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and i'll have another, well, had another. the winner of the kentucky derby does it again at the preakness stakes. will he break the triple crown drought? and what's lurking in your furniture? safety precaution or death trap? "new york times" columnist nick kristof breaks it down live. good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. a lot to tell you about this morning. a major anti-war rally planned today in chicago tet that leaders of the nato nations are set to begin their summit. for several days now protesters have crowded the streets of downtown, but yesterday was their biggest gath...

Senior afghan peace negotiator. we told you over the weekend, he was shot and killed in his car while waiting in traffic. group that killed him has ties to al-qaida, not the taliban government. remember, he was a former member of the taliban. he switched sides to help the u.s. despite the fact there could be another group out there attacking american interests. defense secretary leon panetta releasing this statement today. thanks to their efforts, the transition to afghan security lead is on track to be completed by the end of 2014. we will continue working towards our shared goal of an afghan...

After 28 hours on the ground there in which he fended off a demand by karzai for u.s. and nato forces to withdraw from villages and rural areas and stay on their bases. u.s. officials both in the region and in washington down played the demand and made clear that panetta's private talks with karzai contemplated no change in the american timetable. >> we really did focus on strategy for the future and what needs to be accomplished as we move towards the end of 2014 and then beyond 2014. >> we will finish the transfer to afghan security lead in 2014 and that's the mission and we are sticking to ...

Needs to be accomplished as we move towards the end of 2014 and then beyond 2014. >> we will finish the transfer to afghan security lead in 2014 and that's the mission and we are sticking to it. >> independent analysts saw different meanings in karzai's demand. >> think about it from his perspective. he knows once the united states leaves, there is probably going to be civil war in his country. he's trying to make peace with the new guys. >> clearly suits what karzai wants to do politically and probably in all honesty reflects what the administration would like to do. >> to be sure afghans rem...

Lockdown. the key to getting the transfer to afghan and troops out is this connection. >> these are not people we are working with side-by-side for shooting our soldiers in the back of the head. not just an attack of armed men rushing in a compound. this raises questions about whether the u.s. goal to turn over the security lead to the afghan forces by 2014 is going to happen. clearly the afghan forces not enough of them, are able to do this now. if they are going to turn on their partners. >> bret: i asked general allen about this yesterday, whether it was speeding up his plan for the withdra...