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Pakistans disaster response, you know, can continue in light of this threat. >> you mentioned the u.s. military role. the u.s. military has delivered 1.8 million pounds of relief supplies to pakistan and has rescued more than 6900 flood victims, jon. >> jon: how much of the concern here has to deal doo with the killings of those christian aide workers earlier this month. >> jon, several u.s. government officials i have spoken with made specific reference to that attack, killing 10 aide workers, ...

Air. aide workers calling for more choppers to help get supplies to these people in desperate need. this as pakistan tries to prepare for more health ends. more than 3.5 million children said to be at risk of water born diseases. many also face malnutrition and were told infections have been spreading in those flooded areas. according to the reporting of the united nations, the crisis has affected now more than 17 million people. the top republican in the house of representatives who, by the way...

And get a pantech messaging phone free after mail-in rebate. topping the headlines on "andrea mitchell reports," the bodies of four american aide workers executed in afghanistan last week are on their way now toward dover air base aboard a military aircraft. the u.s. embassy in kabul says that the bodies of two other americans killed in that taliban ambush will be buried in afghanistan according to the wishes of their families. food prices in pakistan have now quadrupled after floods have de...

Petraeus hopes his time and efforts with the media will have that effect. americans are war weary and now they want to hear from the commander on the ground. >> they are war weary and, yet, "the new york times" is reporting that the general will cite initial progress and say things wont get better until 30,000 more troops get to afghanistan in a month. so, i think the question a lot of americans have is, you know, given what weve seen over the last several months, in particular, the deadliest mo...

With fresh and deadly violence in afghanistan today on the heels of the ten relief workers killed just trying to do their jobs, selling the war in afghanistan to a skeptical american public may be mission impossible. but over the next week, general david petraeus will try to do just that. hes launching an all-out media blitz to drum up support for the war. lieutenant general william boykin joins me now. welcome, general. >> thank you very much, chris. >> this media blitz was planned before the m...

Joanne herring joins us now from houston. joanne, good to see you again. >> hi, ali. >> joanne, lets talk about this for a moment. first of all, weve got these reports of these aide workers in an area that the taliban werent even thought to be working in. and the taliban taking responsibility for killing them. this is becoming a very, very hostile environment, more so than its been even in the last decade in afghanistan. what is the solution? >> ali, actually, the solution is people like those t...

Advertising. according to the "new york times", its 17, the number of workers killed in afghanistan this year. if you were to ask joanne herring her reaction to the killing of aide workers, she will say its another reason why the u.s. must win the afghan war. and in her words, "win the peace." and there is a distinction. joanne was played by julia roberts in "charlie wilsons war." wilson, along with joannes support, was responsible for getting much-needed money and weapons to afghans who fough...

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Hiding out in the park? >> at this point in time, you know, unfortunately -- the last information we have on mccluskey was about 48 hours ago. he was -- information indicated that he was in the yellowstone national park in the northern part of the park near -- in the no,s of the park in montana. >> the feds say the longer these two fugitives are out there, the more dangerous and desperate they will become. turning now to the execution-style killings of the ten medical aide workers in afghanist...

The taliban arrived there today. they were part of a multinational medical team ambush and had killed, execution style. those killings -- the killings of those aide workers are really now raising new questions about the safety of other nongovernmental agencies in the war zone, with thousands of people, including many americans in afghanistan to help. are they facing growing danger? its a big question, and one i know that we have been talking about, and a lot of people are asking. josh levs is ...