areas have not been collected. those waiting to be rescued from fall ton disease, fever or suffering from hunger. within 1 inches of rainfall in almost two days. mother nature has done its worst. the exact extent of damage is still yet to be assessed. shannon? shannon: all right, sib. the pictures tell the story. amazing. thank you very much for the update. extreme weather here in the states as well. record heat is spreading through the south. the hottest weather is expected to be in the southeast through the weekend and then shift into the southern plains. heavy rains flooded tucson, arizona last night. rescue crews helped get people stranded out of a car. three kids were rescued when water surrounded their house. another storm system moves into the plains with possibility of severe storms in the upper midwest throughout tomorrow. we re getting word the fire crews are making progress beating back a fire north of los angeles. claudia cowan is following the story. she is on the scene.
situation for pakistan as these militants seem to be recruiting a new breed of operatives as these people are hard to reach in pakistan. security forces are helpless in apprehending the culprits. shep? shepard: sib early this morning in islamabad. thanks. just across the border in afghanistan, the troop surge is starting to produce results. the pentagon lived to lawmakers its most upbeat assessment of the afghanistan war in many months. i m optimistic. i believe we re developing the conditions that are necessary that are not yet sufficient for success. we finally, and i would argue for the first time, we finally have the right mission, the right strategy, the right leadership team in place. shepard: but the defense department warns troops could face setbacks as they prepare for what s expected to be a major ghattle summer in the taliban strong hold of kandahar. the u.s. government has already
pakistani security agencies in north waziristan, a place they need to go to flush out militants and eradicate them. sib, thank you. iran is again flexing its military muscle, launching another round of war games if the persian gulf, the second set of exercises in less than a month. state run television reports maneuvers will last eight days and cover 100,000 miles. that is during mahmoud ahmadinejad s visit to the u.s., addressing efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons around the world. ahmadinejad promised iran will continue its nuclear ambitions. western nations, including the united states, are pushing for sanctions designed to isolate iran. president ahmadinejad does not welcome sanctions but he neither
shepard: half past the hour. the ongoing investigation into saturday as botched times square bombing and we re learning more about the suspect and his family and about his ties to pakistan. as you probably know, faisal shahzad was born in pakistan. he s from an influential family. his brother, now retired, is a senior air marshal in the pakistani air force. now fons learned shahzad has traveled back and forth to pakistan not once or twice but 13 times since 2003. with us, sib keefey with more. several people in custody now, shep, in the past two days. and now sources reveal to us that the man arrested in karachi confess today having ties with pakistani taliban.
review on a no fly list. shepard: major garrett live at the white house. major, thank you. as we have reported here the suspect is originally from pakistan. and today we re learning more about his ties to that country. ties that reportedly include terrorist connections. that can hardly come as a surprise to pakistani security forces who have been fighting off and on battles with militants for years. recently, we have heard many reports of would-be terrorists getting their training in pakistan. some of the experts are saying osama bin laden is believed to be hiding out somewhere in that country. now as we get a more detailed picture of the suspect, it seems to show a man who pakistani authorities claim is somehow tied into that web of terrorism. sib is streaming live from pakistan s capital of slam bad. sib? shep, several people in custody in the past two days in connection with to shahzad and now sources telling us that one man arrested in karachi confessed having ties with the pak