accomplished and how important the public outside the military and special operations need to look at seven afghanistan and what it is. especially kandahar which is the crossroads of five major cities. all of those has been significant in the center of gravity since alexander the great. afghanistan is what is considered old persian of through asia that is part of the silk road that the british so intent on controlling it. twice. it is significant and that is what we wanted people to know and understand. not just a one clemson time but for centuries and remains exceptionally diverse and nine -- dynamic where soldiers are serving. >> >> there is a lot of four books. toward the end, it was intents. great job. >> thank you very much. it took a lot of hard work again. the biggest challenge is because of the security requirements what they actually did an accomplished it is nothing short of phenomenal. people buy it because they want to know what the soldiers are doing that was a very consistent question how much do they contribute? there relates directly to the units that we saw all are that you read about

there is one that is important to our national security, in this transition, notice there were seven afghanistan's there. its part of a transition that's taking place. i think we have to find out what happened. i'm going to be interested to see who may have been involved. >> reporter: he also said the withdrawal is going well and we aren't getting out completely because we are going to leave enough forces to stop the taliban from taking over. john mccain said that's not the right way. he looks through a lens showing the president pulling out to fast. he said the president didn't listen to his commanders on the ground and because of that the world may soon think we are weak. >> we have made significant successes, our prayers and thoughts go out to the families of those brave, brave, brave elite that have sacrificed but at the same time we are going to have to address the sanctuary situation and address the problem that the president has created and that is that out there there is the idea that -- afghanistan and other parts of that part of the world that we are withdrawing, that can't be good. >> r

according to afghanistan officials on the scene 31 members of the american military members of the special forces unit were killed in the crash long with sevenstating blow because the special separations unit is such a tight-knit small unit, small community in afghanistan and across the entire u.s. military. to lose 31 troops in any day is a devastating day but to lose 31 special operation soldiers is a devastating blow. we don't know if they were navy seals or grown -- green ber empty ts but the taliban says they shot down the helicopter in the providence. they make the claims when helicopters go down in afghanistan, but this seems to be a true situation. the helicopter went down at 1:00 o'clock a.m. getting ready to launch a raid on a taliban stronghold and the taliban fired a grenade and took out the helicopter on the heels of increasing violence month after month in afghanistan for the last year, two years violence has been getting worst and not much positive news in afghanistan and this will not make anyone happy here. it is a devastating blow to the u.s. military here. >>dave: thank you from afghanistan. you wonder if this means we sho

the number of soldiers killed in afghanistan fourteen hundred thirty seven including iraq fifty eight hundred fifty nine. nurse soldiers killed in afghanistan under george bush this was the entire era from two thousand and one to two thousand and eight six hundred thirty. the number of soldiers killed in afghanistan under obama in the last two years eight hundred seven tell me this war is going well. and that's the that's the last of us why the right ok so let me get back to this so we're we're likely now to spend over one trillion dollars one trillion dollars in a country with a pre-invasion g.d.p. of two billion i just think about this for a minute the entire economy of afghanistan before we invaded them was was two billion dollars a year average income of the average afghan citizen was three hundred dollars a year two billion was their annual g.d.p. the g.d.p. of the state of wyoming is thirty seven billion dollars the g.d.p. of the city of chicago is five hundred seventy four billion dollars and chicago police are as thirteen thousand employees and the d.o.d. the departed says we'

when she was shot down by insurgents, carrying 25 operators from the group seal team 6, but seven afghanistansinterpreter. conner powell has the latest from kabul. >> today is the deadliest day for american troops in afghanistan since the start of the war. officially the u.s. military is only confirming that a helicopter crashed in wardak province southwest of kabul early this morning. the taliban say they shot down this chinook helicopter as it was part of a fire fight and part of a raid on a taliban compound in wardak. u.s. military has said nothing officially, but unofficially, they are saying it is very likely the helicopter was brought down by an rpg earlier this morning. in recent months, the u.s. military here in kabul has said they have wrestled the momentum away from the taliban, but today's attack is a deadly reminder of just how much the taliban can still inflict deadly loss of life on both u.s. and afghan forces, rick. >> rick: conner powell reporting from afghanistan. thank you very much. this attack is the single deadliest attack on u.s. forces in afghanistan since the start of t

