a canal, the impeachment of president, the events of 9/11. watch what happened as it happened all free anytime, this is washington your way. next, a speech from president obama in milwaukee, wisconsin. he spoke at the annual community festival. the event is organized by the milwaukee area labor council of the afl-cio. the president's remarks are about 40 minutes. >> hello, willkie. hello, of milwaukee. thank you. it is good to be back in milwaukee. it is good to be back. i am almost come. [applause] i just hop onto 94 and i am home. [applause] i will take it all the way to the south side. it is good to to be here on such a be

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u.s. troops to leave iraq in a year's time despite the departure of combat soldiers fifty thousand troops are staying to help train local forces he said afghanistan will now receive new resources with intensified operations against al qaeda leaders but stated it's not an open ended war with withdrawal to follow that to you cools. excuse me obama ended his speech by telling however to the faltering american economy vital need for recovery. and alison weir direct the u.s. council flash more interest things obama said nothing unexpected especially with so many americans concerned about the country's current economic situation. i suspect we're going to see the very partisan divisions that we're seeing too often these days. even he called for unity in his speech it was a patriotic speech even extolled the virtues of the united states as every president always says so he sort of hit those notes the way you're supposed to do as a president i do think that the majority of people in this country di

we can't rule out the eastern coast being affected by igor. we'll have more a little bit later. >> a lot to watch. thanks, al. >>> let's check some of the morning's other top stories. ann curry is at the news desk. good morning, ann. >> good morning, everybody. in the news over the weekend indications that the on again, off again iran release of american hiker sarah shourd is on again. on sunday the judiciary said she can be released on $500,000 bail after being held for more than a year. we're following developments this morning. where do things stand? >> reporter: good morning, ann. right now sarah shourd is still in custody. her lawyer says they are waiting for the $500,000 bail to be cleared and then he expects she will be released. now, under the conditions of bail, she is allowed to leave iran but her trial on charges of espionage is going forward. along with the trial of the two other u.s. hikers arrested with her in 2009. over the weekend u.s. officials said they were cautiously optimistic that shourd would be released but pointed out

hurricane earl approaches america's eastern seaboard. emergency workers in the u.s. have put out a major fire at an oil platform in the north of -- in the gulf of mexico. welcome to "bbc news," broadcasting to our viewers around the world. israeli and the palestinians have held their first direct peace talks in almost two years. benjamin not in yahoo! -- benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas met in washington. the two sides will meet again later this month. jeremy is in the washington. >> the motorcades brought them into the state department in washington for the latest installment in what has turned into a 20-year middle eastern saga of lost hope. in the public part of the meeting, they said negotiations to make peace one year from now would not be easy. plan was tons' always be in the room. the top diplomats said there was no time to lose. >> the core issue of the center of these negotiations, territory security, jerusalem, refugees settlements, and others, will get no easier if we wait. they will not resolve themselves. >> netanyahu said president abbas would have

the death was the fifth among u.s. troops in afghanistan so far this month. this has been the deadliest year for the u.s. military since the invasion began in 2001. >>> officials in earthquake new zealand says they're concerned about flooding during the earthquake. when rain fell, services had been extended for another two days in the city of christ church. officials say they're worried that flood protectors weakened by the quake may not hold. luckily, no one was injured. >>> in guatemala, torrential rains have triggered a string of deadly mud slides. at least 38 people were killed when land gave way burying two buses and several cars. some of the rescuers responding to one slide were trapped when another slide occurred in the same spot. 10,000 people have been evacuated and at least 50 are still missing. >>> people in nova scotia are still cleaning up this morning after getting battered by tropical storm earl. the storm made landfall saturday, toppling trees. and knocking out power to 250,000 people. earl is being blamed for one death in canada. a man who dr

shore of the u.s. we'll have a live report from south carolina in a few minutes. >>> meantime, today pope benedict wraps up his four-day visit to the uk. new information to tell you about. six men arrested in connection with a terror plot have all been released by authorities. meanwhile the pope said mass this morning in birmhamton marking the 70th anniversary of the blitz with a personal recollection of the nazi regime. we're joined from london and with a good sunday morning to you, nina, what is on the agenda today for the pope? >> reporter: good morning to you as well, alex. well, the pope today completed one of his essential goals on this historic visit to britain, his first beatification since becoming pope benedict xvi. watched by tens of thousands of people in the city the pontiff sent one of britain's most prominent anglican converts to catholic sicism firmly on the r to sainthood. that is the real reason the pope is here. he needs to attract more people to his church. and to highlight that, an

