you heard the apology from general john allen. have you been given an explanation as to what happened? >> at the moment, the investigation is going on. unfortunately, it was yet another bad incident that happened. there was an apology. i think it was the right time. the minister of interior -- with the nato delegation, investigating and seeing what went wrong and what was the incident itself. unfortunately, we have been hearing this in the past, but the good thing is that we have to work together. we see good measures. >> let me just ask you. you say you have tried to investigate. i said just now that the holy book had been disposed of. do you know what actually happened? >> this is what we know. the holy books arhave been disposed of by some of the members. >> when you said disposed of, we've heard reports that they might have been burnt. exactly what happened? >> these are the accounts that we heard from different sources and from nato itself. that is why the ministry of interior, with the nato delegation -- we cannot tell you a

and we did we saw john allen general john allen the policy president obama of course also apologize in that letter but. i want to play something that republican presidential candidate newt gingrich said about those apology and then we can talk about a. president apologized for the burning but i haven't seen the president demand. the government of afghanistan apologize for the killing of two young americans. hamad karzai the president of afghanistan doesn't deal in kampala judging and i think we should say goodbye and good luck we don't need to be here risking our lives and wasting our money on somebody who's. so jake i mean it you again brought up this point about the way people and all these other countries who don't live here view this mentality. talk a little bit about what newt gingrich said and what you think how that plays out well you know newt gingrich is you know he's pretty much one of the biggest international knuckleheads that i've ever seen come out of the republican party that has been utilized seems to be somewhat prominent among a lot of conservatives you heard the appl

i want to bring innovate can analyst john allen to talk more about this. john, good to see you. from what i'm reading about all this, this conference seems very focused on action, finding solutions for how to deal with this issue. is that what you're hearing? >> yeah, fredricka, that's absolutely right. these would be the people coming together who are representing these bishop conferences and religious orders would be experts in child protection, that is people who are on the groundworking for the church on this itch in various parts of the world trying to identify best practices in preventing, detecting and prosecuting abuse and trying to make sure those best practices become a global standard. one of the problem here with the church's response is that supervision of personnel is handled locally. that is it's handled sort of parish by parish, diocese by diocese, religious order by religious order. it's been difficult to come up with uniform global approach but that's what the conference is trying to achieve. >> is it also the case some alleged victims are planning to attend th

john allen courage in troops to stay strong during a tumultuous time >> these are the moments you reach down inside discipline that makes you united states soldier. and you got to depend. and through the anchor. remember why we are here. here for our friends >> gen. john allen rebar remarks to service members lot to of their own and manage shot and killed them yesterday afghanistan national uniform >> for preparing put a big vote republican presidential campaign in michigan mitt romney crew up in the state experts say lost could blow the race wide open. more tonight >> mid romney chilly reception in detroit united autoworkers union organized protest by head of the speech mitt romney did not support the government bailout of the auto industry 2008 instead favored managed bankruptcy and wrote op ed entitled let detroit go bankrupt. >> important uaw takes care not to impair the long-term future of the industry >> says the auto industry needs to invest in new technology and market also and tough on the programs rick santorum new advertisement attacking on the bailout issue says the governme

now because of this general john allen, the top nato commander in afghanistan is putting all military advisers from government ministries in kabul. before this happened, allen visited a base near the square of another deadly attack on the scene there on thursday. in that that incident two american soldiers were killed during riots over those burned korans. allen cautioned his troops against seeking revenge. >> these are the moments when you reach down inside and you grip with discipline and makes you a united states soldier and you gut through the pain and you gut through the anger and you remember why we are here. >> again general john allen speaking there. as nick mentioned, the military says those korans were burned by mistake at bagram air field. an investigation is now under way. >>> former south african president nelson mandela is said to be recovering comfortably after undergoing hernia surgery. mandela was hospitalized earlier today. the news sparked fears that the 93-year-old icon was seriously ill but a family member insists the surgery was planned and says mandela will like

