. >>> he's known as the american taliban. the request john walker lynn will make in an indiana courtroom today. >>> and petaluma's little league team is heading home after taking third place at the little league world series. the big events planned for the boys. >>> good morning. low clouds regrouping. coming back in. not much changed around the coast. inland pull up a little bit today. intellect two americans have been killed in afghanistan. adding to the numbers of insiders. it happened in the eastern part of the country. an afghan soldier is accused of shooting and killing both americans, troops then returned fire killing the attacker. yesterday 17 afghan civilians were killed in afghanistan when they were beheaded. that happened at a music event. insider attacks have become a growing problem this month alone 12 americans have been killed. there has been 33 insider attacks with 42 deaths so far this year. last year there were 21 attacks, 35 deaths, and in 2010 there were 20 deaths. >>> the marin county man known as the ame

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the american taliban he says his religious lights are being violated in prison. >>> he paid money in tax dollars for the auto bailout. now the company wants to stay out of the spotlight. no thanks to president obama and mitt romney. >> 16 after the top of the hour. here's what you missed while you were sleeping. a plane crashes in lake taw hue bursting into flames and tragically kelling everyone on board. the pilot his wife and young daughter another couple were on board at the time. witnesses say it sounded like the plane was having engine problems. a barge due to shallow water conditions triggered by the drought. the coast guard says they were able to get it floating again. patti ann? >> thanks heather. it is time for stories you can bank on this morning. general motors wants to stay out of the political spotlight during the election season. here to explain is fox business network. >> they have banned president obama p and mitt romney until after the election day. they made a big recovery in the bailout. they are shareholders with 31 percent of the stock. it doesn't want to be ammo

experienced and learned during his time in captivity my experience as a prisoner of the taliban and i was the first american journalist captured by the taliban i was the second captured in pakistan the first one was daniel pearl who was slaughtered by al qaeda i was captured by the taliban the difference between a cut in the taliban and my experience is that i was a guest as much as i was a prisoner they made a very clear point that while i was definitely a prisoner that they would treat me according to the laws of the country the laws of their tribe the laws of their people the questions that was called question while the questions of the largest ethnic group enough to understand and in western pakistan the taliban are pushed ins nato the united states are in essence at war against the pashtuns not against other ethnic groups in afghanistan what i learned was that they will never give in. that they're fighting the same war that their fathers as they put it their grandfathers fought the mujahedeen against the soviet union i was a journalist enough going to stand during the one nine hundred eighty s. with th

the marin county man known as "the american taliban" is due in court today to claim the government is violating his religious rights in prison. john walker-lindh wants to be allowed to pray together with his fellow muslim inmates once a day. the federal prison in indiana where he's serving a 20-year prison only april lous praying together once a week. lindh was captured in afghanistan in 2001 while fighting with the taliban not site of a deadly grizzly bear attack in alaska is still closed off. the bear killed the hiker in the back country of alaska's doe knollly national -- donolly national park. the rangers say the man was taking pictures of the grizzly bear when it attacked. he was 49 years old. he was visiting alaska from san diego. >>> it is 7:20. and a foggy start to the bay area's weather this morning. the sunny skies are expected later today. meteorologist, steve paulson, is back. he will tell us about a slight warmup this week. >>> also -- [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, go ahead and year. the petaluma little leaguers and their families are on a flight home. the welcome that

. >>> county man known as the american taliban testified today that the government is forcing him to sin. john walker lin has sued. he is currently serving a 20-year sentence at a federal prison in indiana. in court today said allows to play and exercise together every day but that they may only pray together once a week. glen was arrested in afghanistan in 2001. he later pleaded guilty to aiding the taliban. >>> researchers in new zeal land are issuing a new warning tonight about the effects of marijuana on teens. they say the results of a 25-year study show that teens who routinely smoke marijuana are at a risk for a long-term drop in their iq. the study involved more than a thousand teens in knew zeal land given iq tests at age 13 and then again age 38. researchers say only those that became dependent on marriage before age 18 showed a mental. . >>> loose screws on a heavily-modified vin tablg plane caused it to crash at the reno airways. federal investigators say the loose screws led to a malfunction in the mechanism that controls the plane's up and down movement. they also said

