five of them were wearing burqa. weapons and then entered this building. this is where they stayed, the television, the remote control, you see the bedding here, this is where the terrorists on the second floor, first confronted the police, they shot one officer and then they threw him over the ledge. this is the sixth floor, when the terrorists got up here, you can see they cut all of the power lines, the phones, the lights to make sure it was dark that they didn't have any communication with the outside world. also, we're told one of them was injured here and tended to his wounds while waiting for help. here on the 12th floor is where the final showdown was, there's evidence of it everywhere. spent shell casings. and if you take a look around there are hundreds and hundreds of holes on the wall here. clearly a fierce firefight that went on here for hours well into the morning. to get the terrorists. i'm told this is where the last terrorist was killed. you can see the old scarf that's left behind. holes in it. wate

they then took the burqas off and then enwent inside of that building. it was the second floor, kyra. six police officers, afghan police protecting this building. it was under construction, essentially. so, they confronted the first police officer. we saw a television set. we saw bedding there to see that there was evidence that the police had been there, they were staying there for a while and they shot and killed a police officer in the second floor and threw him over the balcony and then they headed up the building. now, there are 12 floors of this building. throughout the building, we saw wires cut and huge, hundreds and hundreds of bullet holes in the walls and shell casings on the ground and all kinds of evidence of the firefight that had ensued over the course of hours. now, kyra, what happened was at the very end it was the 12th floor. the top of this building when the huge fire fight continued and then finally ended when they killed the four remaining taliban insurgents. had a chance to actually seize some of thefdz evidence of tha. you had a sh

. >> there are reports that these were insurgents dressed in burqas, dressed as women and the afghan forces said we don't have women members to check other women on busses. who do you think would be behind something like this? >> clearly the taliban are behind this. they're sending a very powerful signal to the united states and to the international community that they are doing well, that they are capable of assaulting us in a manner they did, but more important, they're sending a signal to the afghan people that actually they are still surging, they are able to bring their fighting from the south into the city of kabul and nobody can be safe in that city. >> give us the larger picture. do you think this is one just a one off attack or does it suggest to you that when nato forces withdraw from the country, there really will be a resurgence of the taliban throughout the country? >> well, if you look at what happened today, they are already resurging, regardless of what we say. first of all, they want to create a tet offensive scenario in which they want to rely on all our claims we a

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happen to be there they've stuck with it six guys in a vehicle pulled up five of them were wearing burqas to try to disguise themselves as women to bypass security massive twenty hour battle in kabul it's finally over this morning after a helicopter gunships and afghan police to the last of a group of insurgents there's a new video you see here you actually you're salute children right there crying because a rocket propelled grenade it just exploded near their school van seven afghans including four police officers and three civilians were killed in the attack you know there's a room called the tuesday killed seven afghans. now again thank you for paying a little bit of attention for a change i really do appreciate it but the serious lack of depth is still a serious problem here and let me explain the economy isn't getting any better president obama's approval ratings are only getting lower in fact his disapproval rating at the five percent is the highest it's been according to a new c.n.n. poll that makes the chances of him not being reelected to a second term grow increasingly likely li

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today combined reservations about specific actresses, for you know, for example the wearing of the burqa, which invokes a great deal of discomfort as robbie says and is just indicated, along with broader fears about the incompatibilities between the values of islam and the values of the united states. on the other hand, you know, there is evidence of building inclusion. you have majorities believing that muslims are an important part of the religious community and even larger majority saying that too many americans regard all muslims as terrorists and as we have just seen, the proposition muslims want to institute sharia law is rejected two-to-one by the american people. so rustling, america is wrestling with islam and islamic america. this is part of an often heated historical pattern. the second i can be much briefer. that is that the sorts of tensions that this report is focused on having to do with islam and also immigration are not just freestanding issues. they have been integrated into the framework of growing political partisan polarization in the united states that is developed

