campbell: yes, sir. i think everybody wants to make sure we find out what happened t. as you know, every soldier, sailor, marine if they are involved in something like this, that hurts. >> is there anybody to blame other than the taliban for going to a civilian area and fighting amongst civilian targets? gen. campbell: the investigation will to me. as you mentioned, the taliban did going to the city. they knew they were going to cause a fight inside a built-up area. 70%,aliban causes over they target civilians. taliban, like hezbollah and hamas, intentionally target civilians and use them as shields. is that correct? gen. campbell: yes, sir. ofi want to talk about some the stories of abuse of children among certain afghan leaders. four-star general, the highest level of command in afghanistan. i served there are years as a captain. there is a big gap between those two liberals -- levels. i received training as did my soldiers. in afghanistan, i received training and provided training that said such a hea

campbell: yes, sir. i think everybody wants to make sure we find out what happened t. as you know, every soldier, sailor, marine if they are involved in something like this, that hurts. >> is there anybody to blame other than the taliban for going to a civilian area and fighting amongst civilian targets? gen. campbell: the investigation will to me. as you mentioned, the taliban did going to the city. they knew they were going to cause a fight inside a built-up area. 70%,aliban causes over they target civilians. taliban, like hezbollah and hamas, intentionally target civilians and use them as shields. is that correct? gen. campbell: yes, sir. ofi want to talk about some the stories of abuse of children among certain afghan leaders. four-star general, the highest level of command in afghanistan. i served there are years as a captain. there is a big gap between those two liberals -- levels. i received training as did my soldiers. in afghanistan, i received training and provided training that said such a hea

general campbell: -- general campbell: i cannot comment on the u.n.. i have complete confidence in the team that we have your they will be thorough and transparent. if there were mistakes made, we will make sure they come out. if people are to be held accountable, we will make sure we will. senator sullivan: i think most of us here do as well -- i certainly do not think an additional investigation by the u.n. would be warranted or welcomed by this committee. let me ask you the issue again -- this is senator graham, senator tillis sprawl questions. you are very focused on managing risk. if we go forward with the plan, does it increase the risk we taliban could take over the government in two or three or four years out? sir, again, ill: think we have another year and a have to continue to grow the afghan security forces if we went down to 1000 around kabul. we would not have the ability to train -- senator sullivan: how about what it increase the risk the homeland would be attacked? senator tillis asked to be very good and direct question that rct capabi

john campbell and the other lawyers teamed up with campbell get involved. they see an opportunity in the 14th amendment, and amendment the x confederate -- ex-confederate press. they saw an opportunity in the broad language of that amendment that didn't say anything about the race of whom it would apply to. they were arguing they were being denied equal protection. campbell even went as far to argue that it violated the 13th amendment, that requiring butchers to slaughter in another's slaughterhouse constituted slavery. even though a lot of people were not fond of the butchers, this is all being packaged so the butchers become local celebrities and all of the papers are cheering them on as the litigation goes forward. host: here is the irony -- the people of new orleans or suffering and had colorado dem ex because of the work and -- chollera epedimeic. paul: not everybody fit that description. this is less about the butchers and more about the fact you have this pass of legislature and there was a sense people would benefit from -- there was an opportunity

general campbell: the of target, absolutely. it was a gunship. >> general campbell, did you authorize this airstrike? whose initials are on the authorization? does an american have to offer authorize this? i will not go into this kind of details. areoctors without borders calling this a war crime. having this go to military channels will not be providing enough information on details. what are your thoughts on that? general campbell: we're doing everything we can. this investigation will be transparent. i have a nato investigation, and afghans will conduct their investigation. if other investigations need to go on, i will coordinate those as well. >> what does this mean for your rules of engagement going forward? is the war going to continue for your purposes as it was before -- general campbell: i will hold that question until we get through the investigation. i do not want to go to rules of engagement. f say they provided gps coordinates as recently as september 29.he have you received those coordinates? general campbell: that

