forces combat the taliban. and after the taliban was overthrown, iran played a crucial role in establishing the karzai government during the bonn conference of 2002. i want to go into great detail. my colleague at the rand corporation ambassador james dobbins worked directly with the iranian delegation to establish the karzai government. so i just recommend you read his writing on the issue but iran played an essential role in creating the karzai government and making sure that the northern alliance didn't dominate the karzai government to an extent that would really upset the pastuns and destabilize the government in the future. but after iranian/u.s. tensions increased after iran after iran labeled as the emperor of the axis of evil, iranian cooperation in afghanistan with the united states really diminished. iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini, who has never been crazy about cooperation with the united states, viewed ka tanny's approach as not being successful. and a lot of conservatives in iran also th

they're really not taliban. they're just people that quite honestly if we'd afforded them another opportunity for employment, they wouldn't be taking the job. because if you look to the elders and the responsible people in helmand provence, they're not supporting that. again, goes back to this -- i think we're the home team at this, we got the support of the local nationals, and it's building. >> yes, eric schmidt, in the middle. >> hi, general. eric schmidt with "the new york times." you said you've tried to engage 12th corps and pakistani army on the other side. what success, if any, have you had, getting them to help interdict fighters, ied materials, other things like that? thank you. >> unfortunately, from my perspective as a tactical commander in regional command southwest, i have had no support from 12th corps. i've -- we have tried to conduct operation -- conduct discussions and conferences and there always seems to be something that interferes with that. it's an area that i know my boss at the time gene

and the taliban, the one thing that we should remember about the taliban, they are an islamist movement but an afghanistan-specific movement. so if they come to power in afghanistan or becomes part of the coalition, i think they have to deal with very complex issues about what to do with pakistan and they will probably consciously try to distance themselves from being seen as pakistani agents. >> thank you. we have two questions here. >> thank you very much. i am a visiting scholar at the george mason university. i have actually one question. if i caught you correctly, you pointed out that pakistan needs to make reforms, to implement reforms. could you please elaborate on that? what kind of reforms do they need to implement? and my other question is, so, you know, you pointed out afghanistan is seen as a threat and opportunity for central asian countries. one of the threats is the issue of drug production. so you have been making resurgent region for a long time, i think. could you please let us know what kind of solution can be seen as a way to reduce the production of drugs in afghani

leaders to which taliban. these questions are on the minds of many people not only in afghanistan but across the world especially the main contributors and stakeholders as to what exactly are we going to get out of reconciliation. we understand a political process is the way to end its complex and we hope that is the case for afghanistan. there are many questions -- it is a narrow reconciliation and one where we bargaining over certain gains that we had, that afghans had over the past decade. what will we give back and what we getting in return? if we are going to end up with the political sentiments which is the buzz word being used what does it mean? what is a political settlement mean in terms of incorporating a certain elements in the afghan voting structure is, giving away sir impositions, does it mean this will guarantee the end of conflict? actually sign on to it? there are many questions lingering in people's mind and that has caused a certain amount of uncertainty and tanangst wit the afghan populatio

they're really not taliban. they're just people that quite honestly if we'd afforded them another opportunity for employment, they wouldn't be taking the job. because if you look to the elders and the responsible people in helmand province, they're not supporting that. again, goes back to this -- i think we're the home team at this, we got the support of the local nationals, and it's building. >> yes, eric schmidt, in t middle. >> hi, general. eric schmidt with "the new york times." you said you've tried to engage 12th corps and pakistani army on the other side. what success, if any, have you had, getting them to help interdict fighters, ied materials, other things like that? thank you. >> unfortunately, from my perspective as a tactical commander in regional command southwest, i have had no support from 12th corps. i've -- we have tried to conduct operation -- conduct discussions and conferences and there always seems to be something that interferes with that. it's an area that i know my boss at the time genera

forces combat the taliban. and after the taliban was overthrown iran played a crucial role in establishing the karzai bomb in 2002. i want to go into great detail, my colleague at the rand corporation, ambassador james davins, worked directly to establish the karzai government. so i recommend you read his writing on the issue. but iran played an essential role in creating the karzai government and making sure that the northern alliance didn't dominate the karzai government to an extent it would really upset and destabilize the government in the future. but after iran iian and u.s. tensions increased, after iran was labelled as being part of the axis of evil, iranian cooperation in afghanistan with the united states really diminished. the supreme leader who has never been crazy about cooperation with the united states viewed the approach as not being successful and a lot of conservatives in iran also thought to themselves, well, iran helped overthrow and helped establish the karzai government and look what it's

