troops there past the end of next year, susan rice was face to face with hamid karzai in afghanistan urging him not to delay the deal. >> if the agreement is not signed promptly, what i said to the president is we would have no choice, we'd be compelled by necessity, not our preference, to begin to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to keep our troops here. they will not be invited because the bsa will not have been signed. the nature of our investment would be more difficult to sustain. >> the proposal keeps troops in afghanistan through 2024. the white house says all troops will be pulled out if the deal is not signed, until the end of the year. >> if it doesn't go through charities by international

lou: going back to susan rice and secretary john kerry. this looks to be a real problem for the president. another fissure in a state that once was in a very successful president released in the early days who is now laboring under all sorts of weights and challenges and this is one that i don't quite -- i don't quite know how it's going to end. >> i don't know how it's going to end. but i do know that john kerry has been vanished because he is a man on the ground and when he's in egypt, even if susan rice wants him to talk about mohmed morsi and the importance of the ousting president and coming back,,he's the one who will decide whether or not he wants to do that and clearly he doesn't want to do that and he didn't do it and as a result he was much more effective in egypt than he would have been had we listened to his wife. once again, we all agreed that john kerry's instincts on this are correct. lou: where is this president succeeding right now? i don't ask that facetiously come i'm actually being serious. but where is he succeeding ri

susan rice is not the friendlyist person to send to kabul. if they could have september jo -- sent john kerry to butter him up. they say enough is enough. >> why is karzai doing this? >> reporter: i think if you look at his end goal he seems to be focusing on the elections next year. the last time he seems to have a bargaining position with the u.s. once this deal is done u.s. troops can be there ten years and aid not set in stone but laid out more clearly. the last time presidential elections the u.s. were very critical of the procedures around that and i'm pretty sure he'll look ahead to make sure the next president of afghanistan is somebody he approves of and doesn't want the united states to raise concern how the procedure went through. the america's longest war now and looking at a position the next month or so, the u.s. could simply stop, not just our troops but aid contributions to effectively lose its way what happens next in afghanistan. >> nick paton-walsh, thank you. >>> president obama is defending the international flavnuclear d

on monday heated discussions between hamid karzai and susan rice went nowhere. those running consumer products say donor fatigue is setting in. the organization behind the school used to run the shelter. they shut their doors in march as money from abroad ended. the small shelter used to house children who went to the school. >> those children, because of them will have to go back to work. >> for years this gave children somewhere safe to sleep. now it's empty. the charity that ran it has run out of money. some see the refusal to sign the pact as a risky move that perhaps the u.s. is bluffing on threats to cut aid. >> i believe the americans want to stay here. they think they were in a strong bargaining position. they may be out of kilter with reality. that's the view from the palace. >> it's a different view from the classroom. even so, the children enjoy themselves unaware of the political crisis and how it could end what little they have. >> the u.s. spent $145 million on education in afghanistan. the obama administration is taking new steps to keep congress

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national security advisor susan rice is in afghanistan holding talks over the future of u.s. troops. tribal leaders reached agreement allowing the u.s. to stay after 2014. >> despite late-night negotiations between susan rice and afghan president hamid karzai, the security pact between afghanistan and the u.s. is no closer to being signed. president hamid karzai says that he will not sign the deal until he has certain guarantees from the u.s. he's mentioned various points that he wants to be reassured on - things like the u.s. forces will never enter afghan homes and wants to push the point that afghan detainees be released, and that he won't sign until he's happy with the various conditions that he has. the white house responded with strong long wij. some of the stronger that we have heard. they said if it's not signed by the end of the year, it is unacceptable and they'll have to make plans from afghanistan by the end of next year. they've upped the stakes by mentioning aid money, saying failure to sign the agreement could jeopardise money pledged by n.a.t.o. companies and

on monday heated discussions between karzai and susan rice went nowhere. those running social projects here say donor fatigue is already starting to set in. the organization behind this school also used to run this shelter for street children. it shut its doors in march as money from abroad ended. the small shelter used to house children while the organization searched for their families. >> those children because of having no resources for them, most of them will be send back to the street to work. >> reporter: for years in facility gave street kids somewhere safe to sleep until they can have more long-term arrangements. now it's completely empty. the charity that runs it says it ran out of money. some see carsy's refusal to sign the security pack as a risky move. they believe that the americans want to stay here come hell or high water, so think they think they are in a very strong bargaining position, and that may be completely out of kilter with reality, but that does seem to be from the palace. >> reporter: but it is a very different view from the cla