campbell early on as a suspect. she used to work at loomis fargo, and she is a known acquaintance of david ghantt. fbi agents questioned campbell at her home, but she admits nothing. >> kelly had said that she hadn't stayed in touch with him since she left loomis. kelly had said she wasn't very close to him. and we had conflicting reports that said otherwise. we knew something was amiss, something was awry with kelly campbell. >>> coming up, the fbi taps the phones of campbell and chambers and realizes that david ghantt's life is in immediate danger. >> we're picking up all these additional phone calls on how they're going to send someone out to kill him. [announcer] you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interest-free financing on a huge selection of tempur-pedic models. or choose to save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. you can even choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular stearns & foster

who is john campbell, briefly? >> john campbell, i often call the evil genius of the 14th amendment. john campbell is a former united states supreme court justice who was in the majority in the dred scott decision. he's from alabama. when the civil war breaks out, he resigns to join the confederacy, where he becomes jefferson davis' assistant secretary of war. in that role, he says a number of things that do not hold up well in the 21st century. at the end of the war, when robert e. lee and others in the desperate moments are proposing the confederacy employ black troops, campbell is against it. it defies everything on which the confederacy is based. he's arrested after the lincoln assassination because they think he's a part of it. he comes out of jail em biter - enbittered and will make his career fighting the government. everything he's doing, every case he's litigating is being done to thwart the reconstruction, the biracial reconstruction government of louisiana. he says things like, we have africans in a plac

campbell early on as a suspect. work at loomis fargo, and she is a known acquaintance of david ghantt. fbi agents questioned campbell at her home, but she admits nothing. >> kelly had said that she hadn't stayed in touch with him since she left loomis. kelly had said she wasn't very close to him. and we had conflicting reports that said otherwise. we knew something was amiss, something was awry with kelly campbell. >>> coming up, the fbi taps the phones of campbell and chambers and realizes that david ghantt's life is in immediate danger. >> we're picking up all these additional phone calls on how they're going to send someone out to kill him. it takes a lot of work... to run this business. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the nutrition that i'm missing. boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain

crystal campbell. today celebration of life. celebration the ground break and dedication for crystal campbell peace garden to be con strublgd in front med ford senior center. originally we were going to put a sign will park bench on the spot in hon for crystal. until we started thinking about how everybody else life was affected. >> be hundreds came to the grounds break. clutching sun flowers that made of plastic never die. they were crystal campbell's favorites flower >> just a nl people didn't remember. you could haven't happened any one of us. you know? they didn't deserve this no one deserves this. a noun, it is white birds set free to soar. peace can be hard to find. but more than two years after the bombings, brave people are determined to find it. best revenge we can have against the terrorists and haters of this world is to live our lives to fullest and be bent we respect can pay to those who lost their lives to live my life to the fullest. >> brook be one cost will be about 1.3 paid federal and state grants. but they al

after a subcontractor had taken a plea and testified against campbell? >> understand mr. campbell was not stoned. he was not under the influence of any intoxicants. you know, again, we tried an aggressive case. i feel he was following the guidance and direction. he testified that he thought he can still get the building done safely. it was a tough call for the jurors. >> i hope that it does provide some assemblance of closure and something as horrible and overwhelming as this kind of tragedy, and i think it does at least give some finality to the fact that they held griffin campbell the person that was in charge of this site criminally libel on homicide charges. >> reporter: these are pictures of the six victims campbell was also convicted of aggravated assault and risking the catastrophe for the ordeal inflicted on the survivors. back here live, a civil trial will start in september. lucy? >> thank you very much shawnette. right now police are on the hunt for the person who shot a man over and over just past 1:00 this afternoon. the shots rang out to th

general campbell said as much this morning.said they require brood support, and is concerned about their long-term viability, and now the president is reconsidering troop levels in afghanistan post 2016. the "washington post" reports as many as 5,000 could be left in the country after that date. stephanie? >> a lot of news coming out of that testimony. i know you'll keep us updated. thanks, mike. >>> russia says it will consider expanding its air strikes from syria into iraq if it receives a request from baghdad. and russian air strikes have hit isil targets here palmyra. nato is again denouncing russia for violating turkish air space. moscow calls it an accident. >> i call on russia to avoide avoidest -- avoid escalates tensions with the alliance. i'm also concerned that russia is not targeting isil, but instead attacking the syrian opposition, and civilians. >> moscow says saturday's air space violation lasted just a few seconds and was due to poor weather. the kremlin says it is looking into claims of a second violation. >>>