what we will feel in the eastern seaboard of the u.s., as early as this evening and tomorrow. very rough seas once again from florida to the state of maine. jon? >> thanks. now our series, the rise of freedom. our cameras have been following the rebuilding of the world trade center site for months. and it turns out we're not the only ones who had that idea. the developer, silverstein properties setting up a high rise studio for painters with personal connections to september 11th. shepard smith recently paid a visit to the artist's colony in the sky where they are recording history. >> this is the view of the window from my studio, where i was during my attack. >> todd stone is a painter. he worked and lived just blocks from the world trade center towers and on that day, he watched the second plane hit the south tower and snapped this picture from his window. >> where my heart broke was watching the people on the roof of the trade center starting to jump. and knowing that we were powerless to help them. i think about those people. i -- it's -- they haunt me. >> as a tribute, s

monday, the u.s. senate impeachment trial committee begins their hearing for the prosecution of a u.s. district judge. he is charged with excepting gives and cash. the proceedings are expected to last throughout the week. what live proceedings beginning at 8:00 at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. president obama and defense secretary robert gates spoke at a ceremony at the pentagon yesterday. they were joined by the joint chiefs of staff chairman. the president has asked americans to honor the fallen. from the pentagon memorial in arlington, this is 35 minutes. please direct your attention to the pentagon memorial flagpole. the flag is flying at half staff. >> the national anthem of the united states. ♪ [brass band playing "star- spangled banner"] >> ladies and gentlemen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. >> mr. president, secretary gates, distinguished guests, most of all families and friends of those we lost on 9/11, inside the pentagon, near the chapel, lies a quilt on

the u.s. government has blacklisted iranian officials for alleged human rights violation that the sanctions freeze the american assets of eight men including the revolutionary guard head and bars them from getting u.s. visas the movies are due to their alleged roles in a crackdown on opposition supporters are to last year's presidential election a step increases pressure on the islamic republic as tensions rise over its nuclear ambitions. well this year has seen its fair share of natural disasters from a destructive earthquake in haiti wildfires in russia to massive floods in pakistan but countries are should not be alone in fighting these catastrophes as russia's emergencies minister tells us a little bit late. of course we analyze all our work we exchange experience and advice with our western colleagues i would like everyone to realize that such disasters are not nation specific catastrophes know no borders customs nationalities or religion this is perhaps the most important lesson we shoul

moviig toward the eastern sidd of mexico as a category 1 hurrrcane.3 maybe, not going o affect thh u.s. coastline and either will hurricane igor which we have been watching, a major hurricane winds and the little dot as it tracks further oward the nortt -nd east -- north and west it's going to move real close to bermuda. this is over the bermuda the the fooks have a lot to be concerned about while we will have get strong waves arouud at home at ocean city for he weee. julia is another hurricane to lookkat. cacatergory ii.3 ú%very active hurricane season. julia well out in the atlanticor ocean and not affect the u.s. coastline at all. it may affect bermuda which will be ggod news. igor will be enough to deal with. 15-20-mile-an-hour winds gusting to 30. you will be mostly sunny in the eastern shore, they will hold3 off for any shower chances late maybe afternoon anddevening showers here at the central part we will be breezyy too and the clouds continue to increase and when the shower chances increase tto, the western part of maryland, 75 degrees for the high, a 5-15-mile-an--our wind.

more on it on the the fox report tonight at 7:00 eastern, 6:00 central. >>> the u.s. senate today failing to repeal a provision of the new healthcare law which could create a mountain of paper work and added extense for small business owners. as is stands now, businesses which sell more than $600 of goods in year have to file a 1099 tax form. >> the obama administration reports it wanted to change that part of the law to ease the burden on small companies but democrats could not get the 60 votes needed to amend the provision. let's get gerri's two cents the anchor of willis report on fox business network. what does this mean for a lot of small businesses out there? >> a lot of paper work and costs. let's say you run a trucking company. every time the trucker gets the truck filled up with gas they have to get a receipt and you have to take all and figure out which of the gas stations out there you had to buy more than $600 worth of gas in a single year and then trace it back to who provided that gas if the first place. it is a mountain of paper work. it will cost about

