does he at all, mark, remind you of anyone? not off the top of our head, no. there s no one that comes to our mind immediately that we think this person of interest could be related to. so, that was just last hour on the local level. let s talk nationally. joining me now from washington, homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve. that was a pio from jefferson county sheriff s department. but what are your federal sources telling you? this is a very active investigation. obviously, they have those surveillance photographs. this isn t a suspect. this is somebody they want to find and they want to talk to, but at least they have something to start with there. in addition, they have the propane tank tanks, they have the pipe bomb. these are intact. they may be providing a wealth of clues. at a press conference earlier this morning, the authorities indicated that they are having some success tracking some of the components that made up the devices and they are hoping to inter
people and that s the big, big unknown. and that s what may keep us there years longer than even the president thought we might be there. but right now, over the past month, americans have had great success tracking down the taliban, right? arresting taliban members and killing taliban members. yes, we have had great success. and i mean the administration again to its credit is being moderate about it. it s not pumping its chest and saying we re doing extraordinarily well. they don t want to no mission accomplished banners yet? not yet, joe. and the other thing we found out i m no military expert the taliban do melt back into the countryside. this he do have some support among the people. one of the things our story talks about is how in fact, you know, before the invasion of marjah, general mcchrystal actually did a poll of afghani people in marjah to see whether they would support a new government and a u.s. presence.