overnight. richard engel has the reaction from kabul. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it seems like an attempt at out of sight out of mind. the afghan government, u.s. military and defense secretary leon panetta who is wrapping up his two-day visit with a meeting with president karzai are trying to much as much as they can between themselves and this incident. the afghan defense minister described the shooting as deplorable but said it is important to move on and over the next two year it is united states military and afghan government will work closely together. there was a protest of about 1,000 people. they want the staff sergeant returned, tried in the country. we haven't seen nationwide demonstrations. it's a level the afghan government has been able to contain. >> that's an interesting follow up. does it appear reaction on the ground to the killing spree, as