when when knit when it and and and and did cool been popped been with >> a 66 era in seven of diane afghanistan so far this month. that makes this august the deadliest month for phorcys and a decade- long war. until now the deadliest month was july 2010 when 65 soldiers were killed. president obama announced last month that he would begin pulling out the 33,000 extra troops that he dispatched. >> 6:41 a.m.. we're getting closer to labour day weekend. only a few more days of work. here is a beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. visibility is not too bad. no. we have a lot of fog. right here, not too bad. traffic is light and moving pretty well in both directions. we will be right back. >> >> we have a hot spot along the east shore freeway. westbound 80 there is an injury accident lost as many as too late. that accident is long gone but it looks like the damage is already done. their red and yellow of this great, always a building. speeds are in mystical digits down to 6 mi. per hour. this is backed up pass this by way create on to the cookie this break. add an extra 30 minutes with no altern

six point nine billion dollars in iraq every year six point seven every month six point seven billion in afghanistan every month a billion dollars is not actually that much money and does sound ridiculous to say however. the white house could. prioritize things differently in libya and spend a lot more money and committed a lot more political capital obviously by committing the u.s. this far into the conflict in libya this is become president obama's war this is something that he cannot afford to lose. likewise if libya is to fall into chaos into an insurgency of some sort after the fall of gadhafi this would reflect poorly on obama so while i don't believe that he has made a. major goal so far there are a lot of risks for obama ok well thank you very much for your insight there christopher killer who's right writing for the blog notes from medina talking to us from portland there thank you thank you. and while the u.n. is calling for a halt to violence in libya nato allies are already eyeing up the country's vast oil reserves countries who've worked together to break it off his rule are now racing

this morning out of afghanistan, 31 troops and seven afghan soldiers are dead after a nato helicopter crashed during an overnight operation. this all happened in the tan ji valley of the wardak province just west of kabul. it is the worst single day losses for coalition troops in afghanistan since this war began. on the heels of that, let's bring in jack jacobs. this is pretty serious stuff. give me an update on what we know. >> we think it's probably an mh-47ie e the kind of twin row tored helicopter that's frequently used in special operations. the report from hamid karzai was that it was a special operations helicopter. and it was engaged in an operation against a built-up area. the taliban has claimed responsibility for shooting it down. but it's not clear whether or not it was shot down or it just crashed. you remember when our operation went against osama bin laden, one of the helicopters there, its rotor clipped the wall inside the compound, had to be replaced by another. it's easy to shoot these helicopters down but they also crash with great ease. 3 people killed in one crash

cc1:c: : >>> there are reports tonight that a nato helicopter crashed in afghanistan killing 30 u.s. service members and seven others on board awell. it's the deadliest incident for the u.s. since the war in afghanistan began almost a decade ago. 20 of the dead are members of the seal team six, the same unit responsible for killing osama bin ladin back in may. the navy s.e.a.l.s were reportedly on a chinook helicopter like this one. a former s.e.a.l. commander says it's a loss for the nation and a tight knit military family. >> recognize that these men were doing something that they loved to do. they were doing it with people that they love. >> the taliban is claiming credit for the crash. authorities are investigating it at this point. initial reports say the helicopter was brought down by a rocket propelled grenade. >>> the hacker group called anonymous says it's hacked some 70 law enforcement websites across the united states, in retaliation for arrests of its supporters in america and new england. dozens of websites were either unbe available or had been wiped clean of contact. the group claims to have st

