but we have not seen it this summer in the capital city. we've seen people try. we haven't seen a success like today. today it was a very large explosion. it shook the city. it shook our bureau. we know there will be casualties. the last time i felt an explosion like this in the capital city, there were casualties. although we don't know what kind of an explosion it was, whether it was a suicide bomber or felt like a car bomb, unfortunately, when you come out to these areas, whether it be iraq or afghanistan or other war zones you tend to adapt and tend to realize what kind of bomb you're dealing with. at the moment from what it felt like, it probably was a car bomb. natalie? >> and that is what the associated press is -- defense ministry spokesman tells the associated press it was a suicide car bombing. that is some of the news we're getting here, atia. you said you felt the impact. how far -- can you take a guess how far were you -- how far was the bureau from where this took place today? >> reporter: what i can tell you is we were several blocks away. several b

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. >> the taliban says it set off the suicide car bomb in afghanistan's capital city that killed at least 7 people. the attacker was targeting a nato convoy along the road, linking kabul to a nearby air base. among the dead, two u.n. workers. just hours earlier and a short distance away, two mortar rounds struck near the presidential palace, no one was hurt. in eastern afghanistan, two u.s. soldiers were killed and three others injured when their convoy hit a roadside bomb. that brings the total number of u.s. forces killed in august to 26. the spike in violence comes as afghan officials hand out ballots and prepare for the country's second ever presidential election on thursday. taliban forces have condemned the election and warned people to stay away from the polls. president obama says the u.s. has a deep interest in a peaceful, stable afghanistan, he's ordered u.s. forces to help secure polling places so that this week's elections can go forward. that may not be enough to calm some afghans. >> there is no security, this plan says, people are very scared, because the election is about

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just today with the election now two days await taliban launched a series of attacks on the capital city of kabul. a suicide car bomber attacked a naval convoy in the outskirts of the city. killing seven people, wounding > >>>the center, the fewer signs of government control are found. sorry, lost modem. >> the taliban -- which is close to panjwi district and one of the many leaflets the taliban have put up warning people against voting in the election. and then distributes them in many areas in the south. and this is why the very fact that it's still on the wall, means the taliban is here. and we aren't even able to get out of the car to film freely. >> reporter: kandahar city, just like the rest of kandahar province, according to the government's assessment is a high-risk area. elections won't be held in two taliban-controlled districts. attacks are usual here, but not mortar strikes. mortars were fired into the heart of the city days before the vote. some people started to think twice about voting. >> translator: we won't the situation is not like this. we don't want to risk our lives

they are electing a government that is afraid to leave the capital city of kabul. what they haven't sd are american and nato troops that are fighting -- and instead are american and nato troops that are fighting for democracy that has never flourish. >> our initial, swift victory in toppling the taliban give us the idea that we could turn afghanistan into a real country and democracy. that is actually an illusion. it never was a country and will not be a democracy as we understand it. our objective is sort of a minimal objectives. we know that the enemy willbe active and will have some influence in the south. our objective is to maintain the capital would use to be the no. alliance. and it to hold that line. that minimal objective is achievable. but the idea of a single, unified country that is democratic is a complete solution. >> how long does this last? >> president obama defined his objective early on as preventing the taliban -- he defines them as a threat not only to the region but to the united states. defeating the taliban is one thing could nation building

. >> the christian quarter in the capital city -- this business is thriving. this is jack daniels.s costs almost $17. wait cheaper than in london. the majority of iraqi kurds are muslim. the muslim faith does not make or sell alcohol, said the christians control this lucrative trade. -- so the christians control this lucrative trade. >> i am kurdish and have faith in islam. but i am also at the here where bars and mosques can coexist freely. >> come with me and see what they think about this liquor store just a block away from their mosque. come with me. i asked the imam what he thinks about christian selling alcohol to muslims. >> according to the teaching of islam, every religion should be respected. christian sell alcohol, let them do that. their fate the laws of. we kurds and christians are ancient people. >> extremists in iraq have conveyed of my image of islam, and the kurdish version of islam can now be a model for the rest of the country. bbc news. >> before we leave you, much of europe has been baking in august's heat plate. people art -- it is not only people try to find