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susan rice after that despiting meeting with karzi spoke with afghan television. >> if the agreement isn't signed promptly, what i said to the president is we would have no choice. we would be compelled by necessity, not by our preference to have to plan for the prospect we will not be able to keep our troops here because they will not be invited because the bsa will not have been. then the nature of our 3i7 and the investments we have made will be more difficult to sustain. >> essentially what we have now, tony, is a high-stakes game of chicken. it pivots on this key question: who wants american troops more to remain in afghanistan after 2014? the karzai government or the united states government? who stands to lose the most if th they are not there. >> mike, appreciate it. mike viqueira, at the whitehouse for us. if the afghan security packet isn't signed. >>> chair at this funded by international donors are in jeopardy. that could mean really an about-face for the children who have recently been able to go back to school. jane ferguson reports now from kabul >> reporter: amanula a

the declaration follows his meeting with u s national security adviser susan rice in trouble. cause i told bryce rental afghan homes that have deceased and the us would have to demonstrate its commitment to peace before he resigned to getting the spoon the rice was cooked it saying that the pope said mitcham and the us would stop coming for a total collapse in twenty fourteen and leave afghanistan much is left iraq with no human soul mate under the tree presents. last week and somalia juggle national afghan governing and goals to continue to escalate the engagement and its on site to sign quickly. however the afghan president says he wants the april presidential elections have to go with us america currently has forty seven thousand troops in the country and wants to leave the force of around eight thousand behind off to twenty fourteen at the station. it is deputy prime minister has called for calm often monday's clashes in king county between official forces and militias left nine people dead. still in training it didn't it's a startling twist on cruise control across the co

we have an exclusive interview with white house national security adviser susan rice. >> ifill: and we remember one of american history's most revered speeches delivered four score and 70 years ago today, abraham lincoln's gettysburg address. >> the speech is powerful in part, i think, because it is so direct and so poetic, and the words carry so much meaning in such a short space. >> ifill: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the nation's largest bank admitted today that it misrepresented mortgage- backed securities that collapsed in the 2008

we've heard susan rice say, there's not going to be a letter. there's nothing like that on the table. there's still confusion in my mind about whether or not there will be a letter, there won't be a letter, what will it include? and if there's anything that seems to be an apology. >> susan rice was very narrow in parsing her statement. she said no such letter had been drafted and no apology would be given. the u.s. is really parsing here. they are going to give some expressions of regret. commonly used language, i think, that the u.s. has used in the past that they understand president karzai needs as a political cover when he's taking this agreement to the people. i don't think it will apologize wholesale for the last 12 years, but it will be a very narrow expression that the u.s. is sorry that all of these civilian deaths have occurred and a pledge to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> and for years to come, billions of dollars, maybe $4 billion a year to pay for the upkeep of the afghan military. american taxpayers will be on the line for

i will speak with the president's national security advisor, susan rice. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this coming into "the situation room." george zimmerman free on $9,000 bail. this is george zimmerman leaving the correctional facility in seminole county, florida, onl a few minutes ago. zimmman peared in court four nter bng acquitted in the killing of trayvon martin. now he's facing a charge of felony aggravated assault on this woman, his girlfriend, samantha scheibe, seen here in facebook photos. she told police zimmerman pointed a shotgun at her, prompting her to call 911. cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin is standing by. let's go straight to alina machado in sanford, florida. what's the latest on george zimmerman? >> reporter: well, as you mentioned, george zimmerman is free on bond tonight. we want to again show you that video of him leaving the correctional facility here in seminole county with his bail bondsman. he did not answer any questions from reporters as he was leaving the correctional facility and his release came just a few ho

as susan rice saad -- said there are multiple sides to this. but the fact is there are still uncertainties here. the korean war ended in the early 1950s, and we still have troops in korea because we now have a security partnership with that country. what the troops will represent past 2014 is consolidating and protecting the gains that have been made over the last 12 years in an uncertain environment. the one missing piece in afghanistan is a peace agreement between the afghan government and the taliban. having troops there past 2014 negates a likely narrative where the taliban wants to say we drove the united states out of afghanistan, and the answer is they haven't. >> christine it is fair to say that most americans probably thought we would leave some security force in afghanistan. substantial. >> yeah, actually that number has been around for quite a while, so for people who have been watching the afghanistan debate this number isn't surprising at all. our goal has always been to hand over security to the afghans. and there's no secret that