i think this is the taliban took credit for this. this is what they claim to be the beginning of their spring offensive. >> the beginning of their spring offensive. there is more to come. why don't you describe exactly what they did today? >> it appears what they have done is conduct several i will say well coordinated attacks against afghan government facilities as well as some facilities of the international community some of the embassies including the u.s. embassy. clearly the attacks are aimed at trying to show there is vulnerability with the status of the afghan government and with the international community's presence here. in reality they accomplished very little. >> if their goal was to ter rise they accomplished that. if their goal was to kill us they failed miserably captain. >> i agree with you geraldo. i think what they were trying to do and this is not atypical for these types of terrorists these extremists these criminals. it is to send a message with every attack. the message they were trying to send was the governme

they're really not taliban. they're just people that quite honestly if we'd afforded them another opportunity for employment, they wouldn't be taking the job. because if you look to the elders and the responsible people in helmand provence, they're not supporting that. again, goes back to this -- i think we're the home team at this. we've got the support of the local nationals, and it's building. >> yes, eric schmidt, in the middle. >> hi, general. eric schmidt with "the new york times." you said you've tried to engage 12th corps and pakistani army on the other side. what success, if any, have you had, getting them to help interdict fighters, ied materials, other things like that? thank you. >> unfortunately, from my perspective as a tactical commander in regional command southwest, i have had no support from 12th corps. i've -- we have tried to conduct operation -- conduct discussions and conferences, and there always seems to be something that interferes with that. it's an area that i know my boss at the time

. >> what is the taliban? >> it is hydra-headed various groups. they are fundamentalist islamic insurgents. are they motivated by religion and nationalism? probably. it is many groups. >> what is the population of afghanistan? >> it does not make sense for a long time. the estimate is between 25 million and 30 million. >> how many of those are members of the taliban? >> there are lots of people on the fence. the taliban is your cousin or brother. you cover your bets. what does that mean? would try to parse that into moderate taliban and things to make our point slide out of. >> here is a photograph, we'll put it on the screen. it says you lost it. what are they talking about? did you take it? >> yes. it says you lost the game. it is on a barrier beside a hilly patcheli-pad. i took this photograph early one morning. a soldier spray-painted this on their. it seemed to encapsulate a lot of what was going on after 10 years of war. >> you talk about the tunnel between thte embarssy buildings in kabul. what was that

i think this is the taliban took credit for this. this is what they claim to be the beginning of their spring offensive. >> the beginning of their spring offensive. there is more to come. why don't you describe exactly what they did today? >> it appears what they have done is conduct several i will say well coordinated attacks against afghan government facilities as well as some facilities of the international community some of the embassies including the u.s. embassy. clearly the attacks are aimed at trying to show there is vulnerability with the status of the afghan government and with the international community's presence here. in reality they accomplished very little. >> if their goal was to ter rise they accomplished that. if their goal was to kill us they failed miserably captain. >> i agree with you geraldo. i think what they were trying to do and this is not atypical for these types of terrorists these extremists these criminals. it is to send a message with every attack. the message they were trying to send was the governme

but the taliban announced it was suspending the discussions, accusing the u.s. of making unfair demands. the afghan government had said the the move was a bargaining strategy by the taliban. it believes negotiations may be resumed. if so, it wants to be part of those talks and is asking for the cooperation of qatar to try to make that happen. nhk world. >> and that wraps up our bull ten in bangkok. >>> the international security assistance force says 17 of its personnel have been killed by afghan security forces this year. isaf spokesperson spoke to reporters on monday. he said the number of killings by afghan interpreters has d dr u.s. soldier burned a koran in february and another went on a shooting spree in march killing afghan civilians. the brigadier general says the nato will work closely with the afghan government to stop the attacks. he said isaf will step up background checks on afghan recruits to get a better understanding of their private lives and relationships. the international body has been hiring soldiers and police officers from among afghan civ

