the league might ask the u.n. to recognize a palestinian state without israel s approval. over to afghanistan now where we re getting very different assessments of the situation on the ground in a speech today, the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general petraeus, says he is confident, quote, we are confident we have the right strategy in place, end quote. the ngo safety office says there s been nine consecutive months of deterioration in the security situation there. the report says these last three months, there s been a 59% increase in insurgent attacks compared to the same quarter last year. and the coalition casualty count this weak bears out that pessimism. 16 coalition troops have been killed in attacks around the country over the last three days. we ve heard a lot today from a man who many consider to be a hero. you ll meet another one, a grandmother bringing health care to the murder capital of the