have you been able to see how the victim's family reacted to campbell's testimony? >> yeah, representatives, i think just about all of the six victims, maybe other family there from others who were injured and they have civil suits pending. they've kept fairly flat and nonemotive, most taking copious notes. they've declined to talk to media coming and going to court. but obviously, hearing, you know, some of the oversight, lack of training, some of the things that griffin campbell admitted to, no safety plans, has got to be gut wrenching on a number of different levels. >> doug shimell on the phone talking to us about griffin campbell, charged with murder for the deadly market street collapse in 2013. doug, thank you. >> sure. >>> philadelphia's police commissioner charles ramsey announces retirement. he will step down in january and that's his decision is personal, not political. mayor nutter says the city should credit ramsey with cutting the crime rate down 30%. when asked what's next, enjoy lemonade on his porch, ramsey said this -- >> well, lemonade, only spike

of the union between campbell's soup and "star wars." may the forced product integration be with you! but you may have also noticed that the family had two dads. it's no surprise. it is no surprise that campbell's supports all types of marriages since it just helps them sell more cans. ( laughter ) but here's the thing-- this is "star wars," and this is soup so, naturally, some people are angry. in this case, the mother-based activist group one million moms. they promote fundamentalist christian values by, as far as i can tell, getting mad at t.v. commercials. they claim "campbell's soup is glorifying this unnatural marriage," and "this gay-inclusive commercial is attempting to desensitize viewers." this soup ad that normalizes gay relationships could have profound effects on young people back in the 70s. i saw an ad where a man and a woman eat campbell's together. and to this day, i like women and soup. coincidence? everybody keeps saying it is. and they're right. the point is, one million moms are furious that campbell's is being assoc

campbell and satosha omura. and the other half to yuyu tu for he discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria. >> omura and irish-born campbell discovered a new drug. its derivatives radically lower the incidence of river blindness and lymphatic. it is also effective against a growing number of other parasitic diseases. tu, a chinese scientist, discovered a drug. it lowers mortality rates for malaria sufferers. their discoveries will enable medical personnel to fight diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually more effectively. omura is professor emeritus of a university. he has discovered over 400 bioactive compounds from microorganisms. many have been developed as highly effective drugs. omura told nhk on the phone that he wonders whether he really deserves the prize. he's the 23rd nobel prize winner born in japan. and he's the third japanese to win in the category of physiology or medicine after yamanaka won in 2012. >>> "newsline" will keep you updated on the nobel prize announceme

found contractor griffin campbell, guilty of 20 criminal counts. including, six of the involuntary manslaughter. >> i hope that it does provide some semblance of closure and something as horrible, and overwhelming, as this kind of tragedy. >> reporter: jurors found campbell not guilty of the higher charge of third degree murder, which, upon multiple convictions, could have put him behind bars for life, without parole, hopefully today's verdict will help put this sad chapter behind for all philadelphians. >> my heart hearts every single day that this happened for them and my hearties hurting for us, because he is a good guy. >> reporter: sean benschop the drug impaired crane operator working for campbell previously pled guilty on involuntary manslaughter and other charges. family members of the victims, including this man who lost his wife with their attorneys, said that campbell's conviction is a step in the right direction towards justice, and healing. >> i had a sense of joy, and jurors of their statement today. >> reporter: you feel there was in

commander in afghanistan, generally john campbell. and he is already saying the strike was carried out after a request by afghan forces who were being threatened by the taliban. a nay toe has launched a full investigation. earlier tad nay toe's secretary general expressed condolences to the families of the victims. >> i'm deeply saddened by the tragic incident involving the doctors without borders hospital in kunduz. my thoughts are with all those affected. a full investigation has been launched. the security situation in afghanistan remains challenging. but afghan forces are rising to the challenge. and we continue to support them. >> doctors without borders is accusing the u.s. of a war crime and calling for an independent probe. let's bring in cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara star with more. >> good morning. general campbell set to testify on capitol hill about 30 minutes from now. the hearing was scheduled in advance of this latest event to talk to campbell about the security situation in afghanistan and potential plans for dr