how do we convince the taliban? that is the trick that needs to be answered. >> does pakistan have the will ability to pressure these cousins that are outside of pakistan to return and take part of this process? what else needs to be done on a regional basis to support this process? >> there is hardly any discussion in washington about elections. how are you going to withdraw these troops and also have elections? who will stand by? one idea is if president karzai brings the elections forward so that the international presence can be there and can play a role in protecting the elections. during the elections forward -- bringing the elections for would be an enormous help to the international community. you would like to include the taliban in this process, too. that is a big question mark. would they take a decision to stand in the elections or not? it is probably vital that the transition to the next president should take place well before the final -- large-scale withdrawal takes place in 2014. on this reconciliati

they see the taliban -- elements of the taliban as part of that. you know, just zooming outs for one second, fareed, i'm kept cal that negotiations with the taliban will succeed because we've already run a controlled experiment in pakistan repeaedly. the taliban government has done -- the taliban has done a peace deal for the pakistani government in 2006 and 2005 and waziristan, north and south and in 2009, and the taliban instantly took reap of those peace deals as an opportunity to regroup and to kind of spread their influence. i don't think that the taliban are sort of rationale actors. they're a group of henry kissingers in waiting with whom you can do a deal, but not necessarily stick as you indicated at the beginning of this discussion, you know, the -- whatever status they were, they're not going very wrl. we don't have a huge amount of time before 2014, and i think it's much more tornt to be focused on the free and fair election in afghanistan in 2014. awe very predictable eth. if that election is not seen as free and fair and, you know, th

it isn't taliban country. -- it is in taliban country. it is a little dangerous. a lot of people were on a bank. -- were on the dam. suddenly there was a gunshot. everybody thought it was an attack. then they looked around and realized it was one of the afghan national army guys accidentally discharged his rifle. which is incredibly common out there. the soldiers would say you need to keep something solid between yourself and them. accidental discharges are pretty rife. i think the guy shot himself in the foot. then they started looking around for ricochet wounds. there are no ricochet wounds. they realize the bullet has penetrated the concrete. it meansthe concrete is worthless i talked to an engineer and he says>> they used elephant concrete. that is what they get out of pakistan. he said whenever we see these in teabags, we shut it down. it will work. -- it will work. -- it won't work. >> what do you think based on your experience over there, you're there how many months? >> about three months. >> what do you think the afghanistan people think about the united

how do we convince the taliban? that is the trick that needs to be answered. >> does pakistan have the will ability to pressure these cousins that are outside of pakistan to return and take part of this process? what else needs to be done on a regional basis to support this process? >> there is hardly any discussion in washington about elections. how are you going to withdraw these troops and also have elections? who will stand by? one idea is if president karzai brings the elections forward so that the international presence can be there and can play a role in protecting the elections. during the elections forward -- bringing the elections for would be an enormous help to the international community. you would like to include the taliban in this process, too. that is a big question mark. would they take a decision to stand in the elections or not? it is probably vital that the transition to the next president should take place well before the final -- large-scale withdrawal takes place in 2014. on this reconciliati

the taliban wants to talk t was the taliban who approached the americans for talks two years ago, it should be noted, through the germans and through cat qat. i really believe the taliban do not want to see the americans leave and i really even worse civil war erupting in afghanistan as a result of that. >> so they are looking for some kind of a deal? >> yeah. they are looking for a deal with the u.s. so that there can be, first of all, think, a reduction in the vie lechblts both sides would have to build trust with each other and take measures, review survivors. olence. both sides would have to build trust with each other and take measures, review survivors. they want to talk with karzai about some kind of power-sharing agreement with the afghan government. but i think the decision has to be made in washington they want to pursue negotiations with greater determination than before. even with perhaps more determination than the military trap. the u.s. military has to be sold that these negotiations are vital and the military, there will come a time when the military will have to play

the taliban had left. there was-- you know, people were waiting for you to deliver the construction and goods and all that. and a minimum amount again of investment would have turned the whole cycle around. the taliban would never have been able to launch their offensive that they did in 2003 and 4 and 5. if a minimum -- >> when the united states was engaged in iraq. >> exactly. >> clarely the iraq invasion had a real impact on what could and should have been done in afghanistan. >> absolutely. because it sucked away everything, money, resources, troops, intelligence, everything. >> rose: so when president obama after the end of the bush administration he becomes president of the united states and he immediately orders afghan pakistan review. an then he comes back and does another review. but a decision was made to engage in a surge. would the president have been better off if he just simply had said this is the wrong war at the wrong time. and we choose to go no further? >> well, i don't think he could ha