a helicopter crash in afghanistan has killed 31 nato troops along with seven afghan soldiers.t hamid karzai is claiming the 31 were u.s. special prayings forces. we'll get that cleared up. we know it is summertime, and it is very hot, but today at least 12 states across the south are seeing record temperatures well above the 100 degree mark. standard & poor's down grades the u.s. drit credit rating from triple-a to aa-plus. it is the first downgrade in history for the u.s. the s&p is saying congress's new deficit reduction plan does not go far enough. zirchl the downgrade means standard & poor's considers canada, france, and the u.k. more credit worthy than the united states, and the united states has the same credit rating at belgium and new zeala zealand. it is just one step above beleaguered spain. john harwood is live at the white house for us with another good morning to you. you know, how embarrassing is this for the white house and for congress? >> very xwaersing. it's never happened before in u.s. history. everybody involved has some egg on their face. standard & poor'

and they generally call for eastern afghanistan killing thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers with the taliban claiming responsibility as the biggest thing in american law since the military operations stopped. or next month and hundreds explores a place that's fit for a queen in his final summertime trip to st petersburg. hello and welcome to the program on this big show of exploring one of the oldest and largest museums in the world i will be taking a day trip to the pizza hut palace with its impressive gardens and fountains founded in seven hundred sixty four by catherine the great to have its eyes here posted a great many items in five historic buildings this is one day trip incipit is back you cannot miss out on. most visitors journey starts us here at the bridge taking jordan stand case full of lies and gleaming with gilding emir is the same case extends for the flu shots of the winter palace its golden white system designed as a retreat they said was we follow. you can see here the location of the home it's mostly cases unpoliced rack and buildings and i

nato helicopters being downed in eastern afghanistan killing thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers with the taliban claiming responsibility it's the biggest single american law since the military operation stops about one another update for in fifteen minutes from now the mean time lost in andrews explores a place that's fit for a queen and his final so much time trip to st petersburg. hello and welcome to the program on this week's show i'll be exploring one of the oldest and largest museums in the world i will be taking it's a trip to the pizza hut palace with its impressive gardens and fountains founded in seven hundred sixty four by cotton the great to have its highs he opposed any great million items in five historic buildings this is one day trip in st petersburg you cannot miss out on. mrs journey starts us here at the bridge taking joy in staircase full of lies and gleaming with gilding and mirrors the same case extends from the fleet street of the winter palace it's golden why some design these retreats cases because we follow. you can see his illustration

nato helicopters crashed in eastern afghanistan killing thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers the biggest single american law since the in the tree operation started the taliban claim they'd a rocket attack. with something for you later in the meantime martin andrews explores a place that's fit for a queen and his final summertime trip to st petersburg. hello and welcome to the program on this week's show i'll be exploring one of the oldest and largest museums in the world and will be taking a day trip to the pizza hut palace with its impressive gardens and fountains founded in seven hundred sixty four by custom the great heavens how is he opposed that a great many of the items in life historic buildings this is one day trip in st petersburg he cannot miss out on. most of his journey started here at the british legion jordan staircase full of lies and gleaming with gilding and nearest say case extends to the full height of the winter palace its golden white system designed these retreats face of course and follow. you can see here the location of the home it's

he's written a book about the bombing in afghanistan tha killed seven of the agency's employees.it was one of the deadliest attacks in the c's recent history. i'm pleased to have joby warrick at this table for the first time. welcome. >> it's a pleasure. >> rose: welcome to a fellownor. >> absolutely. >> rose: when you got interestee this is a book? >> i worked on this from the very first day, when the incident happened in 2009. if you remember that week, a lot of u were back at work because of the attempted bombing of the airliner over detroit, t underwear bomber. it was a trible week for the country. right in the middle of, this you have incredible news out of afghanistan that an attack happened at a cia base with nine people killed, seven americans. this never happens in the cia's world. it's been 25 years since they had an incident this horrific. and just peeling back the lays as a reporter, it became more and more fascinating to me as i began to learn about the facts. this was a double agent, who had the trust of the agency, who had been sent from another country to infiltra

special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan the aircraft was hit by a rocket propelled grenade in the eastern wardak province incident marks the biggest single loss of life for american forces in the country some of the officers on board the helicopter reportedly part of the same unit that carried out the assassination of the sama bin laden benjamin from the antiwar movement says the u.s. has caused too much damage in afghanistan and it's time for them to pull out. what we have seen in these last ten years of endless war is that the presence of u.s. troops is it strengthens the taliban it gives the taliban a reason for being and the more that the us troops continue to be there the war the violence will continue report recently came out from the international crisis group that showed that despite billions of dollars in international aid and over one hundred thousand nato forces the afghan people are not able to be secure everybody knows that this crisis has to end through negotiations the sooner it happens the better and i think

