major general markus kneip commands all nato troops in northern afghanistan. he was reportedly meeting with a regional governor and police commander when a suicide bomber detonated himself nearby. seven people were killed. the general is among nine others wounded. we'll keep you updated on this breaking story. >>> members of the un nuclear watch dog agency are looking at japan's crippled fukushima nuclear reactor weekend. they're checking out the site and reviewing the safety there. the iaea team will report on what they findality next month's nuclear ministers meeting in vienna. >>> not only is he out of power, former egyptian president hosni mubarak is about to be out of millions of dollars as well. a court has fined mubarak and top officials of his ousted regime $90 million for their roles in limiting communication during the country's revolution in january. mubarak will be required to pay $34 million of that. >>> let's bring in the denver tower cam now. not everyone is having trouble with the late season heavy snow. aspen mountain is open for skiing. can y

among the wounded was the target, a german head of nato's northern afghanistan command. he's said to be in stable condition now. >>> president obama is headed back to washington this hour. he wrapped up a six-day trip to europe today in poland spotlighting the country's 1980s transition to democracy as a model for nations across north africa and the middle east. he held meetings with veterans of the solidarity labor movement credited with ending communism in poland. >>> just in time for memorial day and your road trip. the gas prices are falling throughout the country. the national average now at 3.81 to a gallon of regular down from 3.99 just a couple weeks ago. you are still paying more than a dollar higher than you were last year. >>> he was the man who made this song famous back in 1970. ♪ you will not be able to lose yourself and skip out during commercials because the revolution will not be televised ♪ >> a poet and musician. gil scott-heron called by many the godfather of rap. he delivered social and political messages through music and spoken word and rose to

among the injured the head of nato's northern afghanistan command. he is said to be in stable condition. a scary landing for passengers aboard a delta airlines flight. pittsburgh to atlanta was the route. the flight 2284. more than 40 passengers, five crew on board caught fire shortly after touching down at hartsfield jackson international airport here in atlanta. fire crews called and doused the plane. the passengers had to be evacuated. on to the taxiway using the large slides. delta said no reports anyone was hurt. >>> just in time for your memorial day road trip gas prices falling throughout the country. the national average now at 3.81 a gallon, down from 3.99 just a couple of weeks ago. stale lot more than what we paid for last year, about a dollar higher. rare images of one of hollywood's sexiest woman, marilyn monroe. only a handful of people have seen them. you will see them next. >> isn't this delicious? >>> that's the image most of us have of marilyn monroe, "the seven year itch." we're getting a look at never before seen photos before she

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we make contact with the taliban and head to the province of baghlan in northern afghanistan. jsoc has unleashed a series of night raids and air strikes against insurgent leaders here. we've arranged a meeting with a group of taliban who have just survived one of these attacks. they are on the run, and the meeting has taken months to arrange. we find the taliban gathered at the grave of their former commander, killed in a us air strike on this spot. >> narrator: until recently, khalid amin was a foot soldier. he now controls around 50 taliban fighters, after two senior commanders were killed by special forces. >> narrator: frontline was unable to verify the number of taliban in baghlan. but what's clear is that attacks by the taliban have continued across this province since the kill/capture raids began. >> we're killing a lot of mid- level commanders, but they get replaced by other mid-level commanders. so it hurts them in the sense that they have to promote new people, but they just promote new people. and the more raids we do like this, the more we upset and aggrieve the af

. >> a sal i ban suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself during a meeting in northern afghanistan. six people were killed including a top police commander and two german soldiers. >>> since 911 more than three hundred ally the u.s. personal have been killed in afghanistan and elsewhere. for families understanding their grove can be difficult. we report on one organization working to change that. >> just the way i like it. >> this 15-year-old remembers the last time he saw his father. >> he was going to afghanistan. we gave each other a high five. >> in 2006 he was killed protecting other soldiers during a fierce ambush by the taliban. a story first made public by 60 minutes. andrew received his father's silver star. >> i remember just filing like i was there for him, and i didn't want to mess anything up for him. >> he was a green beret based at ft. brag, north carolina. special forces teams like his can deploy at a moment notice on classified missions they can't discuss with their families. >> good jobs. >> leaving wives to do everything. >> you have to be not just the mom but th

