israel is not trying say it is a big success to do that. one, in fact, it is not. i have to say the israelis issued this book as a kind of propaganda. when you say that someone was working for his enemies, it means that he lies for his own people and we expect that there is a big lies in this book. it doesn't mean that everything in this book is serious. there may be some facts which was used to mauck a kind of credibility for the book while we believe most of this is lies. >> i want to go now quickly to mr. gergeg and ask you, were you impressed by the very passionate way that yusef talks about his conversion from islam to christianity? that seems to have been such a motivating factor for what he did. >> no. i mean, this is also an element in the tale that also must be taken into account. when we discuss the credibility of what he says. the reason why i say so is that mr. yusef jr. obviously has gone through tremendous upheaval, psychological, personal, multiple levels. it is a human story for most of us living in the west. for the palestinians, it is a tragedy that reminds them of what israel has done to their society. how it infiltrates their society. >> thank you so much. also, to hamdan, spokesman for hamas in damascus. and mr. me plan who joined us from tel aviv. gentlemen, thank you all very much for helping to dissect this story. and to catch some behind-the-scenes photos from the interview that sparked the discussion, logon to amanpour.com where you can give us your feedback. you can watch the entire interview on amanpour.com/podcast. up next, from the cynical side of this war to overcoming the hostility. a remarkable documentary shows that it can be possible. now our postscript. the story we have been telling over the past hour shows the steamy side of the conflict. there is, if you look hard enough, also a sunnier side. we want to show you the possibility of both sides overcoming hostility. and it starts with the young. an organization called seeds of peace is demonstrating how dialogue can overcome disstrus. this documentary clip shows palestinians and israeli youngsters coming together for a second year of summer camp in the united states. they discussed what it was like trying to plan the seeds of peace back home. >> when i came back i was like a totally different person. here you get the tools and you have to work with them. in israel you have to work with them. i just understood that you have do something. >> after i came back from camp, it was hard. most of my friends were tell me that what you are doing is wrong. people are dieing and you're going and coexisting with them. at that time i feel like should i be a seed or shouldn't i be? what way should i go? if i want to help my people i think my way is the better way. >> seeds of peace was founded during the peace process back in 1993. it has now expanded to other conflict zones in the balkans, india, pakistan, and now in afghanistan as well. now, we are one of the first tv programs to enter the new social media site google buzz. and now you can connect with our program using a g-mail account and find the link at amanpour.com. that's it for our report and you this for joining us. during the week, you can watch our program on cnn international and catch our daily podcast on amanpour.com/podcast. good-bye from new york. hello. i'm fredricka whitfield. sunday, march 7th. they called him a zombie american. pakistani official tells cnn that intelligence agents have arrested adam kadan in karachi today. he appeared in more than a dozen al qaeda videos condemning the u.s. and israel. he has been considered the spokesperson of al qaeda. give us an idea of the circumstances of this arrest and why pakistani officials are so quick to boast about this. >> yes, frederique. very few dye tails about this arrest. but the arrest was confirmed to us by a senior pakistani government official. u.s. officials have yet to confirm the arrest of adam ghadan. we were eager to see if president barack obama would say anything when he delivered comments about the iraqi elections an hour ago. he did not. let's tell you what we have from this senior pakistani government official. official telling cnn that ghadan and american citizen that joined al qaeda was arrested in a southern port city of karachi. karachi where we have seen a number of senior afghan taliban leaders arrested over the past couple of months. an incredibly bizarre story. this was a young man, 31 years old, born in california. he became a mouthpiece for al qaeda. ever since 2004 he delivered a number of videotaped messages on behalf of al qaeda. it is not clear if this is a coincidence. but his latest videotape message surfaced today in that videotape message, he called on muslims in america to wage jihad against america, on american soil. he described the ft. hood killer as an example of a good muslim. of course, ft. hood killer of the army major who killed 13 people in an army base in ft. hood, texas. adam gadahn started studying islam when he was 13. moved to pack man? 1998. married an afghan woman. few years later, he joined al qaeda and became a spokesperson. in 2006, u.s. courts charged him with treason. washington was offering a $1 million reward for his capture. according to this senior pakistani government official, adam