. >>> a french court firing two women for wearing burqas.burqa law. the court could have ordered them to take citizenship courses, but it did not. >>> newly released video inside an arkansas courthouse that shows a man, police say, opening fire after demanding to see a judge. the gunman was shot and killed. >>> mitt romney still way ahead of rick perry and everyone else in the first primary state of new hampshire. in a new suffolk university survey, the massachusetts governor is at 41%, 27 points ahead of his closest rival. >>> you're now caught up on the day's headlines. "american morning" back in 60 seconds. >>> time now to reveal romans' numeral. i teased it with you before the break. $13,830. not the price of a used car. that's the cost of raising a kid for just one year. >> one year! >> according to the department of agriculture, that's what a parent spent on one single child in 2010. the good news that's food, lodging, doesn't include college or saving for college, unfortunately. the good news is, the more kids you have, the overhead o

where the first court issued fines over the controversial french burqa ban were handed down this morningnd another was fined $108. critics of the ban argue the government has no business telling people what clothes to wear or how to practice their religion. one of the women said she sought the punishment so she could take her fight to a higher court. >>> a new jersey resident has had it. and is backing up his frustration with a little action. the 30-year-old man filed a civil complaint in federal court over toll increases at new york city bridges and tunnels. as of sunday, commuters now pay $12 to cross the hudson river. a 50% increase from last week. the man claims the tolls are an abuse of power and violates his rights because he is poor. he said the toll were increased unfairly because there were no public hearings. the port authority said it would not comment on the ongoing litigation. >>> will you be the one to be hit by chunks of that falling satellite? i hope not. we'll tell you what the odds are and show you a really cool animation of what is likely to happen. hopefully no one wi

today combined reservations about specific actresses, for you know, for example the wearing of the burqaeat deal of discomfort as robbie says and is just indicated, along with broader fears about the incompatibilities between the values of islam and the values of the united states. on the other hand, you know, there is evidence of building inclusion. you have majorities believing that muslims are an important part of the religious community and even larger majority saying that too many americans regard all muslims as terrorists and as we have just seen, the proposition muslims want to institute sharia law is rejected two-to-one by the american people. so rustling, america is wrestling with islam and islamic america. this is part of an often heated historical pattern. the second i can be much briefer. that is that the sorts of tensions that this report is focused on having to do with islam and also immigration are not just freestanding issues. they have been integrated into the framework of growing political partisan polarization in the united states that is developed really over the past

today combined reservations about specific actresses, for you know, for example the wearing of the burqa, which invokes a great deal of discomfort as robbie says and is just indicated, along with broader fears about the incompatibilities between the values of islam and the values of the united states. on the other hand, you know, there is evidence of building inclusion. you have majorities believing that muslims are an important part of the religious community and even larger majority saying that too many americans regard all muslims as terrorists and as we have just seen, the proposition muslims want to institute sharia law is rejected two-to-one by the american people. so rustling, america is wrestling with islam and islamic america. this is part of an often heated historical pattern. the second i can be much briefer. that is that the sorts of tensions that this report is focused on having to do with islam and also immigration are not just freestanding issues. they have been integrated into the framework of growing political partisan polarization in the united states that is developed

example, if you look at the state on the question of feeling of -- of concern, muslims wearing the burqa, muslims at the mosque and muslims praying at airports etc. those who seem to be uncomfortable are 48, 56, 40%. those are really high numbers. and even from those who are democrats, and those who watch public television and those who do not watch "fox news," the numbers of ignorance about islam and prejudice of islam continues to hover around 30%. so while we can blame fox and right-wing leaders and preachers for fostering and nurturing the discourse of hate, against muslims probably, but the others are also not doing very well and that to me is also a worrisome issue. especially for american muslims who see america as their home, there is the idea of permanent deportation that is not possible. now nearly 40% of all american muslims are indigenous muslims and within another 10 or 15 years the majority of american muslims will be indigenous americans. so this whole idea that we will continue to be unaccepting of islam is disturbing. i also would like to add an impression to the -- how