just today with the election now two days away the taliban launched a series of attacks on the capital city of kabul. a suicide car bomber attacked a naval convoy in the outskirts of the city. killing seven people, wounding another 50. two mortar wounds also landed near the presial palace. all this as the campaign around the country winds down. this was the scene yesterday in a rally in support of the chief opposition candidate former prime minister abdullah abdullah. a free and fair election, no doubt would help that cause. but security concerns remain front and center. in our "lead focus" tonight with the help our broadcast and print partners from around the world, once again we're going to have in-depth coverage of this important story. we'll offer you viid accounts from throughout that country beginning from the south of afghanistan here in the border with pakistan in kandahar province. zeina khodr of al jazeera english reports. >> we're leaving kandahar cities, driving on the highway leading to helmand. one of the roads the taliban threat tone shut down are if the elections. the whole

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special envoy to afghanistan a pakistan, was denied permission to visit the swat capital city of mingo due to security ncerns. the lackf security and rvices are just some o the reasontacmore than a milli refugees have no started too home. a 63-yr-old refugee from swat wasotraumatized by what happenedhere that he's too frightened to return. speak speak [ speaking in native tongue . >> reporter: likhim, most o the refugees a still in the neighboring distri of mardan. the massive influxf refugees doubled mardan's population to 2 miion. >> what we've seen in pakistan in the last few months is we've seen anncredibly rapid displacement of people. 's unusually rapid even for other places in the world. so in aeally few months almost 2 mlion people that we knowf thatave been verified as being displaced have chosen to leave their homes suenly. >> reporte only about 15% of refugees i mardan were held in mps likethese. they have now returned home and the camp's smantled. butrity of refugees continue to live in cramped conditions withrelatives or host famili or squatting in a few ousand schools in

first attack in the capital city in months. sciutto is in afghanistan tonight. >> bombers struck at the heart of bomber's heavily guarded diplomatic district. powerful blast, shootered bodice and stripping trees of their branches. on the kreechb, we heard anger and frustration. why didn't coalition fors capture the bombers, one eye witness asked us. they spent so much money on security. the attack appeared to be well planned. police believe there were two men inside the car to distract guards who focused on loan drivers due to the suicide threat. they passed security check points, making it to the u.s. embassy where the u.s. commander, generally stanley mcchrystal has his offices. >> can we ask what your advance is? before the election? >> absolutely. we have innocent afghans die this morning. when you talk about giving them a choice then kill them the message is contradictory. >> reporter: get a sense how powerful the bomb was. it was 300 yards broke all of the glass and found shrapnel that injured people this far away. the la

you can see the edence of the etermined to honto an iependent identity a around t capital city of tallin. the wall that suounds the ancient city of talent is a remier of just how hard tis untry has sruggled against vasions. in the lt century ale, both germany d the soviet uon have occupied estonia. >> all the people know that freedom notree. we got huge help whe the help was neede for estonia and this our moral duty toelp others. >> reporter: theillingness to fight for freedomeans compulsory milary service for ung men. rvice overseas is alwys vontary. even so, the mission in afghanistan is unpopular. a dense ministry surve in 2007 foundthat more than half of estonians are opposed to sending their soemers out of th country. th survey was taken notong after a deadlyaliban attack killed two eonian sdiers and wounded three others serving in afghanistan. yona gle, an army nurse, was one othe injured. >> the next thing i remeer that i'm lying down on the ground. and this hot rocketn my back. and then i started to think, i wasn't here. i was in -- how got here? >> reporte >> two fellow soldiers