it may sound like a joke, and, dennis campbell, the defendant, insists that it was. but the judges taking this very seriously. dennis campbell boarded united airlines flight 439 from boston to chicago wednesday night and after the wrong word. who, you know, worst-case scenario, unfortunately used airplane. unfortunate that common sense >> reporter: employer will argue he was making light of the heavily packed overhead bins, telling the flight attendant, when we land, that bad could come flying out of there like a bomb. but, that word is all anyone on board needed to hear to call police. campbell was arrested because he didn't have a bomb, he's been charged with making a false bomb threat. >> be very, very clear, he had absolutely zero intentions of doing anything wrong. >> reporter: the defense tried to plead with the judge to be realistic, saying that the case would not be indicted. the judge did not take kindly to that saying this is a serious offense and ordered campbell to stay away from all flights until the case is closed. you saw dennis campbell walking out of

campbell. and it is super bowl 50. it seems just like yesterday when the green bay packers took on the kansas city chiefs in super bowl 1 back in january 1967, won by the green bay packers, vince lombardi at the hem, bart starr the mvp. you can see not that trophy but our super bowl trophies. they are right here. they are in campbell tomorrow. juliette, i have to tell you, the clouds are gathering in the sky. the question everyone has been asking me, is it going to rain? and we're going to have that answer a few minutes from now. it is so loud out here, i can't hear you, but if i think if you were to say anything to me, it would be, brian what a nice job you did handling a sports assignment. >> absolutely. >>> still to come, how sailing school is helping to prepare these kids for careers of the future. >>> el nino is bringing more than just rain to california. highly venomous sea snakes are now washing ashore. a surfer spotted this one. the yellow bellied sea snake is not normally found in cali

campbell did not say what troop levels he is proposing. campbell added a nuance to his explanation for an airstrike on a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz that killed 22 people. after earlier statements, came to a response to a request by afghan forces, he told the senate panel a u.s. decision made within the u.s. chain of command. cnn's dig robertson -- owe nic robertson is live in kabul. you have been talking to villagers who say they want help from the u.s.ges they don't want civilians to be hurt anymore. >> reporter: yeah, they really feel the afghan army can't stand up to the taliban. they say without the help of the u.s. military and others, the taliban could overrun more places, so they say, yes, we won our support. one man told me, if you are going to hit hospitals, we don't need you. they are clear on. that which heard from doctors without borders laying out specifically what they want. they're saying it's no good calling this incident in the hospital a mistake. they say it was precise and repeated cartinging. what they'r

troops that night taking fire according to general ca campbe campbell. and if they were going after al qaeda, and there were only taliban by all accounts, and if the afghans were about to be overrun, but the afghans were on the counter attack to go back after position ises that the taliban had invaded the town days prior and taken over many areas. obviously doctors without borders still furious, and furious it is called a mistake, and they say they were under attack for 30 minutes, and made phone call, and tried to get it stopped, but nobody stopped the attack on them. i don't believe that anybody believes that the u.s. wantingly went ahead to strike a hospital knowing it was a hospital, but the question is why did the u.s. commanders not know they were hitting a hospital? w wolf. >> it is a good question. the committee also originally was meant, an convened to talk about the overall u.s. presence, and the overall u.s. strategy in afghanistan, and right now the situation is to keep a troop level in afghan to secure and support the embassy in kabul. but g

. ♪ >>> general john am -- campbell is being questioned. >>> corruption at the united nations.raud charges against several officials. >>> south carolina has new problems, dams may still break, and damage is estimated in the billions. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. the commander of u.s. forces on capitol hill today revealing more on a deadly air strike on a doctors without borders in afghanistan. general john campbell called the air strike that left 22 people dead a mistake, but also clarified just who authorized it. mike viqueira is live in washington. mike, general campbell addressed this question head on. is there any question, however, about u.s. responsibility? >> reporter: it comes after a series of changing explanations to the u.s. military, to the infuration of doctors without borders. the strike from a gunship, the attack killing 22 individuals, including 12 staff members, 10 patients including three children. a contrite offering of condolences from general campbell, and yet his explanation is likely not to console doctor