. >>> u.s. president barack obama is meeting middle eastern leaders in washington in a bid for a new mideast peace agreement. benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas will hold face-to-face talks on thursday. netanyahu will meet obama for preliminary talks on issues such as the status of jerusalem and jewish building of settlements on the west bank's. later, he met a palestinian leader. jordan's king and egypt ruler were also attending. the talks came after hamas gunmen shot dead four jewish settlers. funerals for the victims were held earlier wednesday. >>> the u.s. and israeli leaders condemned the killings but said they would not derail the talks in washington. >> the message should go out to hamas and everybody else who is taking credit for these heinous crimes that this is not going to stop us from not only ensuring that a secure israel but also securing a longer lasting peace in which people throughout the region can take a different course. >> i think that the president's statement as an expr

. >>> u.s. president barack obama is meeting middle eastern leaders in washington in a bid for a new mideast peace agreement. benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas will hold face-to-face talks on thursday. netanyahu will meet obama for preliminary talks on issues such as the status of jerusalem and jewish building of settlements on the west bank's. later, he met a palestinian leader. jordan's king and egypt ruler were also attending. the talks came after hamas gunmen shot dead four jewish settlers. funerals for the victims were held earlier wednesday. >>> the u.s. and israeli leaders condemned the killings but said they would not derail the talks in washington. >> the message should go out to hamas and everybody else who is taking credit for these heinous crimes that this is not going to stop us from not only ensuring that a secure israel but also securing a longer lasting peace in which people throughout the region can take a different course. >> i think that the president's statement as an expr

part of mexico and steering south of the u.s. mainland. it's not going to hit u.s. mainland. also ot hitting he u.s. mainlaad will be hurricane igorr which is a still a category iv hurricane. as it moves toward the west, will you see it ove further points east. see that little dot, get a closer look of it, that is bermuda. it's very close to bermuda as it steers toward the ast over that area according to the latest model. we may be talking about real physiccl conditions for the folks there, for us cuurents that are strong. julia, a catergory ii hurricane, a 100-mile-an-hour wind. this one is out in the atlantic and it doesn't pose a threat to us. eastern shore will climb nicell today, up to 85 degreesswith more sunshine there than anywhere else. the winds 15-20 miles per hour. we sit between the departing high and the low pressure coming in. gusting to 25, a breezy afternoon and showers or thunderstorms late day, having a late afternoon or eeening the best poosibility here. best chance of a shower or thunderstorm and that would c

seaboard where on the u.s. east coast we're talking about large swells and very dangerous rip currents. julia is dying out and by tomorrow will become nothing but a remnant low and remnants will be actually absorbed by igor as both storms head up to the north atlantic. winds now for igor at 75 miles per hour. that's what we'll be dealing with in terms of that. here at home partly cloudy overnight, frontal system moving its way through, ridge of high pressure builds in behind it. some patchy fog for the early morning hours tomorrow and then we're left with mainly sunshine, just a few clouds. it's not going to be all bad tomorrow, a pretty nice day. here's a look at your dayplanner. by about midday tomorrow we'll see a few clouds and be at around 75 degrees. here's your forecast for you, then. tonight we are talking mainly cloudy skies, very light winds, 63 degrees. then we're back to the sunshine tomorrow with still a few clouds. we might have patchy fog for your morning commute and warm up to around 80 degrees

. >>> in 2007 the korengal valley in eastern afghanistan was a dangerous place for u.s. forces, so dangerous that the u.s. has since pulled out. but in late october of '07, as night dropped into the mountains of eastern afghanistan, staff sergeant salvatore giunta and his platoon were ambushed by 10 to 20 insurgents. giunta was hit in his bulletproof vest. incoming fire came from everywhere. giunta moved forward into it to join up with fellow soldier, sergeant josh brennan. giunta spotted a wounded brennan being dragged off by two insurgents. giunta killed one of them, shot the other, and pulled brennan back. after repelling the enemy, the platoon returned to its outpost. >> looking at it as like a picture, i was just one brush stroke in that picture, and everyone else was one brush stroke in that picture. and what i did wasn't the first brush stroke of the picture and it wasn't the last brush stroke in the picture and it wasn't the best. it was just another brush stroke that helped, you know, complete this picture, or this moment in time. >> earlier this month the presi

