kidnap the prince. but if they cannot they will eliminate him. he began a four-month tour flying apache helicopters in afghanistan last week. u.s. officials handed over formal control of the prison to the afghan government. it s located just outside of kabul holds thousands of taliban and other terror systems. the prison was all the site where hundreds of korans were burned by american forces triggers violent protests we witnessed. this prison transfer comes as the united states prepares to commemorate 9/11 and as the war in afghanistan is an issue in the presidential race. joining me now is evan coleman. we say it s an issue in the presidential race. actually, you know the headline out of the past two weeks. mitt romney did not mention afghanistan in his big speech. his people said he gave the speech the day before right before that. with that said, are you surprised we re not talking about afghanistan more as it relates to it?
he will go forward with his plan to burn hundreds of korans, the holy book of more than 1 billion muslims, on september 11th. pastor, don t you even have a twinge of conscience about doing something like this? of course. of course. we have thought very much about it. we have prayed a lot about it. yes. it s one of the things that we think about all of the time. reporter: jones says the fbi, the department of justice, and local law enforcement authorities in gainesville have all urged him not to go forward. but he won t listen. in afghanistan, general david petraeus warned that jones actions could endanger u.s. troops. it puts our soldiers at jeopardy, very likely. we ve already seen a demonstration here in kabul. just at the rumor that this event could take place. we understand that those concerns are valid. but the question that we have is, if we don t do it, when do we stop backing down? reporter: but even though christian leaders from the vatican to the southern baptist