among the wounded, the german head of nato's northern afghanistan command. he's said to be in stable condition. in garden grove, california, crystal cathedral ministries is selling this, the towering mega church and campus to a developer to pay off a $46 million debt. it is hoping to lease back the church so it can continue with the hour of power television broadcast. they were first made popular by the reverend robert schuler. he did it in the 1950s. schuler stepped down in 2006 and the church has been in financial trouble since then. >>> in missouri, the death top in joplin has risen again, now they're saying 142 people confirmed dead from that f-5 twister. another 100 missing. president obama will be there tomorrow to tour the devastation and meet with some of the victims. and a one-hour special on the joplin tornado is coming up at the top of the hour at 8:00 eastern here on cnn. and i am drew griffin at the cnn center here in atlanta. stories reporter with tom foreman is next. >>> the biblical story of lazarus rising from the dead appears to be happenin

now inside the meeting was the head of all of nato forces in northern afghanistan, german general marcus knife. he has survived. not as fortunate some of his troops. a german foreign minister has described the attack as barbaric. also police chief general dawoud, former commander in the northern alliance which fought the taliban in the days leading up to and after the u.s.-led invasion in 2001. this attack complicates a confusing and complicated picture inside afghanistan. u.s. troops are preparing to withdraw or draw down at least in the coming months. nato forces also looking at handing over responsibility for security to afghans. at the same time there are these fledgling talks between the taliban and the government there and u.s. forces as well to try to reconcile the militants with the rest of the country. now at the same time there have been a spate of attacks across the border in pakistan as well in the weeks since osama bin laden's death, also targeting americans, nato and pakistani troops and installations here, as well as in nato supply lines. a very complicated picture, caught

afghanistan police opened fire to disperse the demonstrators as they threw stones and set a police station ablaze the crowds were protesting against a nato overnight house raid that left four people dead later confirmed the killing of two men and two women said they were armed and fired through. a triple form blast of security forces and iraqi city of kirkuk skilled at least twenty seven injured schools mill north the country's been riven by ethnic strife three groups are vying for control rich area there to our special report now from antarctica how to sean thomas of the think travel to the planet southernmost confident look into whether humans are putting penguins in a flower. the penguins of antarctica truly fascinating creatures to watch but are they in trouble from a man made threat. back in one nine hundred eighty two british pilots in the falklands discovered a phenomenon as they flew over penguin colonies they said the birds would topple over as they lifted their heads to watch the planes fly by then penguins by the thousands were left on their backs and able to write themselves bu

some top stories around the world right now violent protests a program in northern afghanistan over a nato raid image for people who killed clashes during a demonstration left at least eleven there the dozens wounded mate has confirmed that it forces killed two women during a house raid a pointed out that they were all armed and tried to fire troops because widespread anger in afghanistan over heavy handed house raids and civilian casualties are made to operations. every international monetary fund's been put on a suicide watch while being held of a sexual assault charges from an extra is in new york prison and will appear in court on friday to reapply for bail he was detained at j.f.k. airport on sunday accused of attacking a hotel maid something which he denies. poll workers go inside at reactor number two of japan's crippled fukushima plant to check the radiation levels in the building where they're equipped with intense protective gear and indeed the other first to enter since the earthquake disaster in march the data is needed to try to work out how best to cool the. efforts usin

northern afghanistan. cross-talk debate show. today we discuss american strategy in a war torn country is a pretty. as long as al qaeda is operating in that region as long as the taliban is operating in that region i think the united states has an interest in preventing for a future harm to america and our friends and allies ok to go back to you buy into that. we were told by you perception is that for a long drive you know. relates to this part of the world. the way it goes. it made in the pentagon and langley. business news now with you there. but only very well welcome to the business program continues to lose ground because of investor concern over debt problems in europe the currency lost on the ports in one week and is currently at a low fortune that's the lowest level since march and getting a divorce in from a case of stella believes the eurosport fortunes will not last long. well the greek fact is the main true holy consoles are home. prices on so can so for the potential once over so quickly government and the potential

been a second day around the nato demonstrations in northern afghanistan police opened fire to disperse the demonstrators as they threw stones inside a police station a blaze the crowds were protesting against a nato overnight house raid which left four people dead. the killing of two men and see women said they were armed and fired the troops. ok crossing over to our special series in our reports from our politics sean thomas in the team traveled to the planet's continent to look into whether humans are pretty rare penguins. the penguins of antarctica truly fascinating creatures to watch but are they in trouble from a man made threat. back in one thousand eighty two british pilots in the falklands discovered a phenomenon as they flew over penguin colony and they said the birds would topple over as they lifted their heads to watch the planes fly by then penguins by the thousands were left on their backs and able to write themselves but is this story true well i think it's something that's why do you know monks the public i think generally regarded it months anyone that knows anything ab