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eastern part of the u.s.. swells moving in the eastern shores and we'll see strong rip currents and all the way from florida to new england and more beach erosion along with that as well front in the north other than plains. it is feeling like fall. to the south not so much. it is summer conditions and going to have temps, pushing records in the mid-to upper 90s and pushing 110 across arizona . a new system in the pacific northwest there as well >> all right. guys. thank you, rick. coming up on the show. senator harry reid trying to give amnesty for illegal immigrants with a controversial proposalce am >> we told you about a segment that is outraging parents. interesting grooming. thanks. i got the idearom general mills big g cereals. they put a white check on the top of every box to let people know that their cereals have healthy whole grain, and they're the right choice... (announcer) general mills make getting whole grain an easy choice. just look for the white check. an easy choice. ♪ with tasty grilled

eastern. they will debate the homeland security department debate on purchasing items produced in the u.s. live coverage of lit -- begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and coming up this hour, we will talk about extending tax cuts for the middle-class which are set to expire at the end of the year. alan viard of the american enterprise institute joins us. after that,

. >> five u.s. soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern afghanistan. according to the top commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, the militants still retain the initiative in some parts of the country. the indian economy has become the second fastest growing in the world. strong industrial and mining at outcome helped boost output. only china's economy is growing faster. u.n. officials in pakistan have begun an appeal for more helicopters to reach communities cut off by flooding. only four -- only 4% of those are being reached. it is hoped the worst of the floods may now be over. three people have been arrested here in london in connection with the alleged cricket betting scam. three of the cricketers at the center of the allegations, including the captain, are likely to play again until the scandal is over. the illegal betting industry is on multimillion-dollar business. >> cricket is not the only pastime going on in the back streets of lahore. it may be a legal here, but secretly, and apartments and shops across the city, there are gamblers

for the rest of north america, clear out quite well in the u.s. but we'll see heavy rain heading up into eastern parts of canada. temperaturewise, hot in the southwest. and up to the east. but those temperatures should come down by quite a bit on saturday. all right. let's take a look at europe. most of the continent is going to be dry and settled on the weekend. but down in the south, we have been dealing with severe storms. good news is they're going to start to weaken and head out towards the southern portion of the balkans. ireland, you could be seeing fairly strong wind and heavy rain in the next couple of days. but it should weaken off. this is actually -- used to be hurricane danielle, if you remember that one. this the remnants and it's going to spill over ireland but weakening as it goes. temperatu temperaturewise, things on the cool side. 14 in staockholstockholm. better in paris. warmer in the south. 30s for athens, madrid and lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> twin giant pandas have been thrown to the media for the first time s

>> well, he was facing charges in the u.s. for moving tons of cocaine into the eastern seaboard between 2004 and 2006, so there was a standing indictment for him in the united states for drug smuggling. that would probably be the main charge obviously that he would face. and there is a desire here to move him out of mexico so that he's not inside the prison system, not able to keep trying to gain power inside these cartels. >> woodruff: jason beaubien, we thank you for your reporting joining us from mexico city. >> you're welcome. >> lehrer: next, reforming the washington, d.c., public schools, a story john merrow, our special correspondent for education, haseen llinover the last three years. here is his final report, which is about the d.c. teachers and how their work is being evaluated. >> reporter: cynthia rivers and 42 other professional evaluators are putting washington, d.c.'s, teachers to the test. >> teachers are worried. there's a general feeling of anxiety about being evaluated. i write down everything that i hear an