before nation election, suicide car bomb has killed ten people and injured more than 90 i this capital city of kabul. richard engel joins us from kabul. good evening. >> we heard and melt felt that message. the bombxplode not far from here this morning and today the taliban said attacks could intensify leading up to elections in just five days. the taliban today carried out their threat to disrupt next week's election. at 8:30 this morning, a toyota packed with 1,000 pounds of explosives rammed into a military checkpoint. the blast broke windows several blocks away. this explosion happened in one of the most secure at the gate of the u.s. military and nato headquarters just a few hundred yards from the american embassy. an attack on kabul's relatively safe diplomatic you quarter. the american embassy wasn't damaged but aft least ten of a gaps were killed. more than 100 injured. many of them were employees at the ministry of transport waiting it go to work. "i don't feel safe here, life has been ruined" said one woman. this man said "i dent foe who i'm going to vote for now" and that's exact

. >>> 100 artists and publicity vens gathered in north east washington today to paint the capital city'slic art mural. participants painted a wall in the edgewood community at the rhode island avenue shopping center. the finished product is larger than a football field. >> a couple of months ago this concept was introduced to us by staff, actually, to further engage in our summer youth employment program so we decided that the best way to engage youth were not only to place them in 16 of our nonprofit arts organizations but to also have them partake n inprar aoj t rehein ward 5. >>the newly installed mural is called from edgewood to the edge of the world. look at how colorful that is. >> extremely cool. amazing how you can work up close like that and get it right and you have to step back to see what it really looks like. >> picture perfect also today. >> beautiful day. >> minus the humidity and some other things. but, hey, it is summer. >> it is summer in dc. the tropics have even come alive. two tropical storm. anna and bill. when the conditions are right everything starts to go at the

it would help build obiang a new capital city. but it wasn't just the great powers that had their eye on obiang's oil. so did a gang of mercenaries. but you just knew there was a fabulous amount of oil here? >> yes. >> reporter: enough to make everybody a very rich man? >> absolutely, yes. >> reporter: they'd fly in a new president, and kidnap or kill obiang. britain and spain knew in advance but did nothing to stop them. >> but you're going there with the best military force in africa, with the backing of serious western governments, yeah, this is a good gamble. >> reporter: the mercenaries and their backers could become as rich as obiang and his clan - if their coup succeeded. >> you gamble with your life and you would make a fortune. sometimes it's better to live like a lion for one day than a sheep for 100 days, as the old saying says. >> check your local listings for "wide angle." you can also find it online at pbs.org/wideangle. and that's "worldfocus" for this wednesday. i'm martin savidge in new york. as always, we thank y

police say at least six explosions have torn through the capital city killing at least 36 people. these are coordinated attacks. we will continue to follow the story as it develops. more violence is developing in afghanistan. officials say at least three militants were killed this morning after armed men took over a bank. the taliban has vowed to disrupt the vote to and has sent 20 suicide bombers into kabul. >>> when we continue, michelle rhee it makes coper's first ever power list. we'll tell you about her latest honor. >> outside thiweor, ngo d have some clouds. the camera is showing you all a little bit of cloud cover. hig humidity hangs tough throughout the area. will be any relief for the weekend? >> lisa baden will be back with another look at your morniok atm >>> hello. i am at the montgomery county fair, hoping to win at a ribbon this year. good morning, washington. >>> welcome back. 6:12 on a wednesday morning. we do have a few clouds. we will look for some sunshine. it will be muggy this morngni . temperatures thisnior m, we ardy,lr 77 downtown. rnhe maryndrn,, 80ergret

leigh tokyo was jolted this evening by a powerful earthquake that rattled furniture in the capital city but caused no major damage. >>> tokyo was also jolted yesterday by a powerful earthquake that rocked buildings the quake measured 6.6 but centered off shore. japan had a quake just yesterday. japan's highly vulnerable to earthquakes and is struck by about 20% of the world's quakes. experts put the chances of an earthquake centered near tokyo at 70% in the next couple of decades and warn that thousands could die. mark willacy of abc in australia looks at how people are trying to prepare. >> reporter: this is how you shake, rattle and roll tokyo style. inside this stimulator, people are given a taste of what it's like to experience a magnitude 7 earthquake. this is the first time i've experienced anything like it. i was scared. some experts warn the city is nowhere near ready for the big one. not enough has been done to upgrade buildings to make them earthquake resistant and little has been done to prevent the spread of fire. >> reporter: in the last great tremor 14 years ago at kobe, m