we're here for our friends. >> you can hear the frustration, perhaps, in john allen's voice, how many nato officials may be feeling after days of protest and violence. there is a timetable to convince afghans that it is world is becoming safer, that nato security forces can take over, and now what they admit was a simple, unintentional mistake, this accidenl burning of the koran is meaning that day by day they're dealing with these violent protests that showed no signs of letting up and they're really distracting people from the urgent task at hand and that's nato troops handing over to afghan forces here. >> nick walsh in kabul, thank you. >>> next, meteorologist alexandra steele on the volatile weather hitting the east coast. where on the east coast are we talking? >> it's snow, severe weather and wind. we've gust bjust begun to fight some of the delays. here's where we expect to see some delays. right around new york city, lagarla guardia and newark coming in at an hour and 30. big time delays. of course, it's friday, the volumes are big and the winds are only going to get bigger s

john allen issued this apology. >> we are investigating the incident. we are taking steps to ensure this does not happen again. i assure you. i promise you. this was not intentional. i offer my sincere apologies for any offenses may have caused. my apologies to the president of afghanistan, to the government of the islamic republic of afghanistan, and my apologies to the noble people of afghanistan. >> general allan. our correspondent is in kabul. they did not say whether or not these copies were burned. do we know any more about what happened? >> we are still trying to find out what happened. it is interesting you heard the american commander in afghanistan fessing up, admiting something had happened. this was not entirely an allegation. we are hearing this was in relation to prisoner materials. books and other things that may have included the koran. they are used by prisoners in american detention. after word of this got out, possibly that these books had been mistreated, that prompted a large demonstration outside the air base this morning. the repo

general john allen, the commander of nato forces in afghanistan, announced he is recalling all nato advisers from government ministries out of security concerns. the advisers are a key part of the american mission here, training afghans to handle their own security as the u.s. aims to complete their withdrawal by 2014. the attack comes on the fifth day of protests across afghanistan. ( gunfire ) on monday, u.s. soldiers accidentally burned copies of the koran, along with regular garbage. a desecration of islam's holy book. the koran burning has led to the killing of two american soldiers on thursday, 25-year-old army sergeant joshua born of florida, and 22-year-old army corporal timothy conrad, jr., of virginia, were shot dead by an afghan slrn in eastern afghanistan. general allen visited the base personally, warning his men now is not the time for vengeance. maurice. >> dubois: mandy clark, thank you. turning now to syria's uprising. diplomat efforts have so far failed to end the fighting or help the civilians under siege. the assad regime's shelling on the city of homs entered its fourth

general john allen, nato's top military commander, is still trying to limit the fall-out.e made an emotional visit to a base where two u.s. troops were killed by an afghan colleague who sided with the protesters. >> these are the moments when you reach down inside and you grip the discipline that makes you a united states soldier. and you gut through the pain, and you gut through the anger, and you remember why we are here. we are here for our friends. we're here for the afghan people. >> among the afghan people and afghan security forces, many are demanding tough action against the people who burned their holy book. i asked this commander on duty today what should happen to those responsible. "hang them" he said. troubles flared in the capital, too, with protests in several districts. security forces struggling to secure their own streets. then the police did some burning of their own. they took down a white taliban flag and set it alight. by night fall the death toll had risen to about a dozen. having asked for forgiveness, nato says, it wants to move on. this has been a

that night, general john allen the commander of nato forces in the country visited the base consoling the soldiers and telling them the afghan people still need them. >> now is the time to look deep inside your souls, remember your mission. remember your discipline. remember who you are. and come through this together as a unit. >> reporter: but after today's killings, general allen recalled all nato advisers and staff working at afghan ministries for what he called force protection reasons and he said that today's attack will not go unanswered. throughout afghanistan, the anti-american protests continued today despite a series of apologies by u.s. and nato. >> i offer my sincere apologies. >> we apologize to the afghan people. >> our sincerest apologies for what happened. >> reporter: but many here want more. this man says we don't accept when they say we apologize. we don't want americans here at all. president karzai is calling for dialogue and calm and is assembling religious leaders and government officials to come up with urgent steps to stop the violence and help better protect