it's been a second day of empty nato demonstrations in northern afghanistan police opened fire straight is they threw stones and set a police station and the crowds were protesting against a nato overnight house raid that left four dead confirmed the killing of two men and two women said they were armed and fired up through. our special series of reports from antarctica for you r.t. shown thomas in the travel to the planet's southern most confident look into whether humans are putting the penguins there in a flood. the penguins of antarctica truly fascinating creatures to watch but are they in trouble from a man made threat. back in one thousand nine hundred two british pilots in the falklands discovered a phenomenon as they flew over penguin colonies they said the birds would topple over as they lifted their heads to watch the planes fly by then penguins by the thousands were left on their backs on able to write themselves but is this story true but i think it's something that's why do you know months the topic but i think generally regarded a month anyone that knows anything about it

afghanistan has killed a senior police chief and five others including military troops the police commander was one of the leaders of the movement dullards which foods against militants the taliban has admitted the attack there's been a surge in the presence of security forces wakefulness on the blogs killing. yemen's president and the country's troubled chief group a cease fire out of the five days of clashes on the top of that left three hundred twenty people to have a gun battles began off the present salary refused to sign a proposal. is going to step down. this week one thing stood for is that anyone who decides it's a simple sorry is under pressure to go after months of demonstrations the modern entity is trying to be a group. there's worry ahead for japan's fukushima nuclear plant as a powerful typhoon in its way in the next day or so and shows admit the facility is not fully prepared for the heavy rain and winds some react to buildings are wide open it's a storm well it's not even into the sea. was rotten and folks felt the brunt of the system north far more. lockheed martin the wor

the protests are broken out in northern afghanistan over a nato raid in which four people were killed passions during the demonstration left at least eleven people dead doesn't. nato has confirmed that its forces killed two men and two women during a house raid pointed out that they were all armed and they tried to fire at the troops there is widespread anger in afghanistan of a heavy handed house raids and civilian casualties as a result of nato mission. heading over now sees me through the world of business with korea. very welcome to our business bulletin and one go to our top story today russia's state run rosneft may be seeking compensation for a failed share swap the would be pete tipping prime minister decision and one of the main architects of the deal says the company's lawyers are studying the viability of a claim system does not specify whether its b.p. or its russian partners are the target of frost if that had previously threatened to seek compensation from b.p. however constantine seem to believe to find fault with. i absolutely sure that the snow will go to the court an

afghanistan has killed a senior police chief in france rather is a clue that they took troops this crowd was one of the leaders of the northern alliance which forces against militants without a banner has admitted the attack on an upsurge in the prizes and security forces in the wake of the sudden bernardus killing. yemen's president and the country's travel chief have agreed a ceasefire after five days of clashes in the capital that left more than one hundred twenty dead and gun battles began at the present salary refused to sign a proposal i was him to step down from six pricing stand for is the minimum with the said the simple. plates on the pressure to go up to months of demonstrations of modern and and. another cooling system has broken down that japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant unit five was stopped when it ran into difficulties it's now added pressure to separate through the facility as a powerful typhoon hits its way into next day or so officials facilities not fully prepared for having a break wind some reactor buildings on by dope and on its store markets and locked in

suicide bombing in northern afghanistan has killed a senior police chief and five others to the nato troops base commander was one of the leaders of the movement which fought against militants and has admitted the attack has been an urgent process on security forces in the wake of some of. the other ends of the country's troubled treif have agreed a ceasefire after five days of clashes in the capital one hundred twenty. because. the president's son refused to sign a proposal by our interest for him to step down in a month this week's fighting still fears that yemen could descend into civil war something it's a pressure to go after months of demonstrations to days it's a year. there's a worry ahead for japan's fukushima nuclear plant as a powerful typhoon heads its way in the next day or so. the facility is not fully prepared for the heavy rain and winds some react to buildings are wide open to the storm and radioactive material into the air and sea workers have been battling to fix a rather brutal system but for now back online. i want a trip to antarctica diving into its icy sea pro

