even if it doesn t become a named storm, it going to be bringing in a lot of heavy rain across jamaica, haiti, dominican republic. concern there for flash flooding and mudslides. arthel: maria, thank you. rick: let s take about the war on terror, update for you. al-qaeda promising revenge after a u.s. strike reportedly takes out one of its top leaders. his name is ilyas kashmiri. several other militants were killed as well. they were all said to have been killed in a drone strike late last night in pakistan near the afghan border. this guy evidently had been one of the five most wanted al-qaeda leaders. if he is really dead, this will be another blow to the terror group, just a month after the death of osama bin laden. robert gates visiting afghanistan today in one of his last official acts as defense secretary before he steps down. the trip comes at a pivotal moment for the nearly decade
prices in the nation averaging $3.89. montana has the lowest at $3.18. defense secretary robert gates visiting afghanistan today. he arrived this morning and was greeted by moeshg s top commander there, general david petraeus. addressing the troops, gates became a bit emotional. you all keep me up at night. i think a lot about the people out here and what you re having to put up with and the conditions you live in and the sacrifices you make. gates also met with hamid karzai. he apologized again for civilian casualties. karzai says he accepts the apology after previously stating an apology wasn t going to be enough. hundreds of people attended the funeral of wes leonard, the high school basketball player who died shortly after scoring the winning basket last week.