an attack on susan rice, and hillary clinton, this could propel the benghazi case well into 2016. that doesn't make it accurate. and the beauty of rand paul's lost of foot notes, we can actually see what he says doesn't match the reality. the good news is, he is not plagiarizing, the bad news is, he is out there foot noting it. >> alast month, dick cheney criticized her taking comments she made completely out of context, let's watch. >> i think the benghazi thing is not just an embarrassment of the tragedy, because we lost four people that night. as i recall, her testimony was, what difference does it make? the fact of the matter is, it makes a huge difference, she clearly was hands on, and now she doesn't want to be hands on. and she is doing everything she can to avoid responsibility for what clearly fell into her b bailiwic k. >> he is implying that she was talking about dead people, actually she was referring to the republican attacks on the talking points regarding susan rice. >> with all due respect, the fact is we had four dead americans, was it because of a protest or beca

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the ap also reporting that susan rice will visit with deployed troops while she's in the country. and some live coverage coming up here today on c-span2 starting at 11 a.m. eastern, a discussion on diplomacy and the muslim world. we'll hear from walter douglas, a foreign service officer. it's hosted by the center for strategic and international studies, and again, that'll be live on c-span2 starting at 11 a.m. eastern. on c-span today at noon eastern, the cato institute will host a discussion on america's nuclear weapons policy coming in conjunction with the institute's recently-released paper on why current policy is outdated. again, that's at noon on c-span. also president obama will continue his west coast fundraising trip today with several events including one at the home of hall of fame basketball player magic johnson. before that, though, the president will deliver remarks on immigration, continuing his call for the house to pass a plan. you can see the president speaking at a chinese recreation center live on c-span, that starts at 2:35 eastern. >> years ago i don't think

national security adviser susan rice's face-to-face meeting with the afghan president produced nothing but frustration. >> what i said to the president is we would have no choice. we would be compelled by necessity-- not by our preference-- to have to begin to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to keep our troops here because they will not be invited because the b.s.a. will not have been signed. >> reporter: the b.s.a., or bilateral security agreement, sets the rules for any u.s. troops that would remain in afghanistan after combat operations end in december of 2014. those troops would help train the afghan army and fight taliban cells. one sticking point-- u.s. forces entering afghan homes. president obama sent karzai a letter last week saying raids would only occur under "extraordinary circumstances involving urgent risk to life and limb of u.s. nationals." karzai wants the raids, mostly conducted at night, stopped all together. the afghan president also asked the u.s. to consider releasing up to 20 afghan prisoners from guatanamo bay. the white house says that will not h

susan rice is not secretary of state, famously. she's not one of these people who does a million miles a year and has her own plane with an air stream trailer in the middle of a cargo jet, right? she's national security adviser. that means you work at the white house. you're not a jet-setting international diplomat. but susan rice, as national security adviser, personally flew to afghanistan this weekend. the white house did not even admit she was there until she had already been there for two days. she's apparently there to work on the american diplomatic deal in afghanistan to establish the terms for the end of the war. whatever you think of the war, the american diplomatic effort to figure out how the war ends seems to have twisted afghan president hamid karzai into kind of an afghan pretzel. whether or not he ever signs off on the deal that the u.s. government wants him to sign off on, about the end of the war and a residual force and ongoing security arrangements and all of that, whether or not hamid karzai ever signs off on i

national security advisor susan rice on monday. despite the approval of the majority of after gans elders he said he won't sign the agreement sill tern conditions are met. he wants a promise from the u.s. there will be no more raids on afghan homes and prinners will be released from gom bay. with the support of the white house, susan rice said that was not viable. >> if the agreement isn't signed properly, what i said to the president is we would have no choice. we would be compelled by necessity, not by our preference, to have to begin to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to keep our troops here because they will not be invited because the bsa will not have been signed. then the nature of our partnership and the investments we have made will be more difficult to sustain. >> so essentially, an ultimatum from susan rice. a total withdrawal, by the way, would put afghanistan at risk of losing billions of dollars in international aid. mean highway, the latest effort to resuscitate obama care is taking place this hour. hea