that's when dan campbell took over. elevated from tight end coach to head coach. >> you know, they hit the reset button. >> whatever they change is working. they are playing at an extremely high level. >> the dolphins have scored 82 points and won both games under dan campbell. those wins were against the titans and texans, two teams with a combined three wins. still, a 41-0 halftime lead over >> when they are out there playing -- they are just having everything is more fluent. moving the ball a lot better. >> now dan campbell goes up against bill belichick. a man with three times as many as campbell has games coached. >> i don't look at it as me versus him. this is the dolphins versus the patriots. 6-0 patriots against the 2-0 dan campbell dolphins. >> wcvb, sports center 5. >> thank you very much. as you probably heard and suspected, most of this week has been spent by the patriots watching film and walking through different formations and different looks that they may get from the dolphins. it's not your average nati

the former head coach fired two weeks ago, enter dan campbell. a much more aggressive team. much better coach, much more intensity. especially on defense. got to love the dolphins front. could be tough to get a running game going -- >> i think i have him. take will ma'amor miller, he could have been one of the best runs backs. >> he was phenomenal he had 38 points but there is better bets for the miami phones. they're pretty good in the passing game. landry awesome in face as we saw one week ago, he is giving the pats problems. if you have landry start him. >> we're mid-way through the season. i can't believe it. is there nip out there who we're overlooking? >> the tight end was jimmy, he played in new orleans, now the guy who replaced him is willy sneed. that should put up better numbers than graham has. he does only have one touchdown but it could be a safe bet. if you have him start him. >> that set with your line-up. >> coming up at 6:00 we're following breaking news, 60 students in lowell suddenly get sick at school. the search for answers happening right now. >> kim: a

those far above griffin campbell. >> and griffin campbell the building's owner and demolition architect face that civil suit next year. griffin campbell will be sentenced in january. live at the criminal just center i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> subcontractor is also facing jail time for six counts of involuntary manslaughter manslaughter. he pleaded guilty. campbell rejected that same offer and went to trial. >>> police in philadelphia's king's neighborhood are trying to identify a man who robbed a church. once inside he took a flat screen tv, he leaves and returns about two minutes later and takes another flat screen television and a microphone. if you recognize him you are asked to call police. >>> back now to our coverage of tonight's monday night match-up between eagles and the giants. >> nbc 10 is your official eagles station. we have exclusive pre-game coverage. keith jones and jacqueline london joins us. >> here at lincoln financial field we'll give you back stage pass. they just started singing the national anthem hopefully you can hear us over that right now. nobody is in

and members of the 51-year-old campbell's family. >> mike griffin campbell is to take the witness stand in his own defense tomorrow. live in center city rhyme vernon odom, channel 6 "action news". >> change you the search is on for three suspects who shot and killed a man and threatened his wife in gunpoint southwest philadelphia after 11:00 last night 1100 block of south ruby street and investigators say the homeowner was shot three times in the head and later died at the hospital. the couple's three children were me tomorrow at the time and not hurt. around that same time officers were called to the home a car crash reported 51 and locust street in west philadelphia and it's not yet known if the home invasion and crash are related. >> from our delaware newsroom now a man is in critical condition after being hit by a dmar wilmington this morning and this is the scene along the 200 block of east front street and authorities say the car hit the victim as he tried to cross the road and he was rushed to the hospital for treatment and driver remained at the scene and it's not clear if charg

commander in afghanistan, general john campbell, told the senate armed services committee today that the disastrous bombing of the hospital in kunduz was a mistake. >> even though the after ghans request that support it has to go through a rigorous u.s. procedure. we had a special operations unit that was in close vicinity that was talking to the aircraft that delivered those fires. >> general campbell said he was called for more training to prevent similar incidents from taking place. nbc's jim miklaszewski joins me from the pentagon. that doesn't begin to really respond to the questions about how this could have happened. >> reporter: that's right. and that sound bite you played from general campbell is so telling, because again, he said look, no matter who called in the strike, it was afghans that actually asked the americans to launch an air strike against a target. don't even know if it was the hospital that was the target that the afghans wanted struck, but he said even though that happened, it is up to the u.s. military on the ground and in the air to conduct a rigorous review