>> well, the commander of all foreign troops in afghanistan, american general john allen, has tried to swiftly on this. he spoke on television all day yesterday explaining how this was a mistake, a bad mistake, and he went to pains to explain how an investigation has been launched. the outcome should be known as soon as tomorrow. he has ordered everyone of these troops under his command to undergo training over the next 10 days in dealing with religious materials in the future. the next few days, especially after friday prayers, should reveal whether this explanation and appeases the afghan population and prevent further violence. >> critics say that u.s. and other foreign troops in afghanistan are culturally insensitive. what is your take on that? >> well, i think that is a slightly unfair assessment. in my six years in afghanistan, it has been rare for me to see examples where foreign military personnel have either deliberately or, what appears to be the case to become unintentionally been insensitive towards islam or the afghan population. yeah, of course, there will be incidents wh

captain john allen immediately ordered all advisers out of secured location. we begin with abc's nick schifrin in candle. nick. >> reporter: david, i've been to the area where these advisors worked. to get there, you need to go through three checkpoints, each with pat-down searches, and then go through a metal detector. either the gunman was from the ministry interior or working with someone on the inside. after five days of fury, many american troops in afghanistan are worried nowhere is safe. this afternoon, a man -- believed to be afghan -- walked through the ministry that controls the police. he opened a door with a keypad lock. inside, a u.s. major lieutenant colonel had placed his guns and bulletproof vests on the floor. the man shot both in the head. he has yet to be captured. immediately, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan withdrew every one of his 200 advisors from afghan ministries. he was fully aware just how dangerous the koran burning could be for u.s. troops. this week, he pleaded with afghan forces not to punish americans. >> we admit our mis

general john allen, the top commander of american and nato forces in afghanistan, apologizing to the afghan people. >> and i offer my sincere apologies for any offense this may have caused. >> reporter: defense secretary leon panetta echoing the apology in a statement released later. the state department wanting to send a message not just to the people of afghanistan, but to muslims around the world. >> the concern is that some around the world will think that this represents an affirmative statement by the united states and it does not represent our values or our view of how the qur'an ought to be treated. >> reporter: the international security assistance force and afghan government are carrying out a joint investigation into the entire incident. at the pentagon jennifer griffin, fox news. >>> the gop presidential contest once again a two-man race with the arizona and michigan primaries next week and a debate time, the stakes are high for mitt romney. a poll shows romney's homestate tilting rick santorum's way and a gallup poll showing santorum holding the lead by 10%. president ob

commander general john allen run on afghan television. >> it was a mistake. it was an error.the moment we found out about it, we immediately stopped and we intervened. >> reporter: allen also ordered an investigation which could be made public as soon as tomorrow in an effort to put an end to the violence. >> pelley: david, thank you very much. members of the u.s. senate are watching their mail for a potential threat. several of their offices received letters today containing a white powder. it turned out to be harmless, but newspapers and other media outlets were warned that all 100 senators will receive such letters and that ten of them will contain some kind of deadly pathogen. the f.b.i. is investigating. in the race for the republican presidential nomination, we saw something interesting today e. a new poll shows that mitt romney is inching ahead of rick santorum in michigan 37% to 35%. that's romney's home state and he's been behind there. the primary is next tuesday. in recent days, issues of birth control, prenatal testing, and abortion have dominated the campaign and

controlled bob graham air base and a statement general john allen called for a full investigation to determine if a large number of religious scripts were properly disposed of in april last year at least one person was killed and eighteen injured during protests over the returning of a moron in the u.s. during the night despite a grim outlook for some there are still even members waiting for a euro ticket lot via is planning to join the monetary union by two thousand and fourteen but as artie's aleksey at a shift reports many in the country think membership will only bring more pain for an already struggling economy. as the eurozone continues to combat the painful debt crisis witnessing bloodshed on its streets and the euro sees less support across the continent. this project is doomed to failure it was always tuned to failure some of the more recent even members are still keen to make a leap of faith while poland recently rejected the idea of having the euro by twenty fourteen the latvian government still firmly believes that the single currency will make its problems go away the le

there have been profuse apologies from the isaf commander on the ground, general john allen. he has apologized not only to hamid karzai in that country, he has apologized to the people of afghanistan. even the white house weighing in. jay carney, the spokesperson suggesting in a news conference yesterday that america is offering its sincere apologies for this inadvertent burning of the religious material. however, we all remember last year when a florida pastor burned a koran in protest. that sparked violence in that country that led to dozens of people being killed. a united nations compound being stormed. so clearly, this is a critical, critical issue to keep an eye on. i think we, unfortunately, don't have ben farmer any longer, do we? we've lost that signal. we'll continue to try to watch that and keep an eye on the developing situation for you. >> i also read they're going to do additional training now for this not to happen again so they can identify when it's religious documents and this does not happen again. we're hoping that will happen soon as well. >>> it's five m