susan rice's quick trip is the latest evidence nothing is easy when it involves hamid karzai. joining me in our studio "the washington post" chief, first, eye ra iran. ann, you have probably not slept, 70 hours of negotiations without a break. the deal as it final ly came through. if the sense that this is only a very preliminary first step, as senator ayotte was pointing out, could we start the centrifuges yet this is a short window and they are telling the americans we need to move before the hard-liners in both countries close in. >> yeah. there was a real sense that now is the time to make a deal and make the best one you can in a period of time that was shrinking on both sides, political pressures at home for both countries as you mentioned and, also, a sense that further negotiation wasn't getting anywhere. secretary kerry had a feeling at one point during the very, very long day on saturday into saturday night that they'd gone as far as they could, and he thought a deal was possible, but he didn't really know whether they could tally do it. and it wasn't there was some

another curveball from president hamid karzai and pushback from susan rice, which all could impact whether any u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan after 2014. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. >> reporter: national security adviser susan rice told president hamid karzai if he did not sign a security agreement promptly, the u.s. would have no choice but to pull all u.s. and nato troops out by the end of 2014. karzai rebuffed 2500 tribal elders who debated for four days. the group agreed the afghan leader should sign a deal. karzai indicated he would not sign the agreement before he steps down as president in april, but he will try to squeeze more concessions from the americans. >> translator: we will fix the agreement and continue our negotiations on it with america. >> reporter: he demanded a release from afghan prisoners from guantanamo bay. some experts say karzai is trying to separate himself from past afghan leaders. >> that has influenced him to make it seem like he's intransigent, that he's willing to stand up to the foreigners. >> r

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. >> let me turn very quickly, i want to turn to this reported susan rice, the president's national security adviser and the secretary of state john kerry, who while in egypt, refused to mention the name of morsi defying susan rice and the president's policy on egypt, what do you make of it >> scared the devils out of me on this. on this issue, kerry is right. rice is in love with the muslim brotherhood and wants morsi back. kerry wants peace between the israelis and the palestinians with the kerry name on it. that means he needs egypt and egypt not only to back up the deal, he needs to clamp down on hamas and gaza. it's a very con vow lated situation. kerry in this case is right. by the way, we won't see peace in the middle east in our lifetimes. >> colonel ralph peters, thank you. >>> the obama care disaster, all ju a mistake? the georgia state insurance commissioner says obama care is running insurance companies out of the business to make way for clients are always learning more to make their money do more. (ann) to help me plan my next move, i take scottrade's free, in-branch seminars.

susan rice believes the two countries had a security deal that would keep about 8,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan after the official pullout next year. but at the last minute, karzai refused to sign. >> if the agreement isn't signed properly, what i said to the president is we would have no choice. we would be come pemed by necessity not by our preference to have to begin to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to keep our troops here. >> reporter: last week, a group of elders and politicians from across afghanistan approved the deal to leave nato troops in the country till after 2014. but president karzai suddenly overruled they will, saying he won't sign unless the u.s. meets a series of conditions. that includes a commitment that u.s. soldiers would no longer enter any afghan homes on military operations. a couple of other conditions president karzai suddenly said was the release of the 17 remaining afghan prisoners in guantanamo and more u.s. help getting peace talks with the taliban rolling. charlie, norah? >> all right, elizabeth. thank you. >>> president pre

sounds like susan rice was issuing an ultimatum to the afghan president. what's the holdup in this deal? >> reporter: well, karzai has effectively changed the goal posts. everyone thought the major text was out, said he wouldn't sign that text until next year after elections, then threw in some conditions. no more raids on afghan homes, release prisoners from guantanamo. many asking why. i think people see him trying to keep leverage here. it's his last big chance to pry something out of the united states. he may have his eyes on the elections next year which will choose his successor. the u.s. was very critical of the elections that put him back in power in 2009 and he may want to make sure this deal, still hanging in the balance, could dampen any criticism of the electoral process. then of course it's solely hamid karzai's decision whether or not there will be an enduring relationship between the u.s. and afghanistan. if he doesn't sign this deal, as you heard susan rice say, there won't be much of one at all. >> i guess a lot of americans might respond

national security advisor susan rice is in afghanistan and she is with karzai talking about future of soldiers there and they approved the deal to allow american forces to remain in afghanistan after 2016 but karzai said he is still not convinced and jane ferguson has more from kabul. >> reporter: despite late-night negotiations between national security advisor susan rice and karzai this pact between afghanistan and the u.s. is no closer to being signed. president karzai still will not sign this deal until he has certain guarantees from the u.s. and mentioned various points that he wants to be reassured on things like the u.s. forces will never enter afghan homes and he now would like to push the point that afghan detainees from gitmo be released and will not sign until he is happy with conditions he has. white house responded with very strong language and some of the strongest language we have heard since the start of these negotiations over the security pact and said if it's not signed by the end of the year that is unacceptable to them and they will have to make plans to pull out