gadhan indeed in custody. >> reza saya, thank you so much for that. wh kevin robinson is a former military officer. joining us from phone from los angeles. ken, how significant would this arrest mean in the u.s.' fight against terrorism? >> it is a really big deal because this man knows a lot about the recruitment and retention of the global jihad movement on the internet. it is a funny thing that english is not only the language of civil aviation. it has become the language of jihad because there's so many different languages, it becomes a unifying language for them in distance learning and a big deal they now lost their biggest spokesman. >> but what is going to be an even bigger deal is will he talk, would he cooperate? there are a lot of questions that pakistani and u.s. official was have for him. should anyone count on him actually deyou will have knowledging any information? >> he's probably going to be a tough target. he's probably going to be -- has been trained in resistance to interrogation. and there is perishable information that he has that probably won't be worth much 48 hours from now. but is valuable now. it is a race with him to see what he has on him and what he is willing to say. but more importantly, it is the ideology and recruitment of guys like him because if you -- if you notice, this is what's called a leaderless resistance. what that means is there is no corporate headquarters. put their ideas out on the web and find people who are sympathetic, hopeless, and they recruit them and then someone comes in and radicalizes them. just like what happened with him. and it is a dangerous cycle we are seeing where they reach out to anyone and everyone other than typically arabs. they are now targeting europeans and united kingdom and in the united states successfully. >> ken robinson, thanks so much. again, u.s. sources have not confirmed this arrest. right now only pakistani officials are saying this arrest indeed took place. meantime, at the white house, president barack obama is praising today's iraqi elections as an important milestone. despite at least 38 deaths in election related violence, large numbers of iraqis went to the polls to elect a new parliament. it was iraq's first national vote since 2005. cnn's arwa damon is in baghdad. are the people there in iraq considering this a successful day of elections? >> reporter: iraq is looking at this as a significant milestone. also, as a display of their courage, bravery, and resilience. at least among those that did, in fact, go out to vote. we don't have an official estimate just yet. but according to the independent high electoral voter turnout was good. we will get a specific number on that tomorrow. one has to remember iraqis woke up this morning to the news at least 30 mortar rounds rained down on baghdad and it was with that knowledge that they went to the poll. at least those that decided to go. of course, we asked them about why it was that they decided it was worth casting their vote. they basically said that this was their way of defying the insurgents and said they felt like it was their responsibility to go out and vote not necessarily for their own future. no one is expecting anything to dramatically change out of the elections when it comes to what the average iraqi wants to see changed. but they are saying it is for the future of the next generation. those are, however, very critical, very important elections. in fact, they are being called the most decisive moment in iraq since 2003. quite simply because the government that eventually is going to emerge and remember it could take months for a government to actually come together, but it really is going to determine whether or not iraq has democracy, if that's what we want to call it, more secular nation. or if, in fact, ends up a more conservative and religious state. this is proving to be a very, very close race, fredricka. >> arwa damon, thanks so much, from baghdad. on the road, president barack obama takes his health care push to two key states this week. we will talk about the political week straight ahead. . okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. introducing big deal days, get an exclusive sneak peak at recent winning hotel bids to help you save up to half off. and get your big hotel deal now. because big deal days won't last long at priceline. client's come in, they're anxious. scared. they don't know where to begin. so we start to talk about what have they done and what are their goals. and then we plan. it's a very good feeling as an advisor to work with people and help get them to their goals. once people perceive that they can control their destiny then they accomplish unbelievable things. [ male announcer ] we're america's largest financial planning company. meet us today at ameriprise.com. okay. time to talk politics. this week, president obama is taking his health care push on the road again. he's heading to two swing states to drum up grassroots support for his signature legislation. joining us from our washington studio is cnn's deputy political director paul steinhauser. paul, good to see you. so here the president was talking about iraq earlier today perhaps make way for focusing again on domestic issues this week. namely one that's near and dear to his heart, health