the morning. i m john roberts. i m kiran chetry. thanks you re joining us. here are the big stories we ll be telling you. first, a major blow to the taliban. its top military commander and close associate of osama bin laden is said to be in u.s. custody or in the custody of u.s. and pakistani intelligence officials. they say that interrogations are underway. we re live in afghanistan with why his arrest matters. right now there s a man trapped in the mouth of mount st. helen s, a volcano that s still active. rescue crews in washington state are waiting for the sun to come up and for the winds to die down so that they can go back up to the crater and try to get the fellow out. we ll tell you exactly how it happened and how they hope to get him out coming up. we re also on the gun trail this morning. many gun control advocates are saying it starts here in georgia where control is weak. how to know if guns are in good hands and whether it will stay in those hands. we look at how t