government accountability project and also the author of the book traitor the whistleblower in the american taliban justly welcome back to the show thank you for good to have you on so first on asylum being granted this was really pretty much an easy decision by ecuador wasn't it. you know i think simply not an easy decision but at least on i was in there in terms of my file in criteria i think this was an easy decision politically i think it was a very difficult and balrog and incredibly courageous decision by ecuador to grant asylum hate i mean clearly a science fit that criteria what is the kind of the criteria the main three criteria are valid fear of political persecution for protected categories including political opinion and three the and ability of the government to stop bad so clearly assigns you met those criteria but for a little country like ecuador to be able to stand up against the pressure coming from the u.k. and the u.s. is quite extraordinary exactly i should have said it was an easy decision it was a very brave hard decision to make but strictly based on the criteria i mean it s

accountability project says here she's also the author of the book traitor the whistleblower and the american taliban just one good to see you again i know that we sort of really talked about this when the information came out about the f.d.a. let me just ask you quickly what do you know about this specter three sixty just that it can really drill down on everything you're doing including keystrokes including facebook posts including screenshot everything now from what i understand i mean the current policy as a federal employee i know tons of people here in washington who work for the government when you log on to your computer as you see something that lets you know a banner saying you have no reasonable expectation of privacy you know your personal e-mail account can be monitored especially when you're at work it can be accessed through a government computer so i mean isn't this just par for the course if you work for the government should you expect that you're monitored well i think all government employees in today's climate realize that they have a limited expectation of privacy at work the pr

. >>> the man who is known as the american taliban testified the government is forcing him to sin and violating his rights. he is serving a 20 year sentence in indiana. in court today he said prisoners are alud to eat -- allowed to eat, play cards but only allowed to pray together once a week. >>> the park here is set for a major transformation all to honor little leaguers. how you can participate. >> and i am back here at 5:20 p.m., tracking the fog, i will show you where the fog will be tuesday morning. see you back here 5:20 p.m. íú >>> petaluma. petaluma. >> the petaluma nationals receiveed a hero's welcome home today at sfo. they are back after that exciting third place finish at the little league world series. the players and coaches headed home to petaluma in style. a white hummer. once back in their home town the celebration continued for the pride of petaluma. ktvu's christien kafton was there as the community cheered the team. he joins us live now from petaluma. >> reporter: the petaluma nationals little leaguers are back home and their town could not be prouder of their boy

accountability project says here she's also the author of the book traitor the whistleblower and the american taliban jesselyn good to see you again i know that we sort of really talked about this when the information came out about the f.d.a. let me just ask you quickly what do you know about this specter three sixty just that they can really drill down on everything you're doing including keystrokes increase. this kind of situation it seems to me in the case of the f.d.a. at least i mean the system worked exactly right employees who work for the organization were concerned about the products they were concerned for people's safety so they told lawmakers that seems to me an example of things working right having their employer then come crack down harder on them seems to be a system gone wrong well yeah and in this case the f.d.a. was monitoring their communications with congress and their communications with the office of special counsel and you have her first amendment right to communicate with congress that the lose lose proposition is that it was lower now can either remove incriminating informa

. >> why the bay area man known as american taliban is suing the federal government over a religiousispute. >> new information about what caused last year's deadly air show crash in reno. >>> the impact of chevron's richmond fire is still being felt by residents affected by that disaster. this morning federal, state, county and city officials presented the latest in their investigation to the public. nick smith was there and apparently not everyone is pleased with what they've heard. >> not at all. you know that the people turning out for the mealing today pack that had room and say do you know what? we're tired of hearing from officials and they're going with all of the talk they haven't gotten to the answer of why this happened. >> there is a big problem is that they don't have the answer autos that is what people wanted more than anything else, answers. one after another. >> what right has chevron got? >> you just sit back, not doing anything. we're dying out here. >> they sounded off. city officials and representatives from federal and county agencies updated the latest into this