about a protest so broken up in northern afghanistan over a nato raid in which four people were killed during the demonstration left at least eleven people dead and dozens wounded it was confirmed his forces killed two men two women during a house raid but pointed out that they were all i was trying to fire at the troops there is widespread anger in afghanistan over heavy handed. civilian casualties as a result of the nato operations. now america may be being dragged down by record debt and unemployment filtering throughout your economy but there is one industry that's bucking the trend it's a boom time for arms manufacturers right now and they're branding themselves as saviors of the job market. came in for a report on how americans are little choice but to go gunning for work. it's career day and for one industry business is booming business is being very small business . revenue increases two thousand for. two this year with the significant revenue increase defense contracting. for missile defense maker northrop grumman to chemical and biological weapons producer battell. weapons bu

afghanistan at least five others also died in the blast targeting the compound of a local governor the police chief general that would be a road was one of the leaders of the northern alliance that fought against the taliban there's been an upswing in attacks on security forces in the wake of the killing of osama bin laden in pakistan earlier this year. according to egypt has fined the country's ousted leader hosni mubarak and two of its former ministers and nineteen million dollars for cutting off telecommunications internet and mobile connections were disrupted for days when unpopular when the popular uprising began in january former leaders currently in custody pending trial out of corruption charges and his involvement in the deadly crackdown on protesters. in china some thirty five million people estimated to have been affected by a devastating drought along the yangtze river it's the worst recorded in fifty years among the many problems the region now faces or shortages of drinking water and severe losses for the agricultural industry no rainfall is forecast for the area so begin

afghanistan at least five others also died in a blast targeting the compound of the local governor police chief gen darwood daoud was one of the leaders of the northern alliance that fought the taliban there's been an upswing in attacks on security forces in the wake of the killing of osama bin ladin pakistan earlier this month. according to has fired the country's ousted leader hosni mubarak and two of his former ministers ninety million dollars for cutting off telecommunications internet and mobile connections were disrupted for days when a popular uprising started in january former leader is currently in custody pending trial on corruption charges and his involvement in the deadly crackdown on protesters. in china some thirty five million people are estimated to have been affected by a devastating drought along the sea river it's the worst recorded in a century among the many problems the region now faces or a shortage of drinking water and severe losses for agriculture no rain falls for forecasts for the area until the beginning of june. well last year russia also experienced its wors

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afghanistan." >> narrator: behind the scenes, you can hear khan leading the chants. in fact, he was manipulating the entire interview. >> khan was behind the camera and checking all the question and answers. and he were asking me, "before you do the question, stop the camera. ask your question. i need to know what you are going to ask." i said, "i'm going to ask how many people are here?" and khan told him, "say between 3,000 and 4,000." >> but that guy didn't hear to khan. he said 11,000 to 12,000. >> narrator: khan had consistently claimed to najibullah that he commanded 3,000 to 4,000 fighters in this region of afghanistan coalition forces commander general david petraeus has a very different number. he recently said he believes there are no more than 100 al qaeda fighters in the entire country. najibullah reports he was permitted to film only three to four dozen of khan's fighters during the ten days he spent with them, but he says he saw many more men during his wide travels with khan's patrols. >> they were in the hills, in the mountains. i went four madrassas,

major general markus kneip commands all nato troops in northern afghanistan. he was reportedly meeting with a regional governor and police commander when a suicide bomber detonated himself nearby. seven people were killed. the general is among the nine wounded. more details when they become available. >>> in libya this morning witnesses believe explosions that rattled tripoli came from nato air strikes. no comment from nato. but nato officials did confirm they targeted a vehicle storage area in tripoli and said they aimed the air strike to minimize civilian casualties. no one was reported hurt. >>> egypt opened its border with gaza for the first time in more than four years. about 600 palestinians entered egypt at the raffa crossing. officials say they did it for humanitarian reasons. >>> the man who kept that border closed tight is about to be out of millions of dollars. a court has ordered former egyptian president hosni mubarak to pay a big part of a $90 million fine for his role in the revolution that forced him from power this year. >>> president barack o

accidentally hit 2 civilian homes killing 14 women and children and the strike follows a taliban attack in northern afghanistan that killed a top police commander. >>> and a bus crash in washington state has left two people dead and more than a dozen injured. the bus crashed into a disabled pickup truck on the shoulder of the road saturday night causing the bus to skid on to its side. two passengers on that bus were killed, and a man standing by the disabled vehicle was seriously injured. >>> and a small fire at dodger stadium last night forced some fans from their seats in the upper decks. smoke enveloped the upper level seats on the first base side of the stadium, but the fire was contained in a storage area. the only person left in that area, by the way, was the television cameraman, intrepid that he is, and through it all, the game went on and the dodgers lost. >>> one year in 40 seconds or rather seven dog years and 40 seconds. take a look at this time lapse video of dunder, the german shepard as it grows from eight weeks to one year. byron louis, the owner, took a photo of him every day and p