across the country in eastern afghanistan over the weekend, the u.s. military launched a raid in pakistani territory soil. this has drawn large rebukes from the pakistani government who said it's a violation of their territory and sovereignty. the u.s. military launched the attack after being attacked from pakistan. and sent in helicopter, gunships and killed more than two or three dozen or so insurgents who were based in pakistan. the u.s. military says they simply have the right to defend themselves. it's within the legal framework of two countries. but pakistan leadership has been vocal and complained loudly. in private, they defended the attack as their war against the taliban across afghanistan and in pakistan. >> shepard: conor powell live early tuesday morning in kabul. >>> a united states soldier is describing how his unit took part in murdering innocent afghan civilians for fun. that is how he describes it. in the soldier's own videotaped confession. it's now the centerpiece of a military hearing at fort lewis mcchord in washington state. tota

mexican police said they were attacked by gunmen near the u.s. border. at least one soldier was injured. the american secretary of state hillary clinton has ended three days of calks with israeli and palestinian leaders. she said progress was being made, but there was no sign of a resolution to building jewish settlements. >> they are serious about this effort. they are committed. and they have begun to grapple with the hard but necessary questions. i am convinced that this is the time, and these are the leaders who can achieve the result we all seek, two states for two people living in peace and security. >> the verbal gloves came off at an e.u. summit in brussels as president sarkozy and another rowed over french deportation of migrants. drawing deportation of roma to the sort of deportations that occurred during the second world war. >> for two weeks they have been dismantling camps and expelling them from france. the european unis threatening legal as. it has already led to a major row between police and the european commission. today it overshadowed

no u.s. troops were injured. >>> in afghanistan, though, nato says that an american member of the international force there has been killed in fighting in the eastern part of that country. this parks the fifth death among u.s. troops in afghanistan in just the first few days of september. >>> well, tony blair is reexamining the terrorist threat and the 9/11 attacks. yesterday, blair said he didn't grasp at the time how deep the radical ideology of al qaeda is but he says that has changed. >> i felt and i still do, the single most threat we take is these terrorist groups with some sort of biological or chemical capability. >> blair says he believes 300,000 people would have been killed if possible. blair said while george w. bush is very strong. he said bill clinton is the smartest politician he's come across. >>> theater members are thrilled that the antique bell is back after being stolen. a construction worker found it at a san leandro salvage yard last week and connected it through an insc

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hurricane earl is heading towards the eastern seaboard and is expected to hit the u.s. mainland late tonight. the category 4 is packing 142 mph winds. the red cross is ready to open dozens of shelters on long island, new york and north carolina where many tourists have already left the outer banks. >> looking forward to a nice vacation and now our vacation's over. >> won't let us stay. they're going to make us sit in this traffic. >> roads likely to overwash and be closed for several days. >> president obama has already signed a disaster declaration for north carolina and fema is already directing food and water north to cape cod. strengthened overnight. >> that's right. it strengthened and will be a major hurricane when it brushes the outer banks of north carolina tonight even though it is expected to weaken in the next 12 hours. still a category 4 though throughout the day. a beautiful day right now but later on, boy, it's gonna be hot again inland. a live look outside from mount tam. a few high clouds over the city but that has not inhibited the really cooling from t

investors keep a close eye on the u.s. economy, since this is a key market for asian goods. >>> all right. checking in on our numbers, the futures right now indicate a lower opening amid worries about europe, slight gains yesterday by the closing bell with the dow jones starting today at 10,858. >>> the price of oil jumped to nearly $77 a barrel after a report shows u.s. crude supplies are smaller than expected. the u.s. stockpile fell 2.4 million barrels last week when most analysts expected an increase, the u.s. energy department releases its report later today. >> 5:19. a san francisco start up company is making it possible to buy a friend a drink without even being there. the service is called bar tab. users who sign up can select a bar and a drink, then search through a list of their facebook friends to decide who gets the drink. the user then alerts the friend who can claim that drink within three months. the buyer and the receiver each pay one dollar. the bars make a profit because they are getting new customers. it