the afghan government had said the move was a bargaining strategy by the taliban. it believes negotiations may be resumed. if so, it wants to be part of those talks and is asking for the cooperation of qatar to try and make that happen. hideki yui, nhk world. >> and that wraps up our bulletin. i'm dhra dhirakaosal in bangkok. >>> the mayor of a village that was emptied of its residents following the accident at japan's fukushima daiichi nuclear plant is ready to start again. yuko endo is the leader of kawauchi, which is located in the evacuation zone near the damaged facility, and is telling his citizens to get ready to come home. japan's central government lifted the entry ban restrictions on three municipalities within the 20 kilometer evacuation zone affective this month, part of kawauchi village is outside the no-go area. still, almost all of its approximately 3,000 villagers fled after the fukushima accident. about 2,700 or 90% haven't returned. they are worried about radiation contamination and getting work. mayor endo and others are trying to show they are r

how do we convince the taliban? that is the trick that needs to be answered. >> does pakistan have the will ability to pressure these cousins that are outside of pakistan to return and take part of this process? what else needs to be done on a regional basis to support this process? >> there is hardly any discussion in washington about elections. how are you going to withdraw these troops and also have elections? who will stand by? one idea is if president karzai brings the elections forward so that the international presence can be there and can play a role in protecting the elections. during the elections forward -- bringing the elections for would be an enormous help to the international community. you would like to include the taliban in this process, too. that is a big question mark. would they take a decision to stand in the elections or not? it is probably vital that the transition to the next president should take place well before the final -- large-scale withdrawal takes place in 2014. on this reconciliati

. >>> moving on to other stories we're covering on "newsline" the taliban launched what they called a spring offensive in afghan sunday. explosions and gunfire shook the capital the following morning as afghan led forces overpowered the insurgents. nhl's shamullah has more. >> reporter: taliban militants simultaneously attacked the parliament building, nato headquarters and several foreign embassies on sunday with rockets and guns. officials with afghan's interior ministry said the taliban also moved on targets in the provinces of nangarhar, baktiar and logar. on the following day, firefights and explosions broke the silence around parliament, as darkness turned to dawn. the u.s., german and british embassies and afghan government buildings took direct fire. the japanese embassy was also hit. the interior minister said on monday that 36 insurgents were killed during the attack in kabul, and three other cities. he said one other insurgent arrested in nangarhar province worried that the hakani network, a taliban faction, launched the offensive. he said three civilians and eight members

they are not really taliban. if we offer them another opportunity for employment, they would not be taking the job. if you look at the people in helmand province, they are not supporting that thing. we are the home team on this and we've got to support the local nationals. >> yes, in the middle. >> eric schmidt with "the new york times." yousuf you have tried to -- gauge the pakistani -- you say you have tried to engage the pakistani army on the other side. >> from my perspective, i have had no support. we have tried to conduct discussions, conferences. there always seems to be something that interferes with the at. -- with that. it is an area that my boss, gen. allen, and others have been working very hard at. but it is difficult because -- as you know, and helmand province has pakistan and iran as its borders. on the pakistan border there is a place -- i know for a back that trucks are moving out through pakistan -- for a fact that drugs are moving after pakistan and coming in on a regular basis. it is a long w

the officer says 30% or 40% may have got to the taliban. >> what is the taliban? >> it is hydra-headed various groups. they are fundamentalist islamic insurgents. are they motivated by religion and nationalism? probably. it is many groups. >> what is the population of afghanistan? >> it does not make sense for a long time. the estimate is between 25 million and 30 million. >> how many of those are members of the taliban? >> there are lots of people on the fence. the taliban is your cousin or brother. you cover your bets. what does that mean? would try to parse that into moderate taliban and things to make our point slide out of. >> here is a photograph, we'll put it on the screen. it says you lost it. what are they talking about? did you take it? >> yes. it says you lost the game. it is on a barrier beside a heli-pad. i took this photograph early one morning. a soldier spray-painted this on their. it seemed to encapsulate a lot of what was going on after 10 years of war. >> you talk about the tunnel between thte embarssy buildings in kabul. what was that seem mean