care. he is heading to missouri as well aspen pen. >> you are absolutely right. this is his signature domestic issue and pushing it for a long time and still no, you know, no law yet. as you mentioned, yes, pennsylvania tomorrow. missouri on wednesday. fred, you got it right. these states have crucial elections this november and both will most likely be very important battleground states in the next race for the white house in 2012. as you mentioned, this is his signature issue. the president doesn't get the push through congress in signed into law this could be tough for him and democratic party. the key question, of course, not the democrats have the votes to pass this? y they think they have the votes but it is not a lock yet. this is -- there's a lot of liner here and clock ticking. they want to get this done of the end of month before congress takes a break for easter. >> there have been other distractions perhaps for this white house. mainly it was just last week when it was revealed that democrat got ahold of some republican fund-raising power point papers which showed president obama as the joker and so now apparently the -- democrats as a whole are trying to come out with ads to respond to what the republicans have been doing. >> exactly. this was a big story at the end of last week. and this was a private presentation. as you mentioned part of it contained a description of the president as the joker in "batman" and what the president is doing with socialism. democratic national committee says they are coming out with this ad this week. they say lit run in a couple of markets. take a listen. >> president obama as the joker? speaker pelosi as deville. senator harry reid as scooby doo? this is today's -- >> ad goes on to say that there are no new ideas in the republican party and that basically all they have left is fear. this is an interesting story because earlier last week the democrats were definitely on the offensive and had a bad week with the controversies in new york with governor paterson up there. congressman and and former chairm chairman, rain gel. the democrats had a very tough week. this story came around and now the republicans seem to be on the spot. democrats are going to try to make the most of it. >> you saw some of that imagery during some tea party movement gatherings. tea party usually appealing to republicans but now understand that there is a relationship building with democrats? >> yes. this is interesting. you don't see this a lot. this is a mix, strange bedfellows, i guess you could say. local tea party groups in alabama, obviously very conservative, are teaming up with democratic groups in alabama as well. why are they teaming up to go after congressman -- parker who, of course, parker griffith, i'm sorry, parker griffith, who just at the end of last year, he switched parties. he was a democrat and now a republican. you saw him just yesterday giving the republican response. radio internet address on health care. and both sides are going after him bus the top republican in the house, john boehner tomorrow doing a fund-raising for grif you its. both sides are upset for different reasons. they are teaming up. you don't see this often but you will see it tomorrow in alabama. >> okay. thanks so much. paul steinhauser from washington. and, of course, we are going to focus on what is taking place on the west coast. counting down the hours to the night tinseltown has been waiting for. oscars. more on hollywood's golden boy in the cnn chat room. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts sports sedan. one of car and driver's 10 best for the third year in a row. ♪ and now, for qualified current lessees, cadillac announces the new luxury collection lease. sir? 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>> eat. >> reporter: jewely and and julia" with stanley tucci after their flick "devil wears prada." streep appeared in "mama mia." >> she is a joy to work with. >> reporter: woody shared the screen with penelope cruz. >> he played a -- december truck tibbles guy. i tell you what, he was so good. >> they are all preparing. >> reporter: several nominees have a current oscar connection. damon and morgan freeman are both nominated. monique for "precious." plummer and helen mirren for "the last station." carrie mulligan has a connection. she showed up in "when did you last see your father" starring collin firth. there's only one nominee this year who doesn't fit into our game. >> finding people -- specialties. >> reporter: best supporting actor christof waults has no onscreen connections to any other acting nominee. but tarantino teamed up with george clooney. this year, all roads lead to george. >> brooke joins us now from los angeles looking ravishing. brooke, already the stars are out. >> reporter: say that one more time for me. >> the stars are out. including you. >> reporter: you are so kind. thank you. it is fun to get glammed up. all roads lead to george. this is his fifth oscar nomination this year. it is a little bit old halt to george. it never gets tiring for me talking to george clooney. >> i can understand that. you lucky dog. >> reporter: all right. we will dash. >> it is fun. >> reporter: we will be watching you. you have a special 7:00 and then again 11:00 p.m. eastern on