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the burning of korans earlier this week. protesters have been out on the streets for five days now furious over the koran burning. we go live to afghanistan in a couple minutes. former south african president nelson mandela is in the hospital. he had a hernia operation today and resting pretty comfortably. . he's 93 years old. the government official reassured everyone that the surgery was not an emergency. mandela will likely be released in the mebs two days. and a prosecutor said a former rutgers university student acted purposely. ravi faces charges that include hate crimes. the roommate killed himself just days later. ravi faces up to ten years in prison. a judge has dismissed the corruption case against silvio berlusconi.

he was charged with bribery, but the judge rule that had the statute of limitations expired in the case. he survived a series of political corruption and sex scandals over his many years in power. let's get right to our top story out of afghanistan where the taliban will claiming she shot and killed two american officers. now, these killings come as rage grips afghanistan for the fifth day, people are angry about the burning of korans at a nato base. this is new video of afghan forces firing on protester as they attack the united nations office earlier today. nick paton walsh joins us from kabul. two american officers killed in what would have been a secure area. what do we know about the kind shooter able on pull something like this off? >> reporter: well, many

different claims at this point. what we know is it this will gunman was not a westerner and he is currently at large. so escaped from the scene of the shooting. as you say, the taliban have named him saying he was acting for them as a result of anger from the koran burning that happened nearly a week ago on an american base not far from where i'm standing. but that's pretty much it at this point. u.s. officials very keen to stress they are still piecing together the facts here, although we have recently learned from the department of defense state side that in faskt the afghan defense minister has apologized for will incident and also pledged to investigate, cooperate in the investigation as to how it happened. so a hint there perhaps that maybe afghan personnel are somehow involved in perpetrating this crime. >> anyone in custody yet? >> reporter: no, absolutely not. no, there is a gunman still at large. and of course this will play

enormously into that essential issue of trust between american soldiers and the afghans who are here training. a very tight time table for nato's withdrawal here and it's essential that afghan security forces are ready to take over security in the country and train them up as vital. so the decision today to withdrawal all advisers from ministries in and around kabul is a safety precaution is going to impact in the short term upon that vital mission. >> okay, nick paton walsh live for us in afghanistan. thank you so much. osama bin laden's compound will soon be no more. it is being torn down. pakistan media are broadcasting video of what looks like a crane knocking down the compound's walls. p we have a producer at the scene, we're hoping to bring you that video very shortly. this of course is footage of the hideout taken in the days after bin laden's death. he was killed in a raid by u.s. forces last may. when we get the new video, we'll get it to you right away.

the marine corps have released the names of the seven killed in the helicopter crash. they collided during a training mission. they were preparing for a deployment to afghanistan. they are major thomas budzejko, captain michael quinn, captain benjamin cerni gchlt lia, captain anderson, sergeant everett, lance corporal little and lance corporal elliott. they're trying to federal government out how in the world it happened. >> the youngest son of robert f. kennedy has been charged with misdemeanor, harassment and child endangerment after he allegedly tried to take his two day old son out of a new york hospital last month despite warnings from nurses. when they tried to stop him, he allegedly twisted one nurse's wrist and kicked another as she approached him. the nurse's attorney said they were trying to enforce hospital rules. he said the nurses didn't recognize kennedy as the baby's father and intended to protect

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republican presidential hopefuls are battling it out. mitt romney is under a lot of pressure to win michigan and arizona's primary is the same day. then after washington state saturday, it's super tuesday. joe johns is in troy, michigan. a lot of focus on michigan. so the press on romney is obviously because this is his home state. so how is his team handling the pressure? >> reporter: well, he's handling

it i think as well as he could. he's been around the state talking about that, playing up the fact that he is from this area, that he grew up in michigan. both he and his wife just finished here on the stage in troy, michigan. his wife spoke as well to the crowd. and when romney got an opportunity to talk, he really sort of zeroed in once again on rick santorum, his principal competitor for this nomination. and he talked among other things about the fact that rick santorum actually endorsed him four years ago when he, romney, was running for president. listen. >> and i'm a conservative. i can attest for my conservative credentials by quoting someone who endorsed me in my 2008 campaign. senator santorum was kind enough to say, he said mitt romney, this is a guy who is really

conservative and who we can trust. and he said he is the clear conservative candidate. he's right. i'm the conservative candidate and what we need in the white house is principled conservative leadership and i'll bring it. >> reporter: now, for the record, rick santorum has said that he regrets endorsing romney four years ago, but that he chose him over john mccain who eventually went on to become the republican nominee. santorum also appearing at this gathering of conservatives in troy, michigan today. he really went straight after the conservative credentials of mitt romney. >> i was for free market health care before conservatives were for free market health care. i've been a leader on conservative causes. on the most fundamental issue, your health. it's what the progressive nirvana has been from the beginning. when they can get control of your health, they've seen it in other socialized countries in

the world. when the government can convince you that you need on give them the power over your health, they got you. they got you. >> reporter: so santorum was actually the first of those two candidates to speak here. now he's moved on, in pact in hic hickso hickson, tennessee. the main focus right now, michigan and arizona, coming on february 28th. >> all right. and we have live pictures what you were just talking about. thank you so much. rick santorum is live near chattanooga, he's at a town hall meeting right now. when i look at these candidates, i don't know how they keep up these demanding schedules. but let's go ahead and listen. >> -- that phrase was a revolutionary phrase in the history of mankind. that phrase which is the pou

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but look at the wind advisories which remain in effect from new england all the way down through the appalachians. and gusts will be as strong as even 60 miles per hour at times. it's causing lots of problems at the airport. these delays all because of wind. more than 2 1/2 hours here at newark and washington dulles about an hour and a half. look at some of the current wind gusts. 24 miles per hour new york city, 52 in boston. 32 up in portland. so some wind damage will be expected. larger tree limbs could come down and it could cause spotty power outages. today is not the day to have the lawn furniture out or garbage cans out. also very windy across the pacific northwest. this system also a huge wind maker. and it's also going to be bringing in heavy snow across the northern tier of the country. looking for a good 20610 inches of snowfa 6 to 10 inches in the next 24 hours. let's go over the top stories. in afghanistan, two high ranking

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