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it's now a strange international custody battle. >> she was a 2010 cover of time magazine. she tells us what is keepking her from having surgery and what she sees in the mirror. >> thanks for joining us. the g-8 summit is over and president wam turns his attention to afghanistan. >> not so civilized outside. >> cameras rolled. this is chicago today. people in the crowds have mostly been behaving but five men are now in custody for allegedly planning to cause damage. more on the actual summit in a moment, let's go live. >> police are pushing away from the united nations, away from the...

President say we still got a long road to go and there is going to be some form of a military commitment in that country for years to come? >> well, i think what you did hear the president say is we are transitioning out. we are bringing our surge troops home. the afghans will be in the lead next year and by 2014 we will have largely transitioned out. and the long-term commitment is still to be determined in terms of what it means. but obviously we have an interest in continuing to attack al qaeda. the president has effectively knocked out a significant part of its leadership. 20 of the top 30...

The president is pledging financial support to them through 2024. what kind of investment of time can we expect from our government between now and 2024 and in light of the fact this does mean a military commitment as well? >> yeah. that's the biggest problem with the president's speech yesterday was that there were really no specifics on what this means. i think that if you look back at everything that he said, there weren't a lot of details on how the drawdown exactly was going to go, what the investments were going to be. i mean, obviously there's going to be development aid and training ai...

top of tf of the hour. a terror blot here at home. the feds say this frgroup of a anarchists are accused of wanting to blow up a bridge in ohio. the target here, a four lane bridge in cleveland. but get this, the fbi says it controlled the plot the entire time. under cover and the public was never ever in danger. so coming up, more on that alleged plot and how they planned to distract place. but first breaking news. i'm hearing now president obama has made a surprise visit to afghanistan baghram air base. he's now left? over the last four months, forgive me, i'm just getting the info...

Would do that and what the consequences would be. everything else is just talk. your reaction? >> it's quite clear that the president wants to avoid in any way a discussion about a military option, but of course, we have to recognize that if all else fails and he's failed on so many dimensions, it's possible that all else will fail, but i hope not. i hope that crippling sanctions, now that father finally begin -- finally going to be employed will have an impact. i hope if we support dissident voice, that will have an impact. and i hope that showing a military commitment on our part and a recog...