hln. you have a busy night talking to all those glamorous stars. >> reporter: we do. we are going to be here from the red carpet -- that's right. talking to george clooney and jeff bridges, sandra bulk on. i don't know if we have time to talk about this. she won an award for worst actress last night. she's the first person to ever get the award for worst actress the same year she is nominated for best actress. it was the razzy awards. yes. she showed up and was a good sport about it. she did say thank you for ruining my career with a bad decision. she told the audience and the voters that they made an uninformed decision and she brought a cart load of dvd superdelegates for them all to see her movie "all about steve" which is what she was honored for there. or dishonored for. so she was a good sport but is nominated here for best actress for the movie "the blind side." >> i'm sure she was able to turn it around and they all loved her anyroy. >> reporter: she was. indeed. >> brooke anderson, thanks so much. we are all looking forward to finding out the results of the academy awards this evening. brooke will be bringing that to us along with a.j. hammer. 7:00 eastern time. then 11:00 p.m. eastern on hln. jacqui jeras here in the chat room with me because we will be tuning in. for one, we haven't seen any movies. we need to get educated tonight. >> this is the first year in memory where i haven't seen a single one of the -- >> i at least saw one. "hurt locker." >> and? >> powerful. >> yeah. >> sadly, i haven't seen any of the other nine in the nominee category of best picture. you know, yeah. it is great, powerful. thought provoking. darn it, just didn't make enough time for the movies this year. >> we do -- poll. asking around the newsroom i posted it on my facebook page. let me fwhaeg and let you know what our thoughts are. are the oscars relevant? do you want to watch the movies? are you more interested in seeing outfits? are you too busy? is it too expensive to go out to see a lot of the movies? >> all of that. people are tuning in to find out what people are wearing. you know. brooke was talking about sandra bulk on. i understand that just a couple of weeks ago, you know, she wasn't sweating it. she hadn't picked out a dress. she figured there are a lot of gorgeous things out there. lots to choose from. you know, she is going to be calm, cool, collected. of course, all eyes on her. >> she is so gorgeous she could wear a paper bag and look fantastic. she is 45 years old. >> she looks great. >> hello. >> james cameron is up for best director. his wife just might be stealing the show a little bit because she is going to wear an eco-friendly dress. it is the winner of -- >> interesting to see. something, you know, green, so to speak. organic material? >> apparently is. she says there is sustainable materials. one-shouldered dress with a big slit up the side. of course, it is ""avatar"" blue. you won't miss it. >> you didn't see ""avatar""? >> i. >> that's the biggest box office of all time. if you have seen any of them that's the one that most of you zblau i will have to be late. i will now -- pay attention to the show. see who wins and then go out and check them out. dvd or -- et cetera. see. >> it is hard. i will weigh in that way. >> for some reason -- the whole sci-fi thing. not so interested. perhaps. i will get there. >> oh, boy. we are late bloomers this time around. maybe next year we will get it. >> there we go. >> best picture. >> categories. all the nominees. "the blind side." sandra bulk on. "district 9." "an education." i don't know what that one is. >> interesting to see an animated film on there. "up." >> that's right. >> if you were wonder which one. >> i did know which one that was. best actor. >> i did see "fantastic mr. fox" which is up for best animated feature. i don't know if that says i'm a mom. george clooney who we were talking about was in that pill film. it was entertaining and much more old school animation. that was fun. >> at least you saw one movie out there. >> me, too. >> we matched on one movie each. thank so much. appreciate that. we will check back with you later on for the look of the national weather picture, too. how long would you wait to snap the perfect photo? a minute? an hour? maybe even a day? how about a year? we are going to show you the kinds of pictures that are worth waiting for. terrible day in selma. remembering bloody sunday. 45 years ago today. 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[ male announcer ] meet us at ameriprise.com. the capture of al qaeda's american born spokesman is obviously a big catch. cnn international correspondent nic robertson tells uses what this means for the we are terror. i wonder how crippling potentially might this be for al qaeda. this arrest. >> adam gadha had never been informed with the military operations. he can speak in evening sxlish reach the english part of the audience and deliver bin laden's message to the united states. a message that it was going to continue to attack them. indeed, the message that was broadcast just today by adam gadahn said exactly that, to calling on muslims to continue to attack the united states. while we still wait for a combination from the -- confirmation from the u.s. official, we have it from the