. >>> the marine county man known as the american taliban is due in court today to claim the government is violating his religious rights in prison. john walker lindh wants to be allowed to pray together with his fellow muslim inmates once a day. the federal prison where he is serving a 20 year sentence only allows them to pray together once a week. he was captured in 2001 in afghanistan while fighting with the talibans. >> the final report of that deadly plane crash that killed 11 people at last years reno air race is due to be released at any moment now. federal investigators focused part of their 11 month h investigation on on the highly modified race planes tail configurations. fans say they 1:a small piece of the tail come off the plane before that happened. the ntsb already made several recommendations on how to improve safety for this years races which are scheduled to begin september 12th. >>> helicopter will be hovering a few hundred feet over the ground today throughout the bay area. but we're told there is nothing to be concerned about. allie rasmus is here now live to explai

. >>> the marin county man known as the american taliban is due in cart today to claim that the government is violating his religious rights in prison. john walker lynn wants to be able to pray together with his fellow muslim inmates once a day. the federal prison in indiana where lynn is serving a do year sentence only allows the inmates to pray together once aweek. lindh was captured in 2001 in afghanistan while fighting with the talibans. >>> venezuelan president has declared three days of warning for the 41 people killed in an explosion and fire. crews are still struggling to put out the fire. it started saturday when a gas leak sparked an explosion. more than 200 homes were damaged along with a national guard baric. >>> richmond city leaders in and contra costa county health officials plan to give an update on chevron fire. victims will have to file their claims by phone. chevron closed the last help center over the weekend. class action lawsuit is forming against the oil company more than 18,000 claims have already been filed. chevron has not commented on the potential lawsuit. they

. >>> the man once known as the american taliban said the government is denying him a right to pray with other muslims. john walker lynn appeared in federal court in indianapolis and argues his particular school of islam requires muslims to pray together five times a day. not praying in a group is a sin. he's serving a 20-year sentence for aiding the taliban government in afghanistan. >>> coming up, a spike in robberies over the weekend in d.c. find out who said there are not enough officers on the street. >> and speed cameras are popping up all over the rogue. we'll tell you who wants to reduce fines for drivers. >> plus, none of us will like this one. gas prices are going up, up, up come d.c., maryland, and virginia. why tropical storm isaac could make things worse. bob. >> it's one of the most popular attractions in the most visited museum in the country. and now the commander of the apollo 11 space capsule is gone. i 78 bob barnard. remembering neil armstrong just ahead.  we sent him there to fix it, but somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong.

the latest attack came a day after a suicide bomb killed four americans. the taliban claimed responsibility. president obama is monitoring the situation in afghanistan from washington today. tonight, he's hosting a dinner celebrating the islamic holy month of ramadan. the afghan attacks on nato troops are leading to mistrust between forces that have been fighting side by side for more than ten years. the attacks also raised concerns about the quality of the afghan forces who are beginning to take control of their country before most international troops pull out in 2014. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> another nato soldier not an american, was also killed in today's attack. >>> a washington county emergency services dispatcher told wusa9 that they received a telephone call about a tractor- trailer on fire about 11:00 a.m. now the rig is located on i-70 between clear spring and big pool. the dispatcher says the immediate area has been evacuated. and about six miles of i-70 is closed. that interstate is expected to stay closed for at least two hours

in just about an hour, the so-called american taliban fighter johnny walker lynn, remember him, willld not trump his religious freedom. he's represented by the aclu, claiming he should be allowed to hold group prayer. and the government who killed his former boss outside the empire state building apparently had no intention of returning home after he left friday morning. police found an envelope with his keys left behind for his landlord. evidently he was about to be evicted. gretch? >> gretchen: thank you, brian. as the political nominating conventions kick off, we've been talking with folks about their financial situations and how things like unemployment and the housing crisis have impacted their lives. we're back with our panel of local tampa residents, jan is a real estate agent and a mom. charles fletcher is an attorney. and acash is a small business owner and marketing consultant. charles, let me start with you on this, with regard to unemployment rates. i want to show you the most recent poll. if you compare the unemployment rate under president obama, from january 2009 it wa