. >> eric: topping the news a powerful earthquake hit tokyo, registering 6.89, rattled japan's capital citynd surrounding areas, no immediate reports of any damages or injuries, and scientists say there is no danger of a tsunami. recovery teams right now, discovered a 4th victim, following the deadly mid-air collision over the hudson river at new yor

i have never been there but it is a capital city, a big city. no matter where you are, a gays or some form of homosexuality is part of the cultural fabric. and part of mahmoud ahmadinejad's rise to legitimacy, which will happen with the elections coming up, it is easy to go after gay men. we know it goes on in the united states, gave men and women are often targeted because it is easy to do that, and use the idea of morality to attack gays the matter what country you are in, so that is why we are seeing in iran. whether he was misquoted, i don't know. i can't remember what he said directly. that has been part of the conversation. does that answer the question? any other questions? >> is it easy to get into iraq or afghanistan, is the war area far away? that is what they make it sound like, that is right in the middle of everything. >> it depends on where you are. the first, went to afghanistan, i flew a commercial flight to istanbul. i did need a visa that i got from the afghan consulate. it was easy to get. it took the day and a half. that was

heading to the polls but the threats are keeping turnout down in some parts of the country, like the capital city of kabul and cities to the north. turnout seems higher in the north. susan roberts has the latest. >> reporter: afghan president happened karzai is one of the first to cast his ballot this morning. >> this is for peace, progress and the well being of the afghan people. >> reporter: karzai, who's seeking a second term, called on afghans to defy taliban threats and participate in the election. security was tight at thousands of polling locations as residents showed up to vote. for days they have tried to intimidate voters with a string of attacks fearing the violence may keep people from the polls. on the eve of the election, the military announced six more american deaths. that puts august on track to be the deadliest month for u.s. troops since the war began. afghanistan will need a strong government leadership to confront the taliban's insurgency. karzai is the favorite to win but needs 51% of the vote or face roughoff election with possibly abdullah abdullah. >> the pockets are stil

a group of gunmen raided a bank building in the capital city of da kuehl. -- kabul. >>> a suicide attackalternate convoyed killed eight and wounded 55. two u.s. troops died in another attack. >> we do not have the capacity to intimidate and prevent 15 afghan soldiers for these elections. >> senior alternate officers insist the polling places will not be shut down and a strong voter turnout is expected. polls indicate that happened karzai is likely to win a second term. >>> closer to home, last night's spotsylvania county red dents ownenned up about a plan to extend railway service in to their county. opinion on the matter is next. >> in these uncertain economic times, it is not prudent for spotsylvania county to make such an irrevocable commitment and i ask you to to not vote for this. >> by using vre they are able to go back and forth and conduct business. >> if spotsylvania county joins vre it will be a contract that would be nearly impossible to back out of. they may delay a vote until after the november 3rd board of supervisors election. >>> can a municipality break contracts and bal

violence has increased throughout the country, including the capital city of kabul.ul considered one of the safest parts of the country. just yesterday the second suicide car bombing in four days. at least 15 people have been killed in those car bombings. we've seen rockets launched into the city. we've seen suicide attackers. we've also heard about that gun battle this morning. the taliban spokesperson says that wasn't it, that they have 20 suicide bombers infiltrating the capital city right now and it has many afghans fearing, is it even worth heading to the polls tomorrow, because it is worth their lives? do they want their fathers to go? do they want their mothers to go, brothers, sisters? they'd rather stay home because they think that their vote won't even count due to the fraud. don? >> now that we've talked about the government intimidation towards the media, atia, i'm sure that's not the only thing the taliban has been doing to intimidate people from heading to the polls. >> reporter: the problem with the people of afghanistan, they're getting intimidation f

