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
truck bomb. officials say the focus seems to be on new york and washington but law enforcement around the country is on alert. we asked cnn national security contributor fran townsend how concerned we should be. most concerning to me we heard from commissioner kelly this morning the three individuals at least one of which is a u.s. citizen officials tell us they haven t identified. that is a very difficult problem. especially for the u.s. citizens. americans cross our borders easily. that is a real challenge for them and why you re hearing officials ask for the americans for help. president obama is on the road to richmond, virginia to promote the $447 billion jobs plan he outlined last night. he is expected to speak around 11:35 eastern time. in his address last night the president repeatedly urged congress to pass this jobs bill. pass this jobs bill and starting tomorrow small businesses will get a tax cut if they hire new workers or raise wages. pass this bill and all
anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. it s believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, let s start with you. specific, credible, but unconfirmed? tell us exactly what that means. i think it s most important to work backwards. unconfirmed is the key thing and driving all of the intelligence and law enforcement community. specific that you re hearing that word because, yes, they think it s a car bomb in either new york or washington. they do have some information that three individuals entered one being united states sit he send. they believe. the credible goes to where the source of
84 years old. our prayers are answered. we couldn t believe it we are like oh my gosh he s alive! shepard: hank got stranded last monday after he left a restaurant in cave creek and then missed his exit on i-17. i turned around but i ran right into a ditch. i got stuck in that ditch. then the battery went dead. my phone went dead and i went dead. [ laughter ] shepard: well, he had some leftover pasta but he says he didn t eat it because it made him thirsty. eventually though thirst got overwhelming. he opened the hood of his car and broke the windshield wiper fluid. i broke the top off the thing with a rock and sucked the water out of there. shepard: getting water was just part of the problem. he also had to contend with the cold and the darkness. sometimes at nighttime i got scared. i got panicky a little bit. i don t know if they were going to find me or not, you know. i can t walk. so i had to stay there.
should be good. another year over, 2011 at our doorsteps, it s kind of cool. good morning, everybody. happy new year s eve. i m rob nelson. i m mike marusarz sitting in for vinita nair. it s a tough day for drivers out from the rockies to the midwest as a powerful blizzard slams five states. they re going to need some drinks too. farther west, many roads remain slick after that same storm blew through heavy snow as far south as phoenix. more now from abc s mike von fremd. reporter: blinding heavy snow, from washington state to arizona, is turning travel on the highways into a treacherous journey. near fargo, north dakota, icy roads caused a massive 100-car pileup. amazingly, no one was injured. in new mexico, drivers slid and spun out. near the grand canyon, all lanes of i-17 were shut down, stranding drivers in a traffic nightmare. arizona reporting more than 100 accidents in just a three-hour period. we know that the weather is going to be bad but we didn t