. >> so susan rice saying that there was links to the videos to you -- >> it was in the immediate aftermath it was unclear what happened. they corrected their statements within a day. >> they didn't though, jeffrey. president obama went to the u.n. and he gave a speech saying that this was about a youtube video almost attacking free speech, frankly, saying that as the united states we will not stand for this sort of insult to islam. he said this two weeks after it was well-known thought was a planned coordinated terrorist attack. >> explain to me -- >> had nothing to do with the youtube video. >> what is the scandal here? that just fight all these investigations? >> so let me say three reasons why i think it matters. number one for the first time in 30 years, american diplomats were killed on diplomatic soil, on u.s. soil. number one. number two, it matters for people that are going into the diplomatic corps and whether or not they trust their nation when there's information that they could be at serious risk as the ambassador had communicated whether or not we took precautions to actually

susan rice met yesterday karzai, and she said these delays could be very costly. >> if the agreement isn't signed properly, what i said to the president is we would have no choice, we would be compelled by necessity, not our preference to have to begin to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to keep our troops here. and then the nature of our partnership and the investments that we have made will be more difficult to sustain. >> she relayed the message if karzai does not sign this soon, it could mean the pull out of troops in 2014. and also no monetary aid. >> is there a sense in washington that here we go again, after iraq put up a fight after the u.s. forces pulled out is there a sense in washington they are very frustrated with the karzai government? >> it's so interesting the power karzai is trying to wield. but the u.s. has a lot they can put up as a bargaining chip. and the fact that it was recommended that he sign helps. but the u.s. holds a lot of cards because they have the troops and the money, dell. >> libby thank you very much. >>> the top commander of the fee s

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. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> and right now at the nuseum, national security adviser susan rice is being interviewed. let's listen in. >> even though democratic government was removed, that removal came with the support of perhaps the vast majority of egyptians who are grown frustrated with the misgovernance and poor policies of the muslim brotherhood. and we have tried to indicate to the egyptian people and the egyptian government that we support them in their transition back to an elected democratic government, but that government needs to be inclusive. it needs to be brought about through a process in which all egyptians can participate and without violence. so when in august in the process of trying to clear the protesters from some of the squares in cairo, over 1,000 people were killed, the united states i think quite rightly said, you know, we have a problem with that. we can't pretend to conduct business as usual in a context of a government, however friendly, taking that kind of action against its people. >> so how did you make the decision to cut some of the assistance being don

. >> reporter: national security advisor susan rice issued that ultimatum to karzai face-to-face. u.s. officials insist this deal get done by the end of december. >> approved and signed by the end of this year so that preparations can start being made to plan for the post-2014 presence that the united states may have in afghanistan. >> reporter: but some say that's just a mix of posturing and pressure. >> we can wait if we need to. there's no doubt that it makes life harder. it makes life harder on military planners. it makes life harder on diplomats. >> reporter: really, for that matter, the afghan people as well because they would have to live with the uncertainty for that amount of time but karzai is out next year and most of the candidates that are running for president to replace him, they support keeping the u.s. troops there. the afghan tribal leaders also support the deal across a wide part of afghanistan, and if you look at previous draw-downs by president obama, it's very likely that they can make a call and say that last 8,000 to 10,000 troops sometime in the fall and s

we have an exclusive interview with white house national security adviser susan rice. >> ifill: and we remember one of american history's most revered speeches delivered four score and 70 years ago today, abraham lincoln's gettysburg address. >> the speech is powerful in