city. but the bombs and blood shed dealt a blow to any hopes of normally in iraq's capital. joel brown , cbs news, the white house. >>> six american troops died in afghanistan today on the eve of that country's elections. six election workers were also killed. taliban fighters have stepped up their attacks this week to any trd y dissuade afghans from going to the polls. >>> a marine o grew up in our killed in een afghann.is marine lance corporal dennis jay burrow went isto school in rocksville. he was killed august 7th in a roadside bombing. he was 23. >>> eleanor holmes norton wants to know more about the chemicals found in the district's spring valley neighborhood last week. they found a canster full of the compound they used to use mustard gas. it was found on glenbrook road. >> i have asked for and we expect to receive identification of all of the sus standses that have been found in the entire spring valley neighborhood. >> delegate norton also met with the american university president about that discovery. the u.s. army corps of engineers has been scouring that neighb

a live picture of the capital city. lls opening within this hour in a city that has been rocked along with much of the country by taliban bombings, rocket attacks and a campaign of voter intimidation. 60-some thousand american troops on the ground, a shaking government now in place, high stakes, high pressure, no ordinary election. this, ivan watson, watching it unfold, joining us from northwest of kabul. what's the situation today? what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, anderson, just to give you a sense of the change here. behind me is a cave that held a 1500-year-old buddah statue that was destroyed by the taliban in 2001. now in this province you have elections going on, some 17 million people registered across afghanistan in its second ever presidential election. a historical moment. that said, much of this country is at war right now. three american soldiers were killed in two separate incidents yesterday alone, that brings the death toll for american and western troops to more than 50 just this month. we have rep

this is one of the capital city's oldest and most treasured hotels. all the 100 inches of rain that has fallen in the past two days toppled that building in one, two, three. two days, 100 inches of rain. that's typhoon morakot. it's right now heading toward china. here in the united states, we're keeping an eye on hurricane felicia, category 1. packing 50-mile-an-hour wi >> thank you so much. more on the heat in the midwest and the rest of the outlook later on in the show. kate? >> marysol, thanks. >>> congress is officially on its august recess now. and with that, the health care debate has shifted outside of washington. you've no doubt seen all of these videos of heated shouting matches and confrontations and town hall meetings. for "the bottom line," we turn to chief washington correspondent, host of "this week," george stephanopoulos. good morning, george. >> good morning. >> it's been remarkable watching the videos of the confrontations, how much represents the true sentiment versus the fringe? can you tell? >> it's hard to know. what we do know,

kraft mayo with olive oil >>> making headlines, afghanistan's capital city attacked.ast eight rockets hit kabul today, one of them close to the u.s. embassy. security experts say it hit the house of a senior afghan interior ministry official but there are for reports of casualties. >>> according to court document, the fbi is looking to jude mohammed. he is 20 years old. authorities say they believe he is in pakistan. daniel boyd is a suspected ringleader. police arrested him along with six others last week. they are expected in court today. >>> a political scandal in tennessee. a state senator said he was opposed to sex outside of moisture but his praift life apparently a different story. state senator paul stanley has resigned after having an affair with his # 2-year-old intern. an extortion plot revealed the rerelationship. >>> michael jackson's mother has permanent custody of mike's kids. the 79-year-old grandmother will receive monthly stipended to help tier take care of the kids. during the hearing, michael jackson's former dermatologist dr. arnie klein objected

nctor kennedy'stieresncse wil be sorely missed in the halls of the capitol and throughout our capital city. our hearts and thoughts are with the kennedyamil fy during this difficult loss. >>> senator ted kennedy was an iconic leader in the u.s. senate and kennedy family. what does his passing mean for politics in america and the kennedylegacy? joining us now is nbc's political direct wror mark murray. we know ted kennedy had friends and familiar loy both sides of the aisle. what are you hearing from them? >> universal praise for senator kennedy. one thing not only did his passing mark the end of the kennedy era in american politician for -- his brothers, jack, robert, but also the end of an era in kind of a civility and bipartisanship that we are seeing less and less from the united stas senate in congress nowadays. as much of a liberal lion as ted kennedy was, that he had tremendous friends on the other side of the aisle. we are -- utah, republican senator orrin hatch was one of his closest friends. worked with john mccain on immigration reform and really could reach across the aisle and

