california. here is part of our conversation, first: in mid october you re going to have, two what, 10 million, 15 million americans who are truly undecided, and they re going to make a decision because it s going to be that time. and they live in these key battle ground states, many of which have been destroyed by the economy over the past four years. what s your best selling point to them? i can make the economy better. i can get more jobs in america, i can get competition between employers for jobs, rising wages, i understand how the economy works. the president wants to make this a personal attack campaign. he s going after me as an individual. look, i m an american. i love this country. i have experience in the economy that s going to help me get good jobs for americans on so we can be secure again. bill: there are three things in that statement i want to ask with stephen hayes, senior writer for the weekly standard. stephen, good morning to
province. they state that after insuring no civilians were in the area the security force ordered a precision air strike that killed both men. nato says no civilians were harmed as well. bill. bill: kelly, this air strike, could it have come from a clue that was left behind by the osama bin laden death? that was what, 13 months ago now? how is that possible? well, bill, you may recall that when osama bin laden was killed the u.s. navy seals team also uncovered a treasure trove of information that was stored inside osama bin laden s hope. some of that information show osama bin laden s growing concerns about air strikes. according to the combating terrorism center at west point letters seized from osama bin laden s compound revealed he had advised al-qaida militants to leave pakistan s north and south tribal areas because of the threat of drone strikes n. in one letter osama bin laden
more can you tell us about the conditions this doctor has been through? reporter: bill, a short while ago, we spoke to the better of to the brother of dr. shaquil afridi, jamiel. he s been informed by the security services that his brother was tortured in the months before his conviction, apparently he was starved, left in a state so emace ated when he was transferred after his conviction just six days ago, he managed to put on 5 pounds in weight because at long last, he s finally being fed profpl. that s 5 pounds in six days. he wasn t allowed to see direct sunlight or open skies, apparently, during those 12 months where he was captured. we don t know where he was kept during that time at aufplt there s nothing from the pakistani authorities about that. we do know that his family is being denied visits, though the prison says no one has tried to visit there. that s something the family is disputing. they are concerned about his
it doesn t always happen to be the case, and therefore things like this happen. martha: we ll see wri where it goes. thank you so much. bill: we have breaking news, nato saying that al-qaida s number two in afghanistan has been killed during a weekend air strike near that volume till border with pakistan. kelly wright watches that from washington. who is this guy, how did we get him. reporter: good morning to you. nato and afghan forces identify this al-qaida guy, this figure. a press release was issued was responsible for commanding foreign insurgents in afghanistan and directing attacks against nato. they were spotted in a kunar
condition. now that he s eating properly, the conditions are quite crammed, and the cell is roughly, according to prison officials, 5-foot by 4-foot, which is cramped. but we ve been told that is paradise and that s a direct quote in comparison to the conditions he was being kept in before his sentence, bill. bill: is there any indication how the u.s. is helping the family in its appeal? reporter: no. not at this time. the family was happying hope to go hear from the u.s. embassy but the embassy hasn t been in touch and as yet, they haven t been able to approach the embassy. they say what they want the embassy here to provide is a team of lawyers to help in the appeal case which they hope to get started soon, once the pakistan authorities actually give them a copy of the verdict so they can actually begin that. they also want the u.s. to offer the entire afridi family asylum in the united states, that s 30 people in total, but they re not clear exactly what the process will be with