pakistani source that has been captured, likely impact will be on al qaeda's ability to get its message out. it has this organization which releases the videos, bin laden's videos, messages from the number two of kaud and adam gadhan's videos as well and he has been involved in the english language part of that operation. it may have an impact on that. perhaps if -- if his capture turns out to be as we are being led to believe a successful capture, it will also send a message to al qaeda that it is not going to be a safe -- as safe as it thought it was inside pakistan where it is widely believed that al qaeda's leaders have found sanction wary of these past number of years. >> you have to wonder whether he will talk because that potentially could make this arrest that much more damaging for al qaeda as a network. >> absolutely. and you can bet anything he says, anything that he says, is going to be scrutinized very carefully. and we certainly know that there have been a number of people. americans who have gotten into al qaeda and pakistan who have been -- captured and handed over to u.s. authorities. and have gone into providing many, many details. i talked with a former cia psychologist about why these people talk when they captured and said it is common for people to talk in some situation because they feel proud of what they achieved and they want to not boast but want to tell, you know, tell whoever called them, everything that they have been involved in, put it all out there. there is this sort of element in some people that will allow them to talk. of course, ingenerals operatives that want to key in on al qaeda's networks, safe houses, what people this particular person i, adam gadhan, will recognize. they will use grains of information that he provides them to build a byte bigger picture. p provide a information which would crystallize their thinking over an incident that happened maybe three years ago. move them further forward on that investigation. of course, they will want to know from him where osama bin laden is hiding and deputies are hiding and that's information he just may not have. the bits he will have are going to add an inform of the fbi and others already know. >> nic robertson, thanks so much, from london. on this day in this country, 45 years ago, a violent chapter of the civil rights movement was written in blood in selma, alabama. a group of civil rights marchers beaten. today take a look at new images from today. people gathering at the bridge to commemorate what has become known as bloody sunday. galvanize it is civil rights movement and passage of the voting rights act. president obama said, quote, let us honor the memory of all those who were shoved and beaten within an inch of their lives because they believe in the simple truth every american, regardless of race, had the right to cast a vote. had the right to live free and had the right to reach for their dreams, end quote, from the president. andrew young has been on the frontlines of the civil rights struggle for his entire life. next weekend, i will talk to the former u.n. ambassador about a documentary that he's recently completed. it is called crossing st. augustine and is the story that tested the civil rights movement to its core. they tell the story of a generation. one image at a time. we are counting down the top photographs of the year. this is the first full week of march. here is some of what happened this week in history. this week five years ago, in 2005, a defendant in a rape trial shot and killed a judge, court reporter, and a sheriff's deputy at the fulton county courthouse in atlanta. the police arrested brian nichols, the next day. eventually he was sentenced to life in prison. 20 years ago in 1990, dr. novel owe became first woman and first his pan dwroyk serve as u.s. surgeon general. 30 years ago in 1980, scarsdale diet doctor was shot in his home. his former lover served 12 years in prison for his murder. 50 years ago in 1960, democrat john f. kennedy and republican richard nixon won the new hampshire primaries. kennedy would go on to beat nixon in the november election. hold on a second... come on up here 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"national geographic" is set town veil its top photographs this week in a new television special. but we are giving you a preview today. executive vice president of national gee graphic television. mark boman in washington. good to see. >> did you good to see. >> did you we are honored to get the sneak peek of the images. "national geographic" also known for incredible still images and now you are putting it in television form. digestible way so people can watch it on television. let's start from, i guess, ten on down to the number one image. we are trying to get through all of them. let's talk about the first image that gives us a new view or different view of the amazon. what way? >> kevin schaefer is shooting in an area of the amazon where visibility is basically just a couple of inches and is trying to capture an image of the river dolphins down there which are incredibly rare. and beautiful animals. in order to get this close, mine, he spent months and months working with them. and you see -- you get eye contact in the shot. with a whole family of dolphins. >> he's in the