and international forces, general john allen, issued a profuse apology. >> there was no intention by any member of isaf, to defame islam, or to desecrate the religious items of this faith. >> reporter: from the secretary of defense, from the state department, and the white house, statements followed. this began around 11:00 p.m. last night. u.s. soldiers were replacing older korans used by detainees, because they feared prisoners were secretly communicating through pages. the soldiers put the used korans into an incineration pit, apparently unaware that it was considered desecration. afghans working on the base saw what was happening and pulled the books from the flames. the administration is clearly worried about a repeat of last year, when the burning of a koran by a florida pastor prompted an attack on a u.n. compound in afghanistan. >> for muslims, the koran is the word of god. when muslims see this desecrated, they see it as an attack on islam. they get angry and upset. >> reporter: if a koran is damaged, it is supposed to be placed in a flowing river, or buried, like thousands

ambassador to afghanistan, ryan crocker, and the commander in charge of the war, marine general john allen. 10 years in the country, sir, how could these corans have been burned? >> it is something we're not happy about, frankly. and before the sun went down that day, scott, i issued an order from my headquarters that called for the retraining of the entire force, to assist us in understanding the significance of the koran and of the other religious materials to the afghan people. that's my obligation as a commander. that's our obligation as a people. >> pelley: ambassador crocker, the united states has been building a relationship in the afghanistan for more than a decade now, and i wonder how much has that relationship been set back by this incident with the korans? >> scott, clearly, it's been a bad week. but i'm quite confident that, you know, we'll get through this. the pace of the protests has dropped dramatically. a decade's worth of relationships doesn't go away in a single week. so we'll-- we'll move forward. >> pelley: there's more of the interview with ambassador crocker and gen

commander in afghanistan, general john allen, paid a surprise visit to his troops. giving a plea for calm and composure. >> there will be moments like this, when your emotions are governed by anger, and a desire to strike back, these are the moments when you reach down inside and you grip the discipline that makes you a united states soldier. and you gut through the pain. and you gut through the anger. and you remember why we're here. we're here for our friends. >> allen added that now is not the time for revenge. it is time to remember who we are, as americans. >>> and there are new concerns, tonight, that iran is moving closer to building a nuclear bomb. u.n. inspectors reported that iran has accelerated its efforts to produce nuclear fuel at a site deep underground. iranian officials also refused to answer questions about experiments that could help them develop a warhead. and brushed aside the report. saying iran's nuclear work is for civilian purposes and will continue. >>> still ahead on "world news," $1 billion in unclaimed tax dollars. are you one of the luc

the holy the muslim holy books last week despite apologies issued by president obama and general john allen do you think this is an illustration of just a lack of understanding in this region. where we could be straight with the cameras but. state she's been there ten years you know room in the children village elders aid workers being at schools for. families names i mean. maybe they have. maybe they've had enough. otherwise it's sort of inexplicable that for ten years they didn't mind the bomb funerals weddings but all the sudden they get mad because we would burn a couple of their holy ones well i tend to think it's just sort of like. the found straw in that finally you see what tends to happen these countries kristina's one saturday the other won't the americans to come and put them in power and so the countries are split if they want split the americans will be able to go in first but it's true i'm going to do you think that what we're seeing in afghanistan right now could sort of prompt a rethinking of how long we stay there i know we were supposed to be there have a significant u.s.