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that is scheduled to begin at 3:30 eastern time. nbc news has learned that nine u.s. service members were killed in a helicopter crash early this morning in southern afghanistan. taliban is taking responsible for the incident. but nato says there are no reports of enmy fire when the chopper went down. john yang is live in kabul. what else can you tell us about the investigation to what happened there. >> this happened 2:00 local time, late on the east coast in the united states. it was in southeastern afghanistan. the taliban controls much of the ter tear in this area. it's also where coalition forces have been stepping up their efforts to drive the taliban out of the safe haven to try to get them out of the region. they are not giving too many details about the crash because until the families are notified back in the states, this now has made this year, 2010, even though there are more than months left. 529 coalition forces have been killed. 351 of them, tamron, are americans. >> and we had an alert come through saying the taliban is low on supplies and moral in nor

eastern. >> i under estimated -- at princeton university at 4:30 p.m. eastern. >> i underestimated the job. i suddenly leaped. >> newt gingrich as his tenure -- on his tenure. that is sunday on c-span. >> robert gates talked to reporters about afghanistan and is asked about bob woodward's latest book. >> good afternoon. i would like to give a brief update on our efforts to change the way we do business. yesterday, our top military and civilian leadership discuss progresed progress . it included our 10 combatant commanders. it is critical that they be involved in shaping all aspects of these initiatives, especially those with the military capabilities. their contributions reflect their report generarole. they need to be involved in developing both options and recommendations. this is a team effort. these leaders recognize the need to shift resources from overhead to real military capability. they believe in the specific measures announced. we must, must make every dollar count to make sure our military has the capabilities needed in a dangerous world. th

that is live at 11 eastern. this morning, it is day two to have senate impeachment trial for new orleans judge thomas porteous. our live coverage continues at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> with the house and senate back in session, follow congress using the c-span video library's chronicle. just click on congress. you can access speakers, their remarks. it is a great resource for anyone who follows congress and it is all free, any time. watch what you want, when you want. >> the imam leading the effort to build an islamic center near ground zero said he was surprised by the controversy surrounding the plan. this is an hour. >> good morning. if people can please take their seats? good morning, everyone. welcome to the council on foreign relations. my name is richard haas and i'm the president of this organization. today as you well know, we are hosting feisal abdul rauf, who is the founder and c.e.o. of the american society for muslim advance yment and he is also the i -- advancement and he is also the imam f

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block still very proud of the time you spent in afghanistan now the u.s. is the invading force that was the difference between those two conflicts in most of the muslim scholars in the world they have a different point of view now from the war what's going on the most of them delivered as if it's a civil war you know muslim be killing each other despite the presence of american and nato there so we don't have like a significant real support from muslims around the world like skulls and talk about the religious happens and it was the case when you talk about the first war against the soviet union or communism you haven't renounced jihads entirely you still support something that's called defensive jihad that seems like rather a gray area particularly when it concerns countries like iraq and afghanistan no it's it's like this. when you talk about jihad as a religious duty or concept it's something we mention in the koran at least for the time we believe koran it's something being read by god to prophet muhammad peace be upon him it's not like someone just co

u.s. to focus -- economic targets like banks and stock exchanges. at the same time, developments on the battlefields in afghanistan and pakistan that are linked to the plot, apparently. here are key points. authorities say a german citizen of afghan descent is in custody spelling out the terror plan, like the terror plot in mumbai that killed 164 people two years ago. osama bin laden apparently approved the plan. no word so far if threats were also made against the united states. now, to the war zone in afghanistan and pakistan. nato says an air strike killed a top al qaeda commander in northern afghanistan along its border with pakistan. the u.s. recently increased the number of drone attacks in pakistan, and this may be due in part to information on the terror plot. drone targets in pakistan include taliban and al qaeda forces and militants linked to al qaeda. and the taliban denied claims made by the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, that the taliban wants, was

bloc still very proud of the time you spent in afghanistan now the u.s. is the invading force that what's the difference between those two conflicts in most of the muslim scholars in the world. they have a different point of view now from the war what's going on the most of them delivered as if it's a civil war you know muslim be killing each other despite the presence of american natives here so we don't have like a significant real support from muslims around the world you know like skulls and talk about the religious happens and it was the case when you talk about the first war against the soviet union communism you haven't renounced jihads entirely you still support something that's called defensive jihad that seems like rather a gray area particularly when it concerns countries like iraq and afghanistan no it's it's like this. when you talk about jihad as a religious duty or concept it's something to mention in the koran at least for the time we believe koran it's something been revealed by god to prophet muhammad peace be upon him it's not like some