water. >> in the water and he was snorkeling. and he tried automatic kinds of things. >> snorkeling and taking pictures. >> snorkeling and created this huge platform above the water because you can only see them when you are a few inches away or when they are right at the surface. he tried shooting them at surface and tried getting in the watter with them and tried getting under them. and shooting the contrast against the sun. but again, these are incredibly rare animals. animals that very few people in the world ever get a chance to see in a lot of areas they are in danger. and he gets this incredibly intimate image to share with the world. >> fritz hoffman, his depiction of the new river here in china. in what way? people are -- are actually crossing this river, carrying an zblals that's exactly right. they are cross thing river to get to market. this is market day. this is a pretty incredible shot. fritz is suspended on a cable over the river as well. he sees this young man come down with a cow. usually people are bringing smaller things. right. at the bottom of the zip line the cow stops. then he has to reach out with his feet and literally pull himself and the cow all the way up to the other side just to get the animal to market. >> my gosh. stories behind these images are almost as fascinating, if not more than the actual image. how about this from amy? >> amy tunsing. she was doing a story on river management and drought. this is in australia. right after a big rain. she goes out with this family to see whether there's any grass out there. and captures through the window of this pickup truck amazing image that they -- gives you a window not only into the drought and the incredible moon scape but also into this -- this family and a father showing the love for his children in this moon scape where he has to survive. >> wow. who knew that cave could look so fascinating and interesting with the right amount of lighting. that's what this is ball. >> yes. stephen alvarez crawls into place most people would never want to go. you can see here barely got his nose out of the water. stephen combines lighting techniques that are almost a century old with modern photography to light these ka earns in the southeastern united states. and unless you are an incredibly advanced caver, you won't get a chance to see most of these places that are under our feet. >> incredible. courageous to have been there to get that close and shoot that. let's talk about the many faces of islam and this was an image captured in indonesia. >> jim usually covers conflict. but in this case, he's trying to create a nuance image of islam around the world. this is a fairly conservative group of muslims. and the -- women in the picture. you get a human connection with the child who isn't there yet. and i think that's the power of the image. she has her arms spread. almost as if she's an angel. and she reminds you that there are people behind those veils. >> this husband and wife photography team, lynn and diane cook. >> exactly. >> captured this. >> yes. they were doing a story on green rooftops. i love the contrast in this picture. you have this incredibly green garden on the roof of city hall in chicago. southernounded by the steel and cement cityscape, you know, one of america northeast modern cities. a story about what we can do in modern urban centers to try to make our lives a bit more green. >> we have four more images. less an minute, martin, beautiful view of tanzania. >> this is a picture of a hunter gatherer. martin takes people out of their context and reminds you of the human connection. you can't tell whether you are looking at somebody who is rich or poor or where -- or where they are. this is a piece on food shortage by john stanmeyer. have you the pyramids in the background, egyptian government subsidizing grains. people trying get their daily bread. >> i love this. looking like a teddy bear. >> randy olson was doing a story on salmon. this bear is a few feet away from him. he has a cram on the bottom of this river. as this bear is poking around for salmon. >> and then the number one shot. >> yes. this is a picture of a gorgeous giant. one of the oldest and largest trees in the world. 1600, 1700 years old. in a way that you can't really see with the naked eye. it is a tree in the middle of the forest. and so if you look up, all you see are underbranches and you can't get back far enough to capture it. they had to climb up and create cables and take -- i think that 84 images and composite them together so that you can see this gore just redwood. >> what a beautiful tribute to help us appreciate just simple natural beauty. mark boman of nation"national geographi geographic". top ten photos of the year will debut tonight on pbs. the show will air throughout the month of march on pbs. you can go to pbs opinion org to chet check their local lustings. i'm fredricka whitfield. thanks so much for joining us. in our 6:00 p.m. eastern hour, find out why a charter school for african-american boys thinks that all of its graduates will complete college. don lemon will be here in the newsroom one hour from now. first, an inside look at hamas from the son of one of the founders on "amanpour." hi, may i help you? 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