. >>> and an american born taliban member is back in the u.s. >>> coming up i'll tell you where the fogtomorrow morning and the temperature change we have in store for the monday afternoon forecast. wow, look at this bed! this nightstand! this wardrobe! what are you doing here? you're in ikea. my dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. >>> new york city police say that an eviction notice may have prompted a shooting on top of the empire state building. nine bystanders were wounded by police gunfire. the bullets hit flower pots in the area and ricochets. johnson was held last year and held a grudge against a coworker but the pressure to move out may have pushed him over the edge. >>> evidence mounds of more atrocities in syria. syrian activists groups posted video of bodies, reportedly found this weekend in doria a rebel stronghold. the rebels say the murders were carried out over the last few days by so called ghost militias that suppo

. >>> the so called american taliban will be in court to protest his treatment in prison.aims that the government bars him from daily group prayer. muslim prisoners can only gather for prayers once a week. the government says a daily gathering would be a security risk. >>> the capital bikeshare program is coming to oldtown. the stations should be up and running by early september. the new bikes will be located at areas around the city including the king street metro station. >>> it's coming up on 8:15 now. we have tucker barnes with the latest on the forecast and more. >> i can't wait. time now for the photo of the day. we say hello to -- i hope i'm getting the name right. >> cary amani thrift. >> thumbs up. this is a picture of her the day she turned six months old with a big smile on her face. >> i was focusing on the name. she's adorable, really, really cute. >> she wakes up every morning and makes sure to watch fox 5 morning news. she doesn't have to worry about school. >> but it's coming. >>> go to www.myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. >>> isaac is getting its act to

american troops and four afghans died in the crash. the nato coalition is investigating the cause. however, the taliban claims their fighter shot that helicopter down. this all comes less than a week after six american service members were gunned down by two members of afghan security forces they were training. >>> family and friends of 29-year-old captain nafim gathered to bring him home last night for the last time. >> the marine was killed last week in afghanistan. police officials, family members and several comrades escorted his body to the funeral home in los altos. his loved ones remembered him with love and pride. >> he did a lot in his life. he would not want us to be sad. he wanted us all to celebrate his life and, you know, have fun and remember all the good times. >> he was on his fourth tour of duty and was scheduled to come home in december. the funeral is saturday afternoon. >>> ecuador granted asylum to julian assange. the foreign minister made the announcement this morning and said he did it to protect assange's rights. he says assange will be politically persecuted in extradited but b

the american taliban. who said that?>> stephanie: guess who else is getting busy. david bidder. >> this is awesome. [baby crying] >> he's still in the senate, yes. >> stephanie: you remember he was outed as a client of the d.c. madam who later turned up mysteriously -- [ ♪ dramatic ♪ ] it was a suicide. >> sure. >> she said she was not going to commit suicide. she said if you find me, suicide note, i didn't write it. i am not committing suicide. oh, she committed suicide. >> stephanie: last evening bidder tweeted love my kisses from his twitter account though the tweet was quickly deleted. they did some digging. it appears the twitter account of a woman named scott. her twitter biosays she lives in west bank, a possible reference to west bank, n'awlins. i know something you don't know she tweeted to a man trying to get to the bottom of his contact. even more suspicious is that that and the other tweets in the photo were almost immediately scrubbed from her twitter feed. [ ♪ dramatic ♪ ] >> stephanie: oh, diaper vitter is

a black hawk helicopter has crashed killing seven american soldiers and four talibans. this cause is still investigated. the international forces in afghanistan depend heavily on this transfer. in one corner of syria, president assaud's control with the kurdish in new region, we have this report. >> in a quiet corner of syria, so long oppressed. a change has taken place. here in the kurdish northeast, there is control given up. the kurds may be winners if and when a new syria emerges. they are now calling the shots, running their own checkpoints, and several towns and cities. they say their weapons are for self-defense. but the most powerful party here told us that if president assaud tries to take control, they will fight. >> if we are forced, of course we will do something. we couldn't just come and kill me, we have to defend ourselves. and i think the organized people could defend themselves. >> after decades of oppression, the kurds can speak openly. and some are demanding more than the departure of president assad. we want to take over our own affairs, says this ma