and today's car bomb in the capital city of kabul, seven afghans killed and 53 injured. among those are two u.n. employees, u.n. local nationals, also hearing from the coalition troops that they had deaths, as well. we don't know the nationalitien. two days before the second ever afghan presidential election. it's a form of intimidation. we saw another car bomb here in the capital city on saturday, killing seven afghans, as well, and injuring more than 90. and when i spoke to a 21-year-old girl who told me she had a voting card, she been wanted to go out and vote in thursday's election, but that blast made up her mind for her and she will not go out and vote. rick? >> any time you have these elections, we saw the same thing in iraq and also in different parts of the world, including latin america, there are forces that will come together to stop the election from happening. and that may very well be what we're seeing there in afghanistan right now. i understand and i want to ask you about this, i understand that yesterday you went to one of these election rallies. we've

. >> reporter: mike mccarthy is the director of capital city brewer. as the brewery goes green they are reducing their water consumption and recycling their steam. >> collecting all steam produced either from your boil or heating up water. and using that to heat up water for the next day's brewing. >> reporter: cap city is taking its grains and giving them to a farmer in gainesville, virginia, to feed its cattle. >> we actually pay him $100 a month in gas to come and get it from us. >> reporter: for cap city it is just a start. the major brewys like coors and anheuser-busch are going further.>>hat we do is if you l >> what we do is if you look at the tanks, you can recapture that co2 and not only use tonight the bwing process but you can also use it in the heating element for your brewery. >> reporter: they are taking biomass from their soggy grains and turning it into ethanol. >> they are selling 1.5 million gallons of ethanol to refineries, mixing it with gasoline. >> reporter: smaller brewerys like brooklyn brewing, are 100% wind power and some like

and today's attack proved that the heart of afghanistan, the capital city that has been under tight security can also be infiltrated by anyone who has the means and the desire and the ideology to actually do so. >> thank you. >>> to really understand what's going on in afghanistan and why we're there, we want to you watch christiane amanpour's documentary this evening at 8:00 p.m. eastern. "generation islam" also find more about her special online at cnn.com. >>> a lost people have been sharing their concerns about health care reform in the president's town halls. we'll be taking you to the heartland to see what residents are saying there. imodium multi-symptom relief p) combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there. imodium. get back out there. >>> it is a make or break month, as lawmakers are in recess. the debate over health care reform taking center stage in grand junction, colorado, today. president obama is holding his third town hall meeting. ali velshi is there listening to what the residents have to say. are you there? >> re

this happened in the capital city of kabul in a heavily guarded neighborhood. the blast comes five days before afghanistan's presidential election. the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack. militants have warned afghanistans not to vote. the first major attack in kabul since february. >>> flooding in the southern provinces literally washing homes away. the heavy rains caused land scli slides and destroyed river banks. up to 11 people are dead, two injured. >>> police in georgia have confirmed that a missing woman's cell phone has been found along the side of a road. a man mowing his yard spotted the phone. it was about three miles away from where kristi cornwell disappeared. she was talking to her boyfriend while walking along the road. her boyfriend says, he heard a scream and then what sounded like a struggle. now, police say finding the phone will help in the investigation. >> the sheriff came to the scene out here and verified that the cell phone belongs to the victim. >> if you have any information on kristi cornwell, call the georgia bureau