. >> rose: the next photograph is an open attic in northern afghanistan. tell me about it. >> this woman was a widow and she started doing, she started smoking opium when she was picking opium when she was a young girl, about 11 she said. and she basically has just been smoking her entire life. and her neighbors come and take care of her. they don't even try and treat her at this point. i mean she literally sits around and smokes all day. op yuma diction is a huge problem in afghanistan. they are a big provider of the world's omium. >> the next one is the university graduates, under there, you describe it. >> one of the wonderful things about afghanistan since the fall of the taliban is the fact that women are in fact back in school. and this is a college graduation from kabul university. and it was such a beautiful scene to me because i first started going to afghanistan when it was under the taliban. and no women were in school. there were secret girl schools but the education past the age of puberty was just not possible. and so this to me was quite a b

minister and leader of the northern alliance. tell me, first of all, afghanistan seems to be crowing about the fact that he was found on pakistani territory. why is that so important? >> for a quite long time, we've been saying that bin laden and the rest of al qaeda leaders, as well as taliban leaders, they are not living in the caves of northern waziristan or the border between afghanistan and pakistan, but in mansions inside pakistan, and i think today it is proved that some institutions within the pakistani is safe, such as the military establishment are strongly standing behind al qaeda. and we afghans have been suffering for quite long time at the hands of al qaeda and other terrorist networks. they don't come to other muslims, and they are taking some after began women and these arab fighters. they have done it from long time ago, even during the communist time when they were attacking jalalabad. they were taking slaves as infidels that were captured in the battlefield. and this has been continuing, and i think this was a

afghanistan. this last an hour and 45 minutes. >> thank you for being here today. it's really a pleasure to be here yet again. to visit yet another urgent topic, relevant to so many of you here in this room today, future citizen soldiers who will be heading down range in the future to deal with these problems and issues and challenges. so we welcome you. we welcome our internet audience and we also welcome c-span book tv viewing audience. i'll introduce our panelists. afterwards will be having a book signing in the neighboring ballroom. you are all welcome to come over and take that opportunity if your book collectors to obtain signed first editions and maybe explore more deeply some of the perspective you here today. you have another pale this year whose depth of expertise is matched by the diversity. i'm going to introduce the panel again. opposite myself, dr. christopher coppola received his commission as reserve officer in the u.s. air force in 1990. he served as the two gulf wars and deployed

afghanistan. his writing has appeared in esquire, then our times, the "washington post," time and other national publications. he is the founder of the national writers series, a book festival bringing great conversations to life in with the erica's greatest writers consider by editors and readers to be one of the country's countries top tier book events that takes place in michigan. stanton's recent book horse soldier spent more than three years on the hour times bustle reston named the 2009 notable book by "the new york times". stanton lives and writes in michigan. welcome, doug. [applause] our topic today is the uncertain future in afghanistan assessing the conflict 10 years later. it is worth pointing out now that the u.s. has been present with its military in afghanistan longer than the soviet union did in 1989. and i think it is reflective of this. there was a moment a year or so ago when speaking to the troops in helmand province dr. stanley mcchrystal reflected on the intensity of emotions

the bbc reported years ago their first instance showed up in northern pakistan, not even in afghanistan. the pakistani military used them as an agent for their own interest in afghanistan, so they were backing them. shortly after their invasion of afghanistan, the afghan people, came into afghanistan early on waving pictures of the king and claiming they were here to bring back the king, so the rebel groups and village militias put down their arms and essentially gave into the taliban. when the taliban were moving through pashtun areas, there wasn't that much of a problem with it. when they moved into other areas and parts of kabul, that's when the massacres began and when the taliban started to kill a lot of people indiscriminantly. as the war war on in the -- war wore on and the enthusiasm declined, more forces were supported by pakistani irregulars, people who resigned from the pakistani military intentionally, joined the taliban, put on black turbans and fought beside the taliban. in fact, there's lots of documents about the kind of armorments pushed into the affair. the pakistani o