right when he got his weapon according to the afghan official he turned the weapon on the americans. the talibaniously using these insider attacks known as green-on-blue attacks to their advantage. they say they've infiltrated the afghan security forces and according to isaf and u.s. forces they are notd denying there there has been an afghan infiltration but say it is lower than the taliban is saying. they say about 10% of the attacks have been caused by people that are related to the insurgency and 90% are because of personal reasons, whether personal grievances, stress situations, or battle fatigue. nonetheless, it is the highest amount of insider attacks we've seen since the start of the war, 2007-2008. we've only seen four types of incidents such as these with four fatalities. this year we are more than 30 green-on-blue or insider attacks and 39 fatalities. tamron? >> all right. thank you so much. as atia mentioned there have been six so-called insider attacks in the past two weeks. she also mentioned 37 coalition forces have been killed in insider attacks so far this year compared to four

american. four afghans were also killed. the taliban ban claiming responsibility for shooting down the -- down the helicopter. nato is investigating the cause, did not on the taliban claims. >>> here at home, today is expected to be a key day for suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. amy hollyfield joins us live from city hall with the final ethics commission hearing that is about to get underway in three hours. >> reporter: good morning. it is finally here. you have been hearing about the ross mirkarimi situation for eight months. today an official decision is expected. the suspended sheriff has call the hearings going on before the ethics commission an unnecessarily protracted dog and pony show. he will appear today before that panel his lawyer with a lawyer for the city will make closing arguments then the panel is expected to recommend whether mirkarimi should keep his job. mayor ed lee wants him out and says he hasn't thought about the possibility of mirkarimi remaining as sheriff. >> i haven't thought about the consequences of it. i t

they're like -- they are the american taliban in terms of their treatment of women. >> treatment of women: that's it. we'll be back with donna ed wards. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. nah, he's probably got... [ dennis' voice ] allstate. they can bundle all your policies together. lot of paperwork. [ doug's voice ] actually... [ dennis' voice ] an allstate agent can help do the switching and paperwork for you. well, it probably costs a lot. [ dennis' voice ] allstate can save you up to 30% more when you bundle. well, his dog'

many of the attacks are blamed on renegade afghan soldiers who are angry at their american counterparts. but the taliban is claiming credit for all of them. steps have been taken to try to that wart the attacks. afghan officers are closing vetting their soldiers and american troops have been ordered to carry loaded weapons everywhere they go. even at a relatively secure base like bagram. i've been to this base dozens of times and it feels a little bit different. an american soldier told me he's being vigilant, but not paranoid, at least not now. general dempsey said the american war effort remains on track. the president talked about the attacks saying he would soon speak to president karzai, so, quote, we can stay on top of this, diane. >> mike boettcher who has reported so often from afghanistan. thank you, mike. by the way, he's heading out on an imbed with american troops. >>> and back here at home. it is official, apple already the most valuable company in the world, now the most valuable company in history. apple stocks soared pushing its value to a whopping $623 billion, a surge fueled by specula

there is no difference between the taliban and the tea party, and my opinion. what we need is for americans-- host: [unintelligible] all right, we're going to leave your comment there. the president and ceo of staples will be speaking at the convention on thursday night prior to mitt romney speaking. dwayne, you mention money. there are 15,000 members of the media here in tampa along with the 2600 delegates and 2100 alternates. national journal is one of the publications here. they put out what they call their convention daily. you can see their story here. chief executives skipping the festivities is the title of this story. one paragraph in this story briefly -- they are skipping tampa because of anti-wall street sentiment, tough logistics, or just simply fewer guarantees that the schlep will be rewarded with the nef meetings to move the policy forward. the next call comes from bill in west memphis, arkansas. the independent line. hi, bill. caller: first, let me just say that i am an immigrant. escape from a communist country. when i got here, i thought, what a great country this is. i wo

