i think it is officially the longest war american has ever suffered through. barbara, what are the chances that other heads will roll now that david petraeus is moving in there to take over? reporter: well, probably heads that are somewhat lower level. it s widely expected some of general mcchrystal s aids, the men who surround him, who may have been the anonymous quotes in that article, could be resigning from the military, retiring very quietly. okay, barbara starr. no surprise there. thanks for that, barbara. appreciate it. coming up in very short order here, we ll go back to the issue of what is essentially like a post traumatic stress disorder down in the gulf with a lot of these clean-up workers, fishermen down there who are having to deal with seeing their livelihoods taken away by a company that they now have to rely on for their livelihood. a lot of these men go to work for bp now after their livelihood was destroyed by bp. there are a lot of issues down there fo
at the g-20 you will see increasing pressure on germany to consume more, to there s a real attempt at this g-20 to move some of the exporting nations like china to be more consumption-oriented, because consumer nations like the united states to be more export-oriented to balance the world economy. these meetings are important for that purpose. reporter: president obama does come here with some good news. he has seen up on capitol hill financial reform move forward and this gives the president a chance to say to the rest of the world, hey, take a look at what we re doing. this is something that you need to push for as well. again, the critical thing here is making sure that the world economies are lifted so that the u.s. economy can recover as well. that sounds nice. dna loathian live for us this morning, thank you. i told the staff i would do this this morning, let s go to the videotape. the wimbledon marathon match finally ended.
hearings. gates and mullen say there s no change to the overall worst strategy but the new commander could decide to ease rules restricting combat that were put in place by mcchrystal, rules some troops believe put their lives at risk. general petreaus will have the flexibility to look at the campaign plan and the approach and all manner of things when he gets to afghanistan. reporter: petraeus and mcchrystal do see eye to eye on the counterinsurgency strategy, but there will be a difference in their style of leadership? not much. that s the main point. i think that both of them are extreme workaholics, very energetic. both are good communicators. reporter: still, there will be growing pressure for a troop drawdown. this has already been the deadliest month of the war for the coalition and general petreaus knows there will be pressure for him to show progress.
how about the guy who kicked the goal? landon donovan told cnn he had been surfing the web. i spent all morning watching the reactions in the bars across the country. reporter: even far from tvs, the moment of goal could be heard ever so distantly on the senate floor and at the white house. president obama told the u.s. team he heard cheers go up while he was meeting with general petreaus discussing general mctris tal s fam mcchrystal s fate. with the exception of one terrified patron. reporter: some put the moment of goal to music. and some singletons enjoyed the moment of goal alone. sometimes can you tell a lot by focusing on one great face no, not that face. faces like the lady in pink s.
he said that to you. yeah. and that there was no hoping that the fishing was ever going to come back. not in his lifetime. reporter: among charter boat chantens here, cruz was a leader. drumming up business all the time and voicing the frustrations after community in the bad times. the day that the ill entered the gulf my phone quit ringing. reporter: just a month after that interview, cruz was found on his boat dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. for 14 days he worked for bp hauling boom and looking for oil. his brothers say he felt like his role in the clean-up as a bp vessel of opportunity was worthless. that s what he told you? he felt like he was being put out there just for show? yes. that s what he told his wife. didn t tell me that. that s what he told his wife. that s what she told me just a while ago. he told me it was madness. reporter: cruz s friends tell me he felt overwhelmed by the