carl cameron is in the capital city of austin. >> i'm running for governor because i believe in texas. >> it begins what is already one of the nastiest g.o.p. fights of 201. kate bailey hutchinson, senior senator from texas, launched her bid to oust the longest serving governor, fellow republican rick perry. >> after ten years of governance under rick perry, where are we? property taxes, highest in the country, state debt, doubled. >> a senator for 16 years, hutchinson got a sparse turnout at her former high school. the g.o.p. primary is in march. she will leave the senate this fall to campaign full-time. perry issued a blistering counterattack, quote "she has violated, ignored and flip-flopped on every promise she made to voters and her career has been characterized by per perpetuating excessive pork barrel spending and driving our nation's economy and the republican party's future into the ground." >> we will not be ignored! >> perry has been governor since 2000. he is popular among anti-tax pea party groups an conservatives who vote in g.o.p. primaries. he has sim pa sympathized fr

it was the bloodiest day inhe capital city sin u.s.troops withdr from iraqi cities at the end of june. our ld story report comes from janerraf of the "christian science monor" and global post. ray suarez talked to he thisvening from baghdad. suarez: jane arraf, welcome to the program. you were in t part of baghd targeted by these attacks. tell us what youaw. >> well,t was mostly what i heard, first of all i was gng to the u.n., hich was commemorating th sixth anniversary of t bombing of n. headquarters when there was a huge explosion, which turned outo be a mortar, landing faiy close to the u.n. building, and then the bla, this huge blt that was partf a wave of exosions that rocked baghdad in at really is the biggest secury challee, perhaps, to the iraqi govnment in some time, and certainly a challenge toraqi secity forces' ability to secure the city now, the biggest one w outsidehe foreign ministry, where a truck packed with an estimate ton of explosis debt ned. there was another bomb shortly fter near the finaninistry that collapsed

whaks you up, remind you you are in the afghan capital, in a war zone, though you're living in the capital city which doesn't see much violence compared to the rest of afghanistan. there are ideologies out there strong enough to come infiltrate -- to come kill afghans, themselves, because whatever their intended targets are, usually foreigners, which usually are coalition forces u u.s. embassy, german embassy, where we saw a blast in january, the victims tend to usually be afghan civilians. they're killing more afghans than they are killing anyone else. this ideology that they have is warped in way because they're just killing people. that's what it is. these are people who have seen 30 years of war, 30 years of killing and they're sincerely tired of it. they're tired of seeing their families die. no one wants to see their children, their parents die. unfortunately the afghan people have been seeing it from one war to another for the past 30 year. it doesn't show signs of stopping, at least not any time soon. >> atia, prior to this explosion there this morning in kabul, what has been the mood,

it happened in the capital city of kabul in a heavily guarded neighborhood. days before the presidential election. thetal l taliban has claimed responsibility. the blast was the first major attack since february. >> and do look at this video from china. the flooding is as you can see literally watching the homes away. not only causing landslides, but they destroyed roads and burst the river banks. according to cctv, china's state owned news channel, up to 11 are dead, two people are injured. >>> well, police in georgia confirm that a missing woman's cell phone has been found along the side of a road. a man mowing his yard spotted that phone about three miles away from where kristi disappeared. she was talking to her boyfriend while walking along the road in blairsville, tuesday evening. her boyfriend says he heard a scream and then what sounded like a struggle. police say finding the phone will help in the investigation. >> the scene out here verifies that the cell phone belongs to the victim. >> joining me live from washington, d.c., clint, the and you tore

it was the bloodiest day in the capital city since u.s.troops withdrew from iraqi cities at the end of june. our lead story report comes from jane arraf of the "christian science monitor" and global post. ray suarez talked to her this evening from baghdad. >> suarez: jane arraf, welcome to the program. you were in the part of baghdad targeted by these attacks. tell us what you saw. >> well, it was mostly what i heard, first of all. i was going to the u.n., which was commemorating the sixth anniversary of the bombing of u.n. headquarters when there was a huge explosion, which turned out to be a mortar, landing fairly close to the u.n. building, and then the blast, this huge blast that was part of a wave of explosions that rocked baghdad in what really is the biggest security challenge, perhaps, to the iraqi government in some time, and certainly a challenge to iraqi security forces' ability to secure the city now, the biggest one was outside the foreign ministry, where a truck packed with an estimate ton of explosives debt naded. there was

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