now, brooke, they are trying to figure out if this was a taliban infiltrator or if this was simply an afghan policeman who just turned on his americanaiming that it was an afghan policeman who lured the soldiers to a dinner to break the ramadan fast, and then had the plan all along to shoot and kill them. this issue of so-called green on blue attacks has been a rising concern in afghanistan. in fact, earlier this year, at one point, one out of every four nato troops that were killed were being killed by their afghan allies. in fact, there have been a number of changes as a result of this. the afghan intelligence forces have started putting undercover officers into some of their recruit training to try to sniff out who may be radical. and some u.s. commanders are even assigning guardian angels to watch over troops while they sleep. >> wow. >> chris, this was not the first attack in afghanistan this week. and you've got new details about some american loss of life on wednesday. >> yeah. that's right. this was a separate incident in eastern afghanistan, john, where basically it has been a devastating blow to the command there. two majo

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portman also played al gore and john edwards for debate practice. >>> the father of so-called american talibanr lynn says he's proud of him? franklin saying he was impressed with lynn's testimony and his attempt to hold daily group prayer in prison. lynn, who is being represented by the aclu, claims security concerns should not trump his religious freedom. he's asking to pray five times a day with other islamic inmates instead of alone in his cell. >>> at first the government spent tax dollars encouraging americans to buy the chevy volt. now it looks like general motors may be getting ready to admit some sort of defeat. sources say general motors will temporarily suspend production of the electric car this september and not resume for another month. this is the second time it is idling due to slow sales. gm is denying it. a spokesperson says they're preparing its plant for production of the 2014 impala. >>> governor chris christie set to give the keynote address tonight at the convention and there are rumors that the outspoken governor has been asked to tone it down? really? our own greta van

seven americans were killed. and the taliban is now claiming responsibility. here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: this was a special operations mission, with two navy s.e.a.l.s, a navy explosives expert, and three afghan forces flying in northern kandahar. an afghan interpreter alongside. the blackhawk, one of two on the mission, went down in the rugged terrain, landing in flames and badly mangled. as soon as it was down, enemy forces headed for the crash site. but they were fired on by another u.s. helicopter. u.s. teams then moved in on the ground, to recover the bodies and begin the investigation. the taliban claims they shot it down. they know how vital helicopters are to america's mission in afghanistan, given the mountainous terrain. it was just last year that a chinook helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, killing 30 americans, including 22 from a navy s.e.a.l. unit. >> rockets, rpgs, all those types of weapons can really get after a helicopter. they have good defenses onboard. but they're not perfect. >> reporter: the increase in viole

to be participates, afghan and american troops -- partners, afghan and american troops fighting side by side rooting out the taliban, but once again afghan security forces turn their weapons on their u.s. mentors. three special u.s. force were killed today after a commander in helmand province attacked the american troops reportedly luring them into the ambush with the offer of dinner. a taliban spokesman said the afghan policeman escaped and is now hiding with insurgents. these so-called green on blue attacks are on the rise, this the third of its kind this week alone. >> those isolated indents will have no effect on transition and on the quality of our forces. >> reporter: but this year alone more than 30 u.s. and international troops have been killed by members of the afghan security forces including two who were shot in the halls of the afghan ministry of interior this past winter. these attacks have seriously damaged the relationship between afghan and american troops and raise alarming questions about the capability of the afghan security forces. for now u.s. commanders insist they must press on and continue

americans. the causes under investigation but the taliban is claiming responsibility for shooting it down >> for the first time since the richmond refinery fire, chevron faces a related lawsuit. three attorneys filed suit yesterday on behalf of nine richmond residents. the suit claims they suffered illness and emotional distress and accuses the company of being grossly negligent in the way it handled means leading up to the fire. separately nearly 9000 people have already filed liability claims in an effort to get chevron to reimburse them for medical fees or property damage. a community meeting called keel richmond is planned for this evening to discuss the impact of the fire. it is set to begin at 6:00 at the space center for performing arts. >> performance enhancing drugs are overshadowing the san francisco giants once again to bora for petit games. he joins us from the news room to explain how this might affect the rest of the team's season >> today the giants will decide what to do about adjusting its roster which could mean changes for the team. at this point the brat season is over after

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