enemy. u.s. marines and afghan forces came under attack late thursday afternoon. day six of operation moshtarak proved that the fight for marjah rages on, and there seems to be no end in near sight. i guess it will take us another 25 to 30 days to be entirely sure that we have secured that which needs to be secured. reporter: unit 16 s alpha company used state-of-the-art technology against the ak 47s coming from nearby fields and mud compounds. i cannot discern the size of the enemy force at this point in time. reporter: the taliban have been fighting in small groups throughout the city, and hiding in homes and stores and fields. slyly making their way to u.s. positions. they have had months to plan their attack after nato openly announced this operation late last year. but still, commanders are hopeful that marjah is a turning point in the afghan war, and
thank you. meanwhile time for a look at our other stop stories. more trouble for toyota morning. the company admits it s looking in to a possible problem with the power steering in the world s best selling car, the corol corolla. the company is considering a recall but has not made a decision so far. a british coroner says alexander mcqueen died of asphyxia and hanging. his body was fund in his london home last week the day before his mother s funeral. his death is not considered suspicious. the coroner says that the fashion designer left behind a suicide note. and a tragic end to that drama on mount st. helens. the body of a climber who fell in was recovered yesterday. joseph bohlig fell 1500 feet on tuesday. he had climbed the volcano 68 times before the accident. low visibility, high wind and snow hampered rescue efforts. an automatic automatpsy is bein
likely to die or have their cancer return. they found that those who took aspirin had a 50% lower risk of ultimately dying from breast cancer and a 50% lower risk of the cancer spreading. we ll be talking about this more with dr. sanjay gupta. and good news out of haiti. american airlines plans to resume regular flight there is to and out of haiti on friday. they ll be the first commercial nights since the island was hit by that devastating earthquake. a piece of beatles history now up for sale. abbey road studios where the band recorded some of its most famous songs is being sold by emi to help the record label pay down a $1.6 billion debt. the company hopes to raise tens of millions of dollars from the sale. and america has a new top dog this morning. a charming jet black scottish terrier. sadie pranced her way into the winner s circle after taking the best in show title. sadie came into the dog show a
but that storage, not disposal. and it s the disposal problem that s got some in the have i worried. if the nuclear fuel is safe at the sites where it s stored now and if it can be safe almost indefinitely, why do you need a nuclear repository? you ultimately need a nuclear repository because just like all waste in a society, we have to put them someplace. you deal with biological waste, chemical waste, every day trash. jack runs a company that transports nuclear material. he s against president obama s decision to cut funding for the project in nevada that was supposed to be an under ground fatal fa silt for nuclear waste. why did he pull the plug? mark sanford accuses mr. obama of what he calls a chicago style political pay jooff to harry re. reid is from nevada and he s in a such re-election battle. it is the obama administration s choice in this
debriefings. and i would be surprised if the really juicy material about pakistani taliban ties since 9/11, any of that information would be turned over to the agency. and in terms of these debriefings, the cia we understand may have some sort of observatory role in this, though not full access. what would be the protocol for handling this fellow? because we re getting some reports from taliban inside afghanistan that they re watching very closely as to you how baradar is being handled. and if he s treated well, they may be inclined to cooperation, but if he s not treated well, it will be stat it tuesday company. our relationship with pakistan has been one that has been up and down over the years. there have been times where they ve provided not just complete access, but turned the people over to us completely. i.e. the attacks in east africa, they captured key individuals and just gave gave them to us. there is a political dynamic with the taliban which is defendant because pakist