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eastern afghanistan killing thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers with the taliban claiming responsibility is the biggest single american lost since the military operation started. well i'll be back with more news for innocent half an hour from now on the meantime we take you to the small caucuses country of which has spent years healing its deep.

special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan the aircraft was hit by a rocket propelled grenade in the eastern province in the most the biggest single loss of life for american forces in the country some of the officers on board the helicopter were reportedly part of the same unit that carried out the assassination of osama bin laden and his doctor told me earlier that it shows how the taliban is getting stronger the head of the planned withdrawal. they think the. effect. on the government of america too with a draw all of its forces from afghanistan but they knew that there will be more and afghanistan in the war against the taliban and al qaeda because the taliban are getting ground in afghanistan i mean stronger and stronger. day it is not possible for. foreign troops to confront it because the people of afghanistan. stories at the moment and. people. continue to protest against. his supporters of set up a tent camp in the center of the capital kiev she was arrested on friday for contempt of court. several dozen supporters of

has launched an investigation into today's helicopter crash in afghanistan that killed american servicemen seven afghan soldiers and a civilian and it's the greatest single loss all of american life since the beginning of the conflict twenty two of those who died in the unit that killed osama bin laden in may investigate to say the aircraft was hit from help me us ranging unit that was under fire. venezuela's president is awaiting the second round of chemotherapy in cuba hugo chavez. the exact nature of his cancer have not been disclosed his illness has been costing him his fitness to stand for reelection next year but president chavez insists he is responding well to his treatment and plans to go ahead with the campaign. the most powerful storm in decades is heading towards eastern china tropical storm move high winds and torrential rain causing huge disruption over the weekend more than three hundred thousand people have been evacuated to safety around china high thousands of homes were left without power in south korea as the storm brought down power lines and trees it's expected to reach wes

toll there are talking to taliban and they want to have an honorable exit from afghanistan they lost or they are losing seven billion dollars a month the same thing in iraq you know now iraq is a completely different story with you know the democracy in iraq is very vulnerable democracy do you think the rebels basically sold off the oil greg and they accepted west and military support their finitely the need to bombardment played a major role in the success of the variable to capture most of the cities of leaping to advanced or playfully so. presumably there was a deal struck between the league and it will that need tools and britain and france in particular we know need is not a charitable organization we know. france they are looking for contracts for oil and they are looking for business in libya is destroyed completely undercut their feeling there is no infrastructure at all so i believe that lead is very lucrative there you know they want to show you how much. is this actually was agreed by the council even the council. of britain france we don't know yet but they finitely that need is looking for a pri

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afghanistan. in that statement he also offered condolences to the families of the seven afghans killed. he said those were the afghans fighting for a more peaceful afghanistan. alex? >> given where this happened, is this a malfunction? rather the taliban claims as result of their rocket propelled grenades? >> reporter: absolutely. we've seen many helicopter crashes, as you mentioned, in afghanistan throughout the years, but according to the area, the area of this valley, an area you find many insurgents. an insurgent safe haven, some would say that borders a province southwest of kabul, a province that's an area that has been a very dangerous place to operate for many decades. even before the war started in 2001. this is an area the soviets had a problem with back in the 1980s as well. so this is an area that many afghans can operate, the taliban can operate, the conservancy blends right into the population. something the american forces cannot do. >> msnbc, thanks very much. >>> the dangerous heat wave continues across much of this country today. msnbc meteorologist bill karins joins us

