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we get the latest on todays containment efforts from joel achenbach of the washington post. >> woodruff: and then a terrorism update after somali extremists with ties to al qaeda claimed to be behind the bomb attacks in uganda which killed 74 people watching the world cup soccer finals. >> ifill: ray suarez returns to haiti where over one million people remain homeless in the capital alone. >> half a year after the devastating earthquake, port-au-prince is still struggling to provide f...

achenbach of the washington post. >> woodruff: and then a terrorism update after somali extremists with ties to al qaeda claimed to be behind the bomb attacks in uganda which killed 74 people watching the world cup soccer finals. >> ifill: ray suarez returns to haiti where over one million people remain homeless in the capital alone. >> half a year after the devastating earthquake, port-au-prince is still struggling to provide for its peoples daily needs and to figure out what to do ne...

Through resolution 1153 also to exempt it from any jurisdiction. this is a double standard in its worst shape. >> is it not a double standard? >> its not a double standard because one of the principles of international justice and the icc is that if you commit crimes, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, you will hold the people to account in your national system for those crimes. we have a very tough system of military justice and civilian justice in this country thats really a model ...

Country. they want to use icc without becoming a member. they use the icc to except their soldiers and they use it through resolution 1153 also to exempt it from any jurisdiction. this is a double standard in its worst shape. >> is it not a double standard? >> its not a double standard because one of the principles of international justice and the principle of the icc is that if you commit crimes, you commit genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, you will hold the people to account in yo...

Role now. youve taken it on. you have access to the wholes of power and people like president obama presumably. is this a message that you want to convey? do you feel this is your work now to make this visible and unavoidable? >> well, i wouldnt overstate my access to president obama, but i would -- i would definitely -- i tend to agree with jason in some respects. i think the -- i think the important thing -- what happens is we have a very sort of scattered-shot approach here. you have usaid ov...

Bagram but finally when they went from bagram over to kabul. thats the first indication we got this had taken place. any indication what other stops well find out perhaps after the fact with the pool reporters traveling with the president. >> explain the secrecy, why when we see a president making his way whether it be iraq or afghanistan for obvious reasons, for the security and the safety of the president upon arrival, correct? >> thats right. i mean the bottom line is that its all about secur...

That can harbor terrorists. thats why there is this offensive thats taking place now. but one of the things that the u.s. really wants to make sure is that the afghan government is able to, with its own military presence and forces, able to contain when the u.s. eventually pulls out from there. so thats the big thing. make sure that the training takes place so the afghan forces can continue to provide security in that region. >> do you know whether or not the white house is willing to say that h...

Bill, thats those changes that were made to the health care bill. that will happen on tuesday. thursday, the president then will be going to new england. hell be, again, talking about health care and the health care law. some of the immediate and long-term benefits of the health care law that will happen in portland, maine and then he goes to a fund-raiser in boston and then on friday, the president goes out to north carolina where hell be talking about jobs and the economy, what the administrat...

Judges and they need to be arrested now. >> so what do you expect the united states to do, send in troops and pick them up? >> in the case of joseph in uganda, a leader surrounded by armed men. we need the support of the operational support of countries like the u.s. to the drc to uganda to the central african republic to assist them in mounting an operation to arrest him. they will have the will, so its a totally legitimate operation, politically, legally. but they need this kind of assistance....

The president should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. a lot of people dont believe that hes been able to do that but nonetheless they say even though he hasnt been every day out there talking about afghanistan or talking about iran or talking about north korea, that his team is fully engaged in all of these issues but certainly now that they have health care reform essentially under their belt, theres still a lot of selling going on about there about how this will be implemented an...