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And you have covered afghanistan a lot -- youre in the region. youre our senior international correspondent. what do you make of this new offensive that is being launched now in helmand province to try to get rid of the taliban stronghold there and the drugs, the heroin and poppy and all of that? >> reporter: well, its clearly been planned very, very carefully. already, were hearing from commanders, british ministry of defense briefing just a few hours ago that theyre happy with the way the oper...

I can probably tell you that no one here expected that. this was a big, big wave, a perfect wave for surfing conditions but not for a group of spectators. thats californias famed maverick surf bay. two massive rogue waves, were told, swept dozens of people off a sea wall, as you can see, tossing them into the beach and into the stage and several booths. were saying that at least several people received broken bones and others were injured. im going to go now. if you can come to us here, im going...

Before u.s. marines deployed for this operation, they were briefed by jeffrey dressler. he is a research analyst with the institute for the study of war and an expert on afghanistan. hes the author of a major report on helmand province. thank you, sir, for joining us. mr. dressler, youre tonight in washington. i want to ask you this. how important is this operation in winning the overall war? >> well, its very important but especially for southern afghanistan where the taliban have really had a ...

Cancelled by delta and more with other airlines. whats going on today? >> there are still some flights being cancelled today. right now we have about 5,900 planes in the air. this is a lot more than what we had yesterday in the previous days with snowmageddon number two. weve had delays in san francisco because of clouds, but thats about it. air travel is going on. >> what is this, trouble? >> these are my fun facts of the day. >> what is it? >> this is the snow cover across the united states. i...

Husband changed a lot. he became more religious. he started going to the mosque constantly. he started doing all his daily prayers enthusiastically in the mosque, and he started memorizing the koran again. >> reporter: her husband was on a fast track to jihad. do you think that your husband set out intentionally to trick the cia and jordanian intelligence? >> translator: of course, that may be. i guess he used them. my husband was a very smart person. i guess with his smartness and submission to...

Able to control the situation by bussing in a lot of its supporters from nearby. and by, as you saw from the video, many, many more people on the ground. >> heres my question. i understand what youre saying. in some ways they curtailed what could have happened, what you thought could have been a bigger protest, a bigger uprising. i understand that. so the iranian community here in the united states, what is the expectation from washington? >> well, the expectation is that there must be focus on ...

Bipartisanship, but by the way, were not going to go to that meeting. you have to do it. thats why they sort of sense a trap because they just feel that this is something thats being done for the cameras. and lets face it, if there were cameras on editorial meetings at cnn in the morning, probably not a lot of work would get done because you mostly dont want that stuff to be on camera. so the republicans look at this and say, its a big show. on the other hand, they cant not go because then theyr...

Were talking about an i-report, jacqui. >> this was from scott anderson. he said he rode his bike out there this morning, and he said he saw the waves breaking out there, and he saw it coming in. so he backed up. there was a little bit of warning for a couple of people. i guess he said there was also an area where there are about 100 people standing, and they did make those people back up. had they not moved those 100 people ahead of time, things would have been a lot worse than they already wer...

Power that they need. the green movement is at a disadvantage right now because this government has learned to basically shut down the cell phones, shut down the internet. and as you saw, not allow the video out this time around. its important. governments can help the green movement. it makes a big difference in the middle east whether we have this green movement party in place or we have this repression, repressive government in place. >> i want to get a lot of topics in. about 15 seconds left...

I couldnt compete effectively with other kids who have access to lighting. a lot of other kids just drop out of school. so they remain poor for rest of their life. my name is evans wadongo. when i made the first land dern, i thought i must find a way using solar to light up rural homes. i was so overwhelmed. i knew the impact of the lantern on rural communities. the amount of money that every household uses to buy kerosene every day, if they can just save that money, they can be able to buy food...