campbell' s attorney painted this as a misunderstanding. campbell' s lawyer claims that he flight attendant made a comment to the man that she was surprised he was able to get a bag into the overhead compartment. >> he went and sat back in his seat. he apologized and said, i should not have said that. reporter: after court we try to get campbell to talk about what happened. the judge continued -- he is barred from going to logan or any other airport. he has to check in with the probation department before leaving the state. he returns to court on december 4. erika: thank you. take a look at this car flattened by a tree in milton. brought down during last night' s high wind and heavy rain. that system has moved out. some warm weather is moving in. cindy: downpours. wind gust that in some places 50 to six he mile per hour. it warm southwesterly wind. 71 degrees. what a treat for the end of october? off to the west, you see those temperatures? they drop from the 70' s along the eastern seaboard. back into the 40' s and 50' s to our west. there

general john campbell is making headlines by openly promoting before congress in his testimony today, on tuesday, a change in the president's plan to re-mav all u.s. traps by the end of next year. >> a hospital was mistakenly struck. >> it was a stark administration by a top coalition commander in afghanistan, who left no doubt about who gave the green light for the attack on a hospital that killed 22. >> to be cleared, the decision to provide arrow fires was a u.s. decision made within the u.s. chain of command. >> even in accepting blame before a senate panel, general john campbell says a pentagon investigation is going forward, with preliminary findings expected within 30 days. that was cold knhfrt for doctors without borders, a group that operated the hospital. >> in the latest of a series of scathing statements the president wrote in part: >>> the hospital attack came during a pitched battle for control of kunduz, and the taliban advance on that northern city raising more troubling questions. >> in 2014 president obama vowed to complete the draw down of troops by the end of next

prosecutors say campbell valued money more than life. nbc 10's doug shimell takes us inside the courtroom with a look at the defense's counterarguments. >> when they went from demolition by hand to heavy equipment on market street in june 2013, defendant griffin campbell's defense attorney claims the contractor was not consulted. he faces murder charges with a wall collapse that killed six people in the salvation army thrift store and the defense's first expert witness contends campbell was left out of the loop on everything from bidding, to the danger of the unsupported wall. they were alleging the demolition architect, who has been given immunity by prosecutors, controlled the entire process and ignored structural and safety issues, but the prosecution says willing ignorance or incompetence by griffin campbell won't work. more defense witnesses expected wednesday at the criminal justice center, i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> the viewing for former philadelphia naacp leader jerry mondesire is under way, he died sunday at the age of

they were krystle campbell's favorite flower. >> it just lifted me up a lot. it really did that people do remember. they were all just victims. it could have happened to any one of us, you know. they didn't deserve this. no one deserves this. . >> reporter: peace is a word, a noun, it is white birds set free to soar. peace can be hard to find, but more than two years after the bombings brave people are determined to find it. >> the best revenge we can have against the terrorist and haters of this world is to live our lives to the fullest and the best respect i can pay to those who lost their lives is to live my life to the fullest. >> reporter: cost of the krystle campbell peace garden about $1.3 million. state and federal grants will pay for some of it but they also received a large number of private donations as well. in medford, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >>> coldest air of the season coming tonight and tomorrow really not much better. coming up i'll tell you when to expect a warmup. >>> but first, several local boy scouts rescued a woman from a mountain thi

the flight took off without campbell about an hour later. frank: campbell was held on $250 bail, his arraignment later today in east boston. live in boston, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: sentencing will be handed down today for the former new hampshire prep school student whose rape trial made national headlines. owen labrie was cleared of the most serious charges, but was convicted of using a computer to lure a 15-year-old girl to a sexual encounter. he' s hoping for probation but faces up to 11 years. his trial exposed a campus sex competition culture between male students at saint paul' s in concord. >> we are running for someone has convinced you attacking me is going to help you. randy: trading barbs and trying to gain ground. jeb bush and marco rubio go on the attack against each other. but the real target at this debate wasn' t on the stage. the eye' s erika tarantal is here with all the big moments. erika: that exchange, a good example of the tenor of the republican race bush, rubio' s one time mentor. now, his competitor

