hundred years in the past. power plants could be get wiped out and satellites blacked out and fox news would disappear because the satellites would be short circuited. what? is there anything to do about this to prepare? well, we physicists said to congress, why not reinforce the satellites, redundant power systems and make sure our power systems have backup systems and congress laughed at us pretty much. is this one of the events it where you and others talk about it and warn people about it and don t do anything until it happens. yes, unfortunately it s true. remember, next year is the peak of the solar cycle for you amateurs out there, it s going to be spectacular, 2013 is the peak of the 11 year cycle. north and south pole of the son flip every 11 years, release ago burst of energy. it s a headache for nasa the satellite people, the military the gps people. alisyn: it s going to be
and no word whether the same group responsible for that attack is also behind this one. well, the sight of that daring u.s. raid where usama bin laden was killed will soon be a memory. pakistan without notice started to demolish the three-story compound in abad abad yesterday. and it s already more than halfway down and pakistan faced plenty of criticism and questions after the raid and many wanted to know how it could claim that it had no clue that bin laden was there. believed he lived there several years. awes know, navy seals flew in from afghanistan and stormed the compound last mail. for 16 americans underway, trials underway, including sam lahood, son of ray lahood accused of using millions in foreign funds to stir unrest. part of a democracy nonprofit group. they each face five years in prison if convicted. and u.n. talking with officials, and warning to cut aid to the country, but
the international red cross announcing it is no longer able to safety evacuate civilians out of syria. state tv says the new constitution will usher in reforms. the west along with several arab nations have dismissed the vote as a sham. coming up in the next hour, world affairs contributor dominik dinatale will bring us the latest from lebanon. six americans in egypt accused of using illegal foreign funds to fuel public unrest. the new hearing will take place in late april. sam lahood, the son of u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood is among those facing charges. leland vitter has more from jerusalem. leland? the most interesting thing that happened today inside the courtroom is who didn t show up. none of the americans accused by the egyptian government came to answer those charges. here is the latest video from cairo where a number of
assad is talking about means nothing to the people of homs when their government continues to kill them. in cairo the trial of 16 detained americans has stalled with proceedings set to resume april 26th. group is accused of operating without a license. if convicted the group of americans could face up to five years, among them is sam lahood, son of u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood. two journalists were killed in syria this week, marry colvin was marry colvin was one. tonight we are honoring her legacy, war stories with oliver north high highlights her tonight. a marine is now a millionaire after hitting the jackpot of a slot machine in
two afghans killed. violence erupted across afghanistan after it was learned that u.s. troops disgoesed of qur ans accidentally in a fire pit used to burn trash. it is time now to return to calm and keep. and not to allow the enemies of the people of afghanistan, the enemies of peace and stability of the people of afghanistan, to use this from this time and bring danger to the properties of our people and our country. reporter: an estimated 30 people have been killed in a week of violence, including four americans, two gunned down yesterday in the afghan interior ministry in kabul. these two advisers were shot in the back of the head, a manhunt is underway for the suspect. the american ambassador to afghanistan and a key u.s. senator say the mission in afghanistan must continue any way. again, these are terrible tragedies. very worthy of the condemnation it received. but, this is not the time decide that we re done here. we ve got to redouble our efforts we ve got to