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diagnosed with lung cancer. in a statement, his son scott said, quote, last weekend, my father was diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness. he is currently undergoing treatment and his doctors are optimistic that he will make a full recovery. as everyone can appreciate, this is a deeply personal matter for my parents and we simply ask that his privacy be respected as hi treatment continues. auroo sarah ganham is in state college for us tonight. was there any hint of this at all or is this a complete surprise? >> reporter: well, ...

Where confidential informants live, a middle ground between the good guys and bad guys. they befriend those who want or provide guns and drugs, and then betray them by selling that information to u.s. law enforcement, which in this case doesn't always follow-up. >> the american taxpayer is being led to believe that we have a drug war and a border war and a terror war that are all very successfully being prosecuted and that is absolutely not the case. >> reporter: he's an informant annex fell on. >> i have served prison time both state and federal. >> reporter: he lives among drug dealers and c...

Our southern border, a confidential envelopant in a fox news exclusive on the growing danger in mexico. william la jeunesse is live in l.a. with that story. what did you find out william? >> reporter: bill, as you know, our stories are often a top-down, big picture official perspective from the guys in suits, but in a drug war the official view is not always the most accurate one. >> the american taxpayer is being led to believe that we have a drug war and a border war and a terror war that are all very successfully being prosecuted and that's absolutely not the case. >> he is an informant and...

Years, we often hear the explosion. we didn't hear the explosion and then the ambulances beginning to wa wail, and this is a country that has had many more bombings much more terrible. there was a period in 2001, 2 and 3, what's known as the second tafadah, or the terror war, when you knew everyone in jerusalem was trying to kill you. we've had several years of calm, and i think the concern now, apart from the victims of this attack today, is whether this marks the beginning of some kind of new wave of terrorism. >> david horowitz, editor of the jerusalem post, thank you very much. if you have...

U.s. attorney in manhattan is handling the prosecution. the fbi has been has been questioning him. the politicians are grandstanding. >> i want to make clear that we will not tolerate any bias or backlash against pakistani or muslim new yorkers. all of us live in this city. and among any group, there is always a few bad apples. >> bill: maybe somebody should remind the mayor that muslims and fanatics have been threatening the country for almost 20 years. there is a lot of apples out there, sir. finally, president obama avoided, again, mentioning islam or the terror war in the staples on the ca...