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Picked up, based on my contacts, in yemen, he was picked up in an al-qaeda safe house in the capitol, there was an incident in the hospital, a shooting incident, he tried to escape, and now hes in yemeni customer der. but once again, youre finding american citizens in the horn of africa and also in yemen, and many counterterrorism experts say this has become in many respects sort of the new afghanistan in terms of recruitment and also in terms of training westerners for operations in that iran a...

Cars, mercedes but they liked american, too, lincolns, carpets, funnishings for the villas and food, food, and more food. take a listen. >> the simple people didnt have enough to eat, they didnt have rice, they were dying, the leaders wanted food to be bought for themselves from all over the world. >> reporter: and always, there was money for weaponry. kim told me he got businessmen to go along with him to get around the embargos and bans by first paying cash, second, top dollar, third, and then...

The bracelet, a te tent, clearly, at the time that amber dubois disappeared and last month when chelsea king was killed. jane: what is the state saying about what appears to be this lapse in security? >> reporter: right now the blame is directed clearly at the parole board and the executive staff, not the field agents and thats an important distinction of the california department of corrections and rehabilitation. heres why. the parole, the agents had basically recommended just before his final...

Tacoma airport. >> reporter: we have seen how birds and planes do not mix well, and now the radar system, the first in the countrys, being tested here. they could ultimately give pilots a warning before they hit the birds. each year anywhere between 10,000 and 80,000 bird strikes occur in the u.s., and there is damage to planes in about 10% of the cases. so radar systems being tested here would give pilots a 24/7 view of the bird activity, and also possibly a way to forecast when birds are going...

To remain free. jon: in the bottom box, a hearing for the boy accused of gunning down his fathers pregnant fiancee. theyre trying to figure out whether he should be tried as an adult. jane: want to get to developing news on health care at this hour, just a few minutes ago the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, was talking to reporters indicating she may have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the season in just days. take a listen. >> we stand ready to stay as long as it takes to pass the...

Risk -- >> people dont think so. in fact in new jersey, 20 percent of the people, only 22 percent supported it, the rest of the people are against it. jon: thats why the arguing goes on. >> now youre arguing it backwards. jon: the arguing goes on in washington, just like it is two you two. joe trippe, thank you very much. rick, thank you very much. jane: north korean dick taiors like to live large, even when their people are starveg and for the first time the personal former shopper for king jun...

>> reporter: well, jane, the question being asked this morning, would two girls be alive today had the state done its job correctly and yanked john gardners parole? seven times, according to state records, gardner violated parole. one, he missed a meeting with parole offers, two, he allegedly possessed marijuana, four times he was allowed his battery on gps to get so low, but the most serious violation involved jessicas law. in may of 06 the state found out gardner was living across the street f...

Wasnt enough minority representation in the textbooks. now lets move forward a couple of hours. its about 8:45, 9:00 in the evening, all of the liberals save one have left the room, and the conservatives are just banging the gavel, banging the gafl, banging the gavel pushing through the things that they care about. so they ran up a pretty impressive string of victories last night, jon. jon: so what kinds of things did they pass? some examples? >> reporter: i want to see if i can give you a sense...

From spreading very far but the explosion did blow a large hole in the ground. want to get now to new threats against this country as the united states considers a new offensive against al-qaeda and the possible target is in somalia, the terror group is issuing a dire warning for american soldiers, a spokesman saying if americans come to somalia, the same group who fought them in 1993, dragging bodies through the streets of mogadishu is ready to drag their bodies again. lets get to catherine h...

And not all a family vacation, especially with all the battles over health care. the signature part of the presidents domestic agenda going on back here at home. jane: molly, so what is the new deadline for passage of this thing? >> reporter: well, democratic leaders have told lawmakers not to plan to go home next weekend, the weekend of march 20th and 21st, and heres what the democrats whip, thats the chief vote counter for the majority party, says about when the house may vote on the senates v...