. >>> moving on to other stories we're covering on "newsline" the taliban launched what they called a spring offensive in afghan sunday. explosions and gunfire shook the capital the following morning as afghan led forces overpowered the insurgents. nhl's shamullah has more. >> reporter: taliban militants simultaneously attacked the parliament building, nato headquarters and several foreign embassies on sunday with rockets and guns. officials with afghan's interior ministry said the taliban also moved on targets in the provinces of nangarhar, baktiar and logar. on the following day, firefights and explosions broke the silence around parliament as darkness turned to dawn. the u.s., german and british embassies and afghan government buildings took direct fire. the japanese embassy was also hit. the interior minister said on monday that 36 insurgents were killed during the attack in kabul, and three other cities. he said one other insurgent arrested in nangarhar province worried that the hakani network, a taliban faction, launched the offensive. he said three civilians and eight members o

the taliban had left. there was-- you know, people were waiting for you to deliver the construction and goods and all that. and a minimum amount again of investment would have turned the whole cycle around. the taliban would never have been able to launch their offensive that they did in 2003 and 4 and 5. if a minimum -- >> when the united states was engaged in iraq. >> exactly. >> clarely the iraq invasion had a real impact on what could and should have been >> absolutely. because it sucked away everything, money, resources, troops, intelligence, everything. >> rose: so when president obama after the end of the bush administration he becomes president of the united states and he immediately orders afghan pakistan review. an then he comes back and does another review. but a decision was made to engage in a surge. would the president have been better off if he just simply had said this is the wrong war at the wrong time. and we choose to go no further? >> well, i don't think he could have said that, at that

today the taliban said that this is a first step. this is the opening shot in their spring campaign. i'm not sure exactly why karzai, president karzai is saying this is some kind of an intelligence failure. the taliban have been saying for quite a while that we're going to have a spring offensive. just as the united states and the nato allies and other coalition forces here have said they're going to have their own spring and summer campaign against the insurgency and the taliban. >> brown: as to the attack itself, how were the insurgents able, first, to get into the city and to get into that couple of strongholds and then, second, to hold on for so long? >> well, i mean, it's not that difficult to slip into kabul. none of them had heavy weaponry. we're talking about suicide vests which are easily concealed. we're talking about rocket- propelled grenades. we're talking about small arms, ak-47s. kabul falls under the responsibility of the afghan national security forces. it is not under the responsibility of nato or the united states.

of the taliban. >> reporter: crocker says taliban hard-liners were responsible for recent violent attacks against foreign missions in kabul, including the japanese embassy. crocker says a strong military presence is necessary to counter that threat. >> i think it's very important that we keep up the military pressure on the taliban and other insurgents, that they feel the pain, that they are feeling the pain because that helps to shift their thinking as to whether they can win this militarily. i think this dialogue process, plus the military pressure that we and the afghans have been imposing on them is leading to further divisions. >> crocker stressed this policy will be effective in achieving reconciliation to facilitate the exit of the u.s. troops as planned by 2014. hideki yui, nhk world. >> that will wrap up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong, reporting in bangkok. >>> chinese government officials aren't denying reports one of their country's firms helped north korean authorities with their missile program. a canadian news agency says the company sold transport vehicles that could

the taliban spokesman said the attacks had been planned for months. and he promised there were more to come. >> glor: allen pizzey, thank you. the first members of a u.n. observing team arrived in syria late today charged with over-- overseeing a cease-fire that seems to be collapsing as government forces once again shelled the city of homs. elizabeth palmer is in damascus. >> those in favor of the draft resolution. >> reporter: only one day after the united nations security council vote, six unarmed military observers arrived in damascus, the first contingent of a team that could grow to more than 250. >> we believe that the mere presence of blue hell meds on the ground in one or two of the locations which have seen conflict intentions may reduce tension. >> reporter: tension that has escalated into an all-out offensive in the city of homs. anti-government activists say their video shows the cease-fire there has broken down completely. an opposition activist in damascus says this violence has to stop and the u.n. observers have to reinforce the cease

you just said yourself that the taliban says it had been planning this for months. so what does this tell us about afghan security forces not just in the ability to handle something like this when it happens, but in the ability to anticipate this? to sniff something like this out? this obviously was going on for quite some time, and nobody knew about it until 18 hours ago. >> well, it -- i mean, it's not -- it did go on for some time, large amounts of time. what i would say is this questions the competence of the afghan forces. especially that the u.s., you know, due to leave next year it really questions the competence. because this was a very coordinated, very well-sustained attack. it lasted for 18 hours. and you know, for it to last such a long time, with the afghan forces taking that long to get it under control, it really does question the competence of the afghan forces. >> nbc's sohel uddin live for us this morning from kabul. we're glad you're safe. we appreciate your reporting today. thanks so much. >>> members of the secret service sent home from colombia

