they need you every day. and what he says now about the intelligence that sent this country to war in iraq. the chemical weapons presence, the nuclear program and the biological program was wrong. that s the summation of it. it was wrong. colin powell for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. for many americans colin powell is still the face of the modern military, retired four-star general, the first and only african-american to serve on the join chiefs of staff and to secretary of state to george w. bush. he s man of many accomplishments, and he s here to talk about a cause close to his heart, the state of america s military veterans. general colin powell joins me now. general, welcome. thank you very much, piers. thank you for welcoming me to this extraordinary building. we re in the national war college. you were here 35 years ago. i graduated 35 years ago. that s hard to believe. we just had our 35th anniversary. this place has a great deal of meaning f
and what he says now about the intelligence that sent this country to war in iraq. the chemical weapons presence, the nuclear program and the biological program was wrong. that s the summation of it. it was wrong. colin powell for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. for many americans colin powell is still the face of the modern military, retired four-star general, the first and only african-american to serve on the join chiefs of staff and to secretary of state to george w. bush. he s here to talk about a cause close to his heart, the state of america s military veterans. general colin powell joins me now. general, welcome. thank you very much, piers. thank you for welcoming me to this extraordinary building. we re in the national war college. you were here 35 years ago. i graduated 35 years ago. that s hard to believe. we just had our 35th anniversary. this place has a great deal of meaning for all of us who have been students over the years. when you
veterans day. that is the summation of what s wrong. colin powell for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. for many americans colin powell is still the face of the modern military, retired four-star general, the only african american to serve on the joint chiefs of staff and the secretary of state to george w. bush. he s here to talk about a cause close to his heart, the state of america s military veterans. general colin powell joins me now. thank you for welcoming me to this extraordinary building. thank you. we re in the national war college. you were here 35 years ago. i graduated 35 years ago. that s hard to believe. we had our 35th anniversary. it has a great deal of meaning for all of us. when you were here as a young, fresh-faced colin powell, what was the big thing for you. i was doing well in the army, but i had no idea what the army had in store pe for me. i was here with a group of army officers and state officers as well as air force officers.
all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnn s deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? reporter: well, ali, christine and carol, we can tell you that he is facing eight charges today. it carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. the charges against him, attempted murder, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and also conspiracy toy commit terrorism. the nigerian grat witt student turned accused suits bomber is acteding as his own attorney and umar farouk abdulmutallab shown he is defind. during jury selection he invoked his meant, jihad mentor, recently killed in an air
the world. we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence development at all levels of society. it is worth noting that the yemeni recipient is the first arab woman to receive the nobel peace prize. well, no formal ceremony by u.s. troops in afghanistan today to mark the tenth anniversary of the war. the conflict is the longest in u.s. history. more than 2,700 coalition forces have been killed over the decade. 1,780 of them, americans. pakistan may charge a doctor with high treason because he helped the united states guess osama bin laden. the doctor, as you may recall, set up a bogus vaccination program for the cia. agents wanted to get dna samples from people living in bin laden s compound, which you see right there. the u.s. has repeatedly been pressing pakistan to free this doctor. let s check it out. her smile, a mile wide. congresswoman gabrielle giffords helped honor her husband at his