john allen has taken all the ministers from working in afghan to protect the u.s. troops working with them. the situation in afghanistan has gotten worse and worse every single day. the latest crisis we expect it to continue several more days. two more soldiers have dried died during this crisis. >>> conner, thank you very much. we'll continue to follow the latest out of afghanistan and for all the latest headlines. log on to foxnews.com. i'm rick folbaum. now back to war stories right here. >> oliver: your witness on the front line, it's never been an easy job and always been dangerous. tonight you'll meet these journalists and hear their stories about some of the most riveting stories in history. you'll hear the stories behind the photographs. a picture may be worth a thousand words. you'll hear from rupert murdoch and how his father went up against a general in the trenches have world war i. some have called the first draft of history. >>> war correspondents have to be able to deal with absolutely anything. >> truth comes out in these wars. there are too many wi

were shown to people living near the base that's an outrage began and as you should have general john allen who's currently our top commander in afghanistan apologized profusely his next move was to order immediate training for all western troops on the proper handling of religious materials and so this is where we all realize there's a serious problem this is where the mainstream media reporting on the issue needs to start asking some serious questions we've been fighting a war in afghanistan for ten years and we need new training on how to handle religious materials not to mention this isn't the first time that something like this has happened we saw it just last year when pastor terry jones finally decided to go ahead with his idiotic plan to burn the koran afterwards we saw massive protests in afghanistan we saw ten u.n. workers killed that doesn't mean that violence or riots are justified it just means that we should know better by now how this is going to be perceived and what the possible reactions might be in a muslim country in which you've got a huge military presence for the last

i'm general john allen commander of the international security assistance force i've ordered an investigation into a report i received during the night that i set personnel at bob graham air base and properly dispose of a large number of islamic religious materials which included korans president obama also issued an apology in a letter he wrote to afghan president hamid karzai in which he expressed regret that the religious materials were quote unintentionally mishandled at bob graham but the president's apology came several days after the incident and many people who live in afghanistan say afghanistan say it's simply not enough. apologies and not enough so. they have to be put on trial and the culprits should face the law so how will this incident affect the current war in afghanistan and how could this have been handled differently to help me answer some of those questions i'm joined by derek rowe policy director at brave new foundation derek it appears that these apologies from the president from the general are falling on deaf ears. well it's falling on deaf ears because i think you're

general john allen offed condolences and urged constraint. >> now is not the time for revenge. now is not the time for vengeance. look deep inside your soul, remember your mission, remember your discipline. >> reporter: u.s. officials promised a full investigation in to the koran burning incident and confident it won't have a long lasting impact on the mission there. the up tick in violence is concerning the u.s., and it's nay to allies, who are working to withdrawal all troops from afghanistan by the end of 2014, it's gratified the afghanistan president called for calm pending the outcome of an investigation. so far it's done little to qef quelch the unrest. >>> a way of hope for maryland businessman in prison in cuba. leahy discussed gross' case for more than two hours with cuban president castro. leahy says there is no release any time soon. he was on a trip to improve internet service, he is serving a 15-year prison sentence for being a spy. >>> harford county stinks and plant in new jersey is to blame. the 911 calls happened this morning. people were smelling unusual odor.

general john allen offered condolences and urged restraint. u.s.fficials promised a full investigation in to the koran burning incident and say they are confident the fallout won't have a lasting impact on the mission there. >> we will work through the difficult circumstances and remain on track to making progress on the goals there. >> reporter: the up tick in violence is concerning the u.s. and nato allies, they are working to withdrawal troops by the end of 2014. the white house says it's gratified that afghanistan president, karzai called for calm pending the outcome of an investigation but has done little to quelch the unrest. military officials ordered new training on the handling of religious materials for nay to personnel in afghanistan. >>> s claycalating violence in syria is sparking outrage. hundreds of protesters tried to storm a conference of foreign leaders. representatives were there including secretary of state, hilary clinton, calling for a series fire to allow aid in to syria. thousands died in the uprising that began a year ago.

also we've seen general john allen withdraw nato advisors from key ministries in and around kabul. that could potentially if it goes on for a long time, hamper the vital training mission nato has undertaken to get them ready to take over security of the country so nato can begin to withdraw. deep concerns here really at how this incident in this climate of mass afghan fury because of the koran burnings, how this may impact on the vital relation of trust between afghans and americans. >>> nick peyton walsh. the pension released a statement today this comes from pentagon press secretary george little. "this act is unacceptable and the united states condemns it in the strongest possible terms." >>> turning to politics and the gop race for the white house. let's take a look at the latest poll numbers coming out of arizona. it's a dead heat. mitt romney leads with 39%. rick santorum is close behind with 35% but that four-point difference is within the margin of error. newt gingrich trails with 11%. ron paul comes in last with just 9%. arizona is just one of two battleground states votin