>> general petraeus takes command at a crucial juncture here during this nearly nine year afghan war. the violence is at record levels and the taliban have opened up several new fronts across afghanistan against international and afghan soldiers. but he also now heads the largest international and u.s. force ever assembled here in afghanistan. the military officials believe with the strategy in place and now the resources in place they will begin to make significant improvements over the next course of the next year or so, alisyn. >> alisyn: conor powell, thank you so much for that update. meanwhile, joran van der sloot is now suing the woman that represented him on the day that authorities say he confessed to killing stephany flores. his current attorney charges the first lawyer with misrepresentation and conspiracy to commit a imcrew. he claims the lawyer posed as a public defender when she actually was a private attorney. van der sloot has since recanted his confession that he killed flores. she is the first of the 11