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>> geraldo: the first wave of coalition troops swept into the afghan town in saturday abouts predawn dark. folded 30 minutes later by a second wave which like the first met surprisingly little initial enemy resistance. while taliban forces appear to have yielded the ground, some did stand and fight, wounding several marines and killing one with small arms fire while a second, a british soldier died in one of those wicked ied explosions. according to afghan sources, at least 20 taliban had been killed by saturday nightfall. though there have been big afghan operations in the past what makes thi...

Taliban and keep this stuff from getting further into pakistan. but the question is, is it possible to do that in afghanistan? and all i can do s say i have confidence in the military to do what they are asked to do. i hope when we do the military part that the political solution will also be obtainable. >> geraldo: you have been down opium country.on pee yum will the afghan country have the will to stamp out the opium or just see a transfer. >> geraldo: i never had much faith in the replacing of opium with wheat. a tough problem. i personally like our chances better than i have in years with ...

Walk away from it. if you can get help, get help, don't get involve. >> geraldo: great advice for kids but not for security guards. what was their job if not to stop something like that? >> a lot of people that we spoke to said that the security guards in fact fear for their own safety, they are not armed, they are jut numbered and they really -- they are outnumbered and they say that they don't want to step in because they don't want to become the victims of violence. but some of the parents that we spoke to said this is a situation that has been escalating over the past year that these kids ...

That these two had previously fought before and the victim prevailed rather than this time where the assailant prevailed? >> these two groups have come together at different times. they claim that the victim was involved in a maying incident where the two groups of boys were fighting against each other and she took mace out and spraid the groups of boys. >> and where the hell are the parents? >> and these children's parents. >> geraldo: sergeant, again, regards, good luck with the olympics next door. and craig, thanks a lot. coming up, he was once the greatest athlete in the world and now a ...

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