. >> general jon campbell answering questions about that afghan hospital bombing. giving his opinions about troop withdrawal. corruption and fraud charges now against several top officials. t rains have stopped but south carolina has new problems. dams can break in the damage now estimated to be in the billions this is al jazeera america, the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan is on capitol hill today and we are learning more about that deadly air strike. general jon campbell facing tough questions from the senate arm ad services committee, he called the air strike that left 22 dead a mistake. but he also clarified just who called in that strike. am al jazeera is in washington for us. the general addressing this testimony head on it is interesting because the president, general campbell, many others of the last several days say they want to wait for the results of this invest face from the pentagon the department of defense before they lay blame on this, and we do understand that the preliminary results will be available in 30 days but little doubt here, left

laura: what the general campbell say this means for the u.s.able of troops withdrawing from afghanistan? he sent a powerful message to his commander and chief saying the drawdown plan is unrealistic. there are 9800 military personnel in afghanistan. 1000lan is to reduce it to nine the year and make it an embassy-based force in kabul. they say we need more troops there for longer. will withdraw too soon we not be able to do counterterrorism operations or assist and train the afghan army. given the resurgence of the taliban, he sent a message it would be dangerous to withdraw too quickly. laura: is it your since the u.s. is haunted by what happened in iraq when the troops left? analogy.y see a direct the worry is that if you leave a void, it is filled with extremists and insurgents. laura: an agreement that allowed facebook and other technology giants to send personal data from the eu to the united states has been ruled invalid. arrangementbor of failed to provide adequate protection for consumers. the european commission said they will work for

but they didn' t find a bomb. campbell about an hour later. campbell is now being held on $250 bail and is expected to be boston. randy: breaking tonight boston , police are investigating a fight at a bar that landed a man wounds. according to boston ems, it happened either inside or outside the bell in hand bar on hanover street in the city' s north end. one person was taken to massachusetts general hospital s expected to be ok. another man suffered minor injuries. also this morning, the former new hampshire prep school student whose rape trial made national headlines learned his future today. owen labrie was cleared of the most serious charges but was convicted of using a computer to lure a 15-year-old girl to a sexual encounter. he faces up to 11 years at his sentencing today, 11 years behind bars, he' s asking for probation. his trial exposed a campus sex students at st. paul' s in concord. emily: new this morning, a dzokhar tsarnaev' s pretrial confinement at devens. newly unsealed court documents show the fbi screened all his calls, he w

general john campbell speaking before the u.s. senate committee on the attacks in afghanistan. >> i'd like to pay tribute to our military families, the unsung heroes of the last 14 years of conflict. in many ways, our frequent be a senses from home are harder on them than on us. without their love and support, we could not succeed. i'd like to acknowledge and honor the men and women killed in afghanistan and the 20,000 wounded. tragically, we lost 14 personnel to include six air man and four contractors, u.s. contractors last friday in an aircraft mishap. we always remember the afghan in our own fallen and loved ones they left behind. every day, we honor their memories by assisting the afghans to build a stable and secure country and protecting our homeland. over 14 years have passed since the 9/11 attacks, and we haven't forgotten why we first came to afghanistan and why we remain. convince 2001, exceptional courage of our forces ensured that another terrorist attack originating from afghanistan against our homeland has not occur

military, campbell, the head of nato forces in afghanistan stepped up and took the blame. this, as he openly suggested that the president's stated policy of removing all american forces and a training and advisory role and a counter terrorism role by 2016 was not a good idea. >> a hospital was mistakenly struck >> reporter: it was a stark admission by the top commander in afghanistan, who gave no doubt who gave the green light about the attack that killed 22. >> to be clear, the decision to provide u.s. arrow fires was a u.s. decision, made within the u.s. chain of command. >> reporter: even before accepting the blame before a senate panel, john campbell said that the decision is going forward, with preliminary finds within 30 days. but that was cold comfort for doctors without borders, the group that operated the hospital n a series of scathing statements, nothing can excuse violence against patients and medical facilities. and this cannot be brushed aside as an inevitable mistake or a consequence of war. it came as trying to control kunduz, and it raises more questions.