afghanistan. pakistan's military continuings to fear a direct confrontation with the tribes on the western border. this fear makes pakistan's relationship with the taliban volatile and perhaps unresolvable in any way ben official to the west. pakistan continues to support elements of the taliban that carry forwards its agenda and making token attack on those who do not serve their interest. pakistan's commitment is not what it seems. while we serving, it's best trained military units and high-tech weapons given to it by the united states for a potential war with india, pakistan's military sets the fully trained and poorly equipped pashtuns qens the pakistani taliban, but as the taliban cells recruit and multiply inside panjabis setting up their own pashtun controlled taliban against the panjabis youth, a new dynamic has taken hold. washington's third major issue regarding this is washington itself. the politics of both afghanistan and pakistan over the last 60 years have been so entwined in washin

. >>> an air man from northern california has been killed in afghanistan. tech sergeant christopher solesby died when a device det knead in the kanadahar province. he had been in afghanistan since january. he was due to return home this summer. >>> american flags were placed at the graves of soldiers who died in the line of duty. there were 138,000 graves here and every fallen soldier was honored. >> we're showing how much we care and what they've done for our country isn't just looked upon and looked away. they are true heros to us. >> 2500 boy scouts, girl scouts, and cub scouts helped decorate the grave sites today. the groups have been doing this every memorial weekend for more than 50 years. . >>> hundreds of thousands of bikers are converging on washington, d.c. for the traditional rolling thunder ride. the honor ride to honor mia service members takes place tomorrow from the pentagon to the vietnam memorial. a wreath was placed at the navy memorial today. >> it shows respect to honor the service men and women who gave their ultimate sacrifice for the

soldier has been killed in afghanistan. the department of defense says 23-year-old army specialist preston dennis of redding died thursday in kandahar province. his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device. he joined the army in august of 2008. started his second tour of duty in afghanistan last month. he is survived by his parents and wife. >> volunteers are bringing food and water and other necessities to communities damaged by the second deadliest tornado strike in u.s. hoyt. some people are still being found alive, including three people in alabama. here's more. >> reporter: seeing the toward damage across the south is like touring a battlefield, one that spans seven states. whole neighborhoods, in some cases whole towns, were obliterated. the worth tornado devastation in 80 years has left casualties and many who cheated death. >> i remember flying in the air and tumbling. and i was thinking to myself, i'm not going to die. god, i'm not going to die. i'm going to make it through this. >> it sound like at le

parts of afghanistan into other provinces. if the u.s. draw down too quickly, you might get increasing successes taking of territorial control by the taliban and haqqani network which at some point down the line we've already seen in areas they control will push in forbe fighters and training camps. >> brown: celeste gventer, you're talking about leaving a smaller force that is more aimed at counterterrorism as opposed to the counterinsurgency strategy? >> that's exactly right, jeff. i think when the administration was debating whether to increase forces in afghanistan several months ago now or fall of 2009 the counterterrorist option was disregarded by a lot of analysts and strategists. and unfortunately for them, we've now seen that counterterrorism actually works. counterinsurgency had nothing to do with the demise of bin laden this past weekend and the fact is that there are extremist groups around the world in other countries as well and that doesn't justify large-scale u.s. military commitment in the pursuit of essential

. >>> an airman from northern california has been killed in afghanistan. 32-year-old tech sergeant christopher soulsby from citrus heights died when an improvised device detonated in the kandahar province. he had been in afghanistan since january. he was due to return home this summer. >>> honoring those who died in the line of duty is the purpose of a touching memorial day tradition. thousands of scouts fanned out across the golden gate national cemetery to place american flags on each of the 138,000 graves. >> we're just showing how much we care, and that what they've done for our country is not just looked upon and looked away. they are true heroes to us. >> about 2500 boy scout, girl scouts and cub scouts helped decorate the grave sites today. the groups have been doing this every memorial day weekend for more than 50 years. >>> column right. march. step left. >> they serve in a very different way. but there were honors today for two san francisco police horses. hawk is 25 years old and served with the sfpd since 1998. the handlers say he is healthy but tired. hunter, the bay horse has ser