>> i have met with secretary kerry, and susan rice. we have discussed the iranian nuclear issues, certification, with support to the peaceful activity, a wide range of issues. i sense a strong support of the activities of the iaea. the diplomatic purpose is not to talk about the ongoing discussions. >> did they give you any idea about the upcoming talks in geneva? >> not much in -- i take into account a discussion that just took place in vienna. p5+1 is preparing for the next meeting. i don't have much to report unto you on this issue. >> two quick questions. the first is on syria. have the site been affected by the civil war? is there a place you can go to do proper verification? >> in syria, we have a so-called reactor that has some small amount of enriched uranium that is under iaea safeguards. we visit that facility regularly. that facility is staying in peaceful activities. >> and then the other three sites you? >> we hunting and things. one is the syrian nuclear facility and that is safeguarded. and then the other one is under sa

national security advisor susan rice that karzi insisted the u.s. would need to start peace talks with the taliban and release 17 after gangs from guantanamo bay before the bilateral security agreement got his signature. but rice said negotiations are over. >> if the agreement isn't signed promptly, what i said to the president is we would have no choice. we would be compelled by necessity, not by our preference, to have to begin to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to to keep our troops here because they will not be invited because the bsa will not have been signed. then the nature of our partnership and the investments that we have made will be more difficult. >> the meeting with rice came one day after the afghan liter surprised both countries by delaying the bsa's package into law despite nods of approval from the loya jirga's assembly whose endorsement he sought for a long timi a long time. tra tra . >>> a loya juryiirga should dec whether or n whether to give the immunity or not. >> he said he shouldn't sign it. his suggestionsor

national security adviser susan rice said the u.s. remains committed to rebalancing its security and economic priorities to the asia pacific region. >> to address emerging challenges as effectively as we deter conventional threats, we're urging our allies and partners to take greater responsibility for defending our common interests and values. >> rice expressed hope for japan's goal to launch a national security council that would oversee the country's foreign and security policies. rice mentioned china's increased maritime presence and said the u.s. is ready to help countries in the region communicate better to prevent contingencies. she called on all parties in the region to resolve issues based on the rule of law rather than through threats or aggressive actions. obama was forced to cancel his trip to southeast asia in october due to the partial government shutdown. a u.s. official told nhk the administration is now planning obama's trip but didn't specify which countries he would visit. >>> president obama paid tribute to the leg

national security advisor susan rice that the u.s. must stop the u.s. military raids on afghan homes and show more support for peace talk with the taliban. rice met with karzai on monday. >> if the agreement is not signed properly, what i said to the president we would have no choice, we would be compelled by necessity, not by preference, to have to begin to plan for the prospect that woe will not be able to keep our troops there. >> reporter: some afghans oppose the plan, saying the country doesn't need america's help in fighting the taliban. karzai is going against the grand council's elders who talked about the deal last week. and postponing the agreement politicians say will cause more instability. >> this is not what we want tore the nation. >> karzai says the agreement can wait until after april when he is out of office. the two-term president is wary as being perceived as giving in to the u.s. >> the president karzai blames the u.s. for the collapse of the peace talks last year in qatar and demanding the release of 17 afghan prisoners at guantana

rice, saying he needs more concessions to let american troops stay in his country even on a noncombat basis. deal or no deal, the americans still on the ground are in a tough spot preparing to come home with so much work still ahead. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has our report tonight from forward operating base gamberi in eastern afghanistan. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this deal does seem to be in jeopardy. and for american troops on outposts like this one and others like it, it's personal. they and their families are trying to determine whether american forces will still have to deploy to this country in the future or whether the war in afghanistan will truly be over next year. soldiers from the 10th mountain division lock and load and roll out, heading down to what may be the most chaotic border in the world. the crossing to pakistan. only about half the people in trucks are screened at all. this is supposed to be one of the main routes out of afghanistan for tons and tons of american supplies, but sometimes the pakistanis close this b

new trading honeycomb night and us national security adviser susan rice exchange not miss the cheese. during rice's not mean visit to kabul on monday the key sticking point is to whine cause i should sign the bilateral security agreement. the deal won approval from the fruit of this meeting to try the snowball into the house and look at the weekend the ad we the us military could remain on top and spoiled beyond twenty fourteen. he even accepted that us troops have immunity from criminal prosecution in afghanistan. cause i have said several new conditions before he signs the security deal. one of them were nice to us military operations in private homes. yes the is strongly opal was to foreigners entering a good houses. cause i know he's demanding the us stopped and immediately. another realize to the presidential election makes it real. how zine h accused us of the differing in the last election in two thousand and nine even though cause i e seen eligible to run again. he wants washington to promise not to endorse a candidate. he says he'll only signed a security agreement after the