general campbell just referred to exactly what was going on in afghanistan.e said. >> to be clear, the decision to provide aerial fires was a u.s. decision made within the u.s. chain of command. a hospital was mistakenly struck. we would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. i must allow the investigation to take its course and therefore i'm not at liberty to discuss further specifics at this time. however, i assure you that the investigation will be thorough, objective, and transparent. >> that was general campbell just moments ago. the white house meanwhile says president obama plans to meet with families of the victims in the deadly shooting at an oregon community college holding a private meeting with the families on friday during a visit to roseburg. at the same time we're learning more about the gunman and how his mother may have had an impact on his fascination with guns. nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: startling new revelations about the mother of chris harper mercer. the shooter who killed nine people at umpqua communi

general john campbell says a pentagon investigation is going board, with preliminary findings expected in 30 days. that was cold comfort for doctors without borders. the group that operated the hospital. >> in the latest in a series of scathing statements the president wrote: the hospital attack game during a battle for control of kunduz, and the taliban advance raises troubling questions. in 2014, president obama vowed to complete the draw down of u.s. traps by the end of next year. >> we have to recognise afghanistan will not be a perfect place. and it is not america's responsibility to make it one. >> but tuesday, campbell told congress the afghan army can't secure the country without u.s. help, and openly called for u.s. troops to stay behind the president's deadline. >> i believe we have to have a counterterrorism capability and you need a certain amount of forces. >> the top afghan leader wants the military to remain, african forces are reversing taliban games. at the same time the need for maintaining support, sustaining support for afghan forces is more evident. >> the presiden

general john campbell confirmed on monday that it was the afghan national security forces who requested air strikes. requested. however, in testimony just a few minutes ago, before the senate armed services committee, general campbell said there was a u.s. special operations unit in the area, talking with the crew of that ac 130 gun ship, which certainly sounds to my ears as if they were the ones who actually called in the air strikes, actually provided the targeting for that ac-130 gunship. so it really comes down to the language kamal. it sounds as if it were the u.s. that did call in this information, but of course if this is in fact what did happen, and there are investigations underway, the organization. doctors without borders is convinced that some sort of war crime was committed, because the hospital that had been in that location since 2011 was hit, and 22 people, including 12 of the staffers were killed in that air strike on saturday morning. >> it was hit, but john campbell, and correct me if i'm wrong, early in his address was saying it would never have been an intention alt

as general campbell testified it's about capabilities not personnel. we have to take assessment of the conditions on the battlefield. the afghan security forces do need a lot of capabilities that only the united states-led coalition can supply. close air support, maintenance support. when you look at capability gaps that they have and need to support their front line troops, it's about 10,000. i hope the president makes a decision based on conditions on the ground not the end of the administration and political calendar. >> i want to change subject for the last question. calling for an investigation into the secret service for leaking personal information about republican congressman jason chaffetz who chairs the secret service. a critic of their mishaps. do you believe joe clancy should be fired? >> i don't want to prejudge any outcome in workplace discipline or criminal investigation but it's worse than a leak. 45 different employees of the secret service, we know, thanks to the report, illegally accessed their files to discover jason chaffetz' file.

i asked general campbell, do you have enough u.s. troops? obviously, any commander is going to tell you, he probably wants more. but they're getting by with those 9800. he says the afghan forces are doing a lot better. he says that he's a glass half-full kind of guy. afghan forces still have a long george, basely, what they're in right now is a reactive mode. the taliban has changed its strategy. it's going into cities. the afghan forces have to go to those cities and leave other areas like the south. >> so, colonel nagl, is the glass half-full, are there enough troops? >> there are not enough troops right now. the president has finally decided to keep 5,000 troops in afghanistan over the course of the rest of his presidency, but the fact is, the u.s. has enduring national security interests in afghanistan and pakistan, that will remain the case for decades to come. and i think the right thing to think about, in south korea, 30,000 troops for 65 years, i predict the next president will triple the number of troops in afghanistan and they'll b