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double agent who helped lead to the loss of life in 25 years when he blew up the base in afghanistan, killing seven agents. he's covered intelligence now for "the washington post" and he has been there for more years than he wants to mention. it's great to have you here. >> guest: thank you. appreciate you doing this. >> host: let's talk about the title of your book, "the triple agent." whether it was the cia, the cold war, what made him the trouble legion? >> it is a historical ks and unusual that agents come in various stripes the largest low-level people who decide for whatever reason and they're well-trained double agents who spent years behind enemy lines to cultivate information and these are the very special agents and our trouble agent is none of these. he came from a very al qaeda sympathetic background and the fletcher deutsch circumstances to become an informant for the cia being in al qaeda's camp so they played this game and made them a triple agent working for al qaeda the whole time for the united states. >> host: let's take a step back. each person who dealt with this, what did each

not a goebel agent who lead to the collette to the worst loss of life when he built up in afghanistan killing seven agents my guess what is joby warrick he's covered intelligence for the "washington post" and has been there for more years than he wants to mention. it's good to have you here. let's talk about the title of the book. history is had double agents whether it was in the cia or the cold war. >> guest: this is historical and unusual in the sense that agents and informants, and various stripes sometimes low level who decide for whatever reason decide to sell secrets or their knowledge to an intelligence agency sometimes well-trained double agents who spent years behind the enemy lines to cultivate information and these are very special highly trained agents and the triple agent is really none of these. he's someone who came from a very much a al qaeda semper if you are sympathetic background, and with the matured through some really unusual circumstances to become an informant for the cia while all the time being in al qaeda's campus and sympathies, he played a double game with us and made

insurgents in the district of kandahar more than fifty one it had been killed in afghanistan this month. at least seven that people including a child were killed in two explosions in the city of peshawar in northwest pakistan police suspect female suicide bombers carried out one of the attacks earlier a bomb exploded near a police found tearing offices to work. lies in the areas where tons of al-qaeda militants operate well not sacks and mainly aimed at security forces have been on the rise as the killing of osama bin ladin in may. keep people have reportedly been killed after an explosion hit the outskirts of the lebanese capital beirut the glass is believed to have been targeted out of car belonging to a judge witnesses report more injuries and sees a carriage and forces have swarmed the area where there are no told to go in the towns in lebanon in the past three years. activists in syria say the army has strong to tell you the turkish border and its. its economy to support the u.s. tightening sanctions against syria's main prime can label phone operator washington put pressure on president assad aft

afghanistan. >> bret: 30 american troops, seven afghan commandos and an afghan interpreter killed when the ch-47nook helicopter was shot down by an rpg by the taliban saturday. they were on their way to rescue another group involved to trying to track down a high value target. this is the single deadly yast loss of life for u.s. forces in the war. what about this. how does it affect the outlook of the war if it does. >> it does. i think you heard from leon panetta the effort to stop some of the drain in terms of the public support for war but the drain is wide open. people are buying off of the war increasingly. the argument about what is possible, how long it has taken and how much money is spent is weighing on the effort. nonetheless, military wants to not just leave abruptly and they don't want this to be the occasion that people use it's not going well, time to get out. do it in orderly fashion. that's what the drawdown has been about. they want to leave a structure that ensures they don't go back because you won't have resurgence of al-qaeda. it's becoming a difficult political argument. >>

afghanistan. dead were seven c.i.a. officers, a jordanian intelligence agent and their driver. >> at least eight american civilians were killed in a suicide bombing today in afghanistan. the bomb exploded at a military base. >> warner: early reports were sketchy. >> the base supports reconstruction and other civilian programs. >> warner: the man carrying out the audacious assault was a jordanian doctor who was initially recruited by jordanian intelligence. the c.i.a. thought he would lead them to osama bin laden and his top deputy zawari. instead, he turned out to be a triple agent for al qaeda. like many suicide bombers, he made a testimonial video just before his fatal mission. >> to kill as much as i can. to kill you. to kill your partner, your jordanian partner. >> warner: how the c.i.a. came to trust him and how al qaeda sent him on his murderous path are revealed in a new book, the triple agent, the al qaeda mole who infiltrated the c.i.a.. the writer is "washington post" reporter joby warrick and he joins us now.