today the taliban said that this is a first step. this is the opening shot in their spring campaign. i'm not sure exactly why karzai, president karai is saying this is some kind of an intelligence failure. the taliban have been saying for quite a while that we're going to have a spring offensive. just as the united states and the nato allies and other coalition forces here have said they're going to have their own spring and summer campaign against the insurgency and the taliban. >> brown: as to the attack itself, how were the insurgents able, first, to get into the city and to get into that couple of strongholds and then, second, to hold on for so long? >> well, i mean, it's not that difficult to slip into kabul. none of them had heavy weaponry. we're talking about suicide vests which are easily concealed. we're talking about rocket- propelled grenades. we're talking about small arms, ak-47s. kabul falls under the responsibility of the afghan national security forces. it is not under the responsibility of nato or the united states.

today the taliban said that this is a first step. this is the opening shot in their spring campaign. i'm not sure exactly why karzai, president karzai is saying this is some kind of an intelligence failure. the taliban have been saying for quite while tha 're going to have a spring offensive. just as the united states and the nato allies and other coalition forces here have said they're going to have their own spring and summer campaign against the insurgency and the taliban. >> brown: as to the attack itself, how were the insurgents able, first, to get into the city and to get into that couple of strongholds and then, second, to hold on for so long? >> well, i mean, it's not that difficult to slip into kabul. none of them had heavy weaponry. we're talking about suicide vests which are easily coealed. we're talking about rocket- propelled grenades. we're talking about small arms, ak-47s. kabul falls under the responsibility of the afghan national security forces. it is not under the responsibility of nato or the united states. they m

taliban launch coordinated attacks against nato bases in the afghan capital. this also included gunman and suicide bombers. >>> it is a manifestation that taliban still has strength and >>> afghan security forces fired back, using assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. the agency said four rebels were captured a taliban spokesperson says this all start in readout for troops burning karan's urinating on dead bodies and the killings of 17 afghan civilians and accused u.s. army sgt. the latest violence raises alarm sure the plan troops patrol in 2014 the u.s. ambassador said afghan security forces have shown progress, but emphasize the risk of an early withdrawal. >>> we want at chance to have the full grip on security which is a couple years out that would be to invite the taliban and al qaeda back in and set the stage for another 9 1 1 >>> the u.s. as accelerate the transfer of security to the afghan government it is transferring control into night rates to afghan forces. >>> april 60 minutes dedicated to one man, i tonight's episode focuses with the man

we've paid the taliban. we don't address what the role of pakistan is and why pakistan is even concerned. we're planning our withdrawal as if we just want to wash our hands of the afghanistan war. and for years now, we have not exerted our influence over a biggest ally, who is pakistan. whose major concern in afghanistan is its rival, india's influence over the central government. we never talk about that. >> the last episodes, the last attack, there were several attacks in various area. there were directly commanded by the haqqani network who are situated actually in the north waziristan. and controlled and they have ties, direct ties with the secret service of pakistan. this is a country that takes, receive aid in the united states. and receive huge amount of political support. >> and leverage over them -- leverage over them is incredibly questionable. hold on one second, i want you to hold that thought. i want to come back to this after we take a very quick break. % more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then

. >> the taliban launches a new wave of attacks inside afghanistan. allen pizzey reports from kabul. in colombia bill plante has the latest on its investigation into misconduct involving secret service agents and prostitutes. and change-up, 65 years after jackie robinson broke the color barrier, tony guida tells us the face of baseball is changing, dramatically. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, i'm jeff glor. it was only the second time in history the storm prediction center issued a high risk warning more than 24 hours in advance. all eyes were on the plains this weekend as conditions were unusually ripe for tornado outbreak. through last night, at least 120-- 122 tornadoes formed, one of them hit the small town of woodward, oklahoma, killing at least five. that is where dean reynolds is tonight. dean, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. well, the storm system is still playing itself out across the nation's midsection at this hour. and this town provides a good reason to remain alert. becau