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educator in chief that came out today. he provided a kind of world view, almost a historical interpretation of the causes and consequences of the arab spring. he began in the beginning with tunisia and moved forward. he tried to present a way in which he saw americas interests and values as squarely aligned with this arab revolution. he touched on the places that we dont like, the regimes we dont like that are having trouble dealing with people. tehran, damascus. he also talked about b...

Insurgent threat in those countries. general petraeus prior to being in afghanistan was head of central command where he dealt with countries like yemen, bahrain and many others in the region and libya, et cetera, that have had related concerns or posed related threats in the past as well. i think he is extremely well-positioned. >> do you think it is the right time not only to see a change with the leadership in afghanistan but also to start seeing some withdrawal of troops that we expect over ...

Brought to justice. >> nice to see new person. >> thank you bill, nice to see you. >> lets head over to jon scott, he has a look at whats coming up in about 12 minutes on "happening now". >> jon: good morning, breaking story of what weve been all over, the trial of the two hikers still being held in iran. its postponed now. is the u.s. doing everything it can to secure their release, and if not, why not? well also go in depth on afghanistan, new polling suggests most americans think its time t...

Afghanistan. the president has just about announced the surrender. the taliban is on the offensive. our borders are wide open. there is nothing to stop someone from coming in our country. generally speaking the islamist movement is more active and more spread out and more unfortunately, more violent than it has been at any time in the last 15 years. >> judge napolitano: is the government, is general petraeus before he leaves to run the c.i.a. prepared for what the taliban will claim to be the sp...

New york and washington will get early warning text messages, were watching that. also jury selection in the casey anthony case, three years after the disappearance of her young daughter, caylee. theres a look at the judge there. and in mississippi live pictures as well where rising waters are forcing hundreds from their homes. certainly, a story were keeping a close eye on. its all new, its all live, and its "happening now." hi, everybody, high noon here on the east coast, im jenna lee. jon: an...

Still getting beat in afghanistan. the president has just about announced the surrender. the taliban is on the offensive. our borders are wide open. there is nothing to stop someone from coming in our country. generally speaking the islamist movement is more active and more spread out and more unfortunately, more violent than it has been at any time in the last 15 years. >> judge napolitano: is the government, is general petraeus before he leaves to run the c.i.a. prepared for what the taliban w...

Officials say afghan security forces have killed a group of taliban insurgent who launched attack over the weekend and left more than two dozen militants dead. the assault was aimed to seize control of kandahar as part of the talibans annual spring offensive. almost a dozen government buildings were targeted in the fight. officials had barricaded themselves inside a city hotel. new york senator chuck schumer is getting serious about train security, he says, after documents taken from bin laden...

Sovereignty -- this evening were getting some new information about that very compound where osama bin laden had -- reports coming from reuters suggesting that pakistani authorities had said that -- found a secret room with a drawing board that they believe was used to home school 15 children who were living effectively in secrecy within that -- the pakistani people are still unconvinced that osama bin laden ever lived here, that he was even killed here. they right now are still not buying the u...

Course, since 9/11. they actually -- they say they want to be able to run their country themselves. as one woman said to me, we dont go to other countries and tell them how to run their governments, their countries. we want to be able to run afghanistan for itself. but there are others who are far more realistic about this and say, without the foreign force here, without that support, the taliban would be able to regroup and would present a much more potent threat. still there are others who say...

Certainly he was a significant, it, he bankrolled and helped recruit for the taliban as well as the two organizations were linked. but he didnt create a home here. he found a home here. the taliban already existed. the taliban had been the government of afghanistan. and they continued to be a potent force today. weve just seen more attacks in the region of kandahar, multiple explosions there. a number of people killed and wounded. its all part of the spring offensive that they said they are now ...