koran, park sparking weeks of protest and violence against u.s. troops here in afghanistan. there is fear that this will continue to deteriorate the relationship between the united states government and the united states military and the afghan public and the entire strategy here in afghanistan focuses on and centers around that the u.s. and the international community are here to help afghan civilians. this type of incident removes that trust that is supposed to be there between the united states and the afghan population. the president of the united states, barack obama, issued a statement and said they are aware and they are disturbed by the reports and they are continuing to monitor the situation. but right now, there is real concern that we will see a repeat of the violence that was prompted by the koran burning a few days ago. the situation is only likely to get worse. >> live from afghanistan, thank you very much. >> shannon: on another international front, president obama has been busy to quell israel's growing concern that