secretary spoke with morning with general dunford and pledged whatever support he and the departmentovide with respect to the investigation. the incident will be jointly investigated by afghan and isaf authorities, it's just now getting under way and let it proceed without speculating about the circumstances. with that, i'll take your questions. bob? >> you say the assailant believed to be an afghan soldier. can you elaborate at all? a known member of the army? was he -- he was in uniform and was using an issued firearm or -- >> well, as i said, right now, and the investigation is just now getting started, we believe that the assailant was an afghan soldier but, i mean, and the -- i'm caveating it by saying we believe. the investigation just got started. but i have seen no indications, we have no indications he wasn't anything other than that member of the afghan national security forces. >> circumstances under which it happened, was there a -- was there some sort of a large gathering? was it instructional situation or was it a training? >> as i understand it, it was a routine visit

on your second question, i would say, general dunford mentioned this in his discussion with the secretarythe afghan national security forces continue to perform at a very strong level of competence and confidence and in warfare capability. they have had a good year securing not one, but two national elections and stopping or minimizing impact of countless numbers attacks through the the country, even in kabul. so this is a security force that we believe grows stronger by the week and they are already in the lead in combat missions throughout the country. they will be completely in the lead for military operations by end of the year. we see no change in that. no degradation of that progress. >> i hear this is not the first time you've had green on blue attacks like this one. i just wonder if this you know mines the trust that coalition forces, particularly u.s. forces have in their afghan colleagues in the months remaining before they leave the country? >> i have seen no indication that there's a degradation of trust between coalition members and their afghan counterparts. i, and i would e

joe dunford is doing that. i know that this did hurt the morale, but i know joe and everybody there is trying to do everything they can to keep the mission on track right now as we plan to leave. >> lieutenant colonel, of course everybody in america is concerned about the security of our folks over there. we were before we heard about what happened to major general green. when that sort of thing happens, it has us even more concerned about our men and women overseas. you say perhaps we should not be too concerned because green-on-blue attacks are actually decreasing. >> yeah, i heard another general on your network earlier today talk about how he thought that our lowering our footprint to 10,000 troops, which is the goal in 2015, would be a bad thing by the fact it would create more circumstance. i disagree. the numbers show as we've lowered our footprint from 100,000 to 32,000, that's helped lower the number of green-on-blue attacks. when we go to 10,000 troops, i believe the mission there will be pushing an o

the secretary spoke with general dunford this morning, who dated him.im.ho updated he pledged any support he can provide. the incident will be investigated by afghan and isaf authorities. we need to let the investigation proceed before speculating about circumstances. i will take your questions. >> you say the assailant was believed to be an afghan soldier. can you elaborate out all? was he a known member of the army? he was in uniform, using an issue firearm? now, the investigation is getting started. we believe the assailant was an afghan soldier. by saying "we believe," the incident just occurred. i've seen no indications and we had no indications that he was anything other than a member of the national security forces. >> was there some sort of a large gathering? was it an instructional situation? >> as i understand it, it was a routine visit to the national defense university, which is akin to their officers academy. foruld point you to isaf the details. it was a routine site visit is how i understand it. the circumstances surrounding how -- >> the

boosted by two hundred and forty five billion dollars but some critics say some parts of the puzzle dunford together worry corporations could hijack the interest of taxpayers passing any losses on to them if they me thing goes wrong investigative journalist john hillery says is no accident that talks are being held in secret we've been told the details of the e.u. us trade deal is completely secret i mean they pose a thirty year or she documents that we would like to see well the first reason for the secrecy is because the european commission and the u.s. trade representative they know that if people really found out about what was going on in these negotiations they would be up in arms there is already a whole range across the whole of europe what we've already learned about the t.t. the trade negotiations so if people really could see the line what is being because here it's a two way behind closed doors don't have the revolution history for example in germany there's a very very high one years of teaching of these new negotiations and people by and large are very very opposed to it raise

had i think over sixty one with that said now there's been a demented munition of that general joe dunford came in last year and actually have as works to reduce this plus our footprint is lower what this means now is for what's left that is to say the objective is to have ten thousand troops approximately in december going into twenty fifteen the taliban want to destroy the integrity of our relationship with the afghan military thereby further undermining the government which by the way the taliban wants to basically up and as soon as possible after departure this is one step closer to that this assassination of the general is meant to drive a wedge between the afghan forces that we've supported and trained and the afghan people for which we're trying to support and by the way you know you you weren't acquainted with him but you knew of his work and he was a very competent general right up until the last for the this is the general was truly a great leader as well as a top a technically competent leader which is a rarity today our generals. i know a number of them and this guy was good he

general dunford called all u.s. soldiers back to base.ere are concerns there could be more attacks. this shooting, you know, will give other people who are disgruntled ideas. so it will be interesting to see how this plays out. you know, from what we can understand, hopefully, what has been gained in the last 13 years. and hate for anything to be lost as a result of this attack. >> and the officials saying that, you know, this does not weaken the connection and the partnership between u.s. forces and afghan forces but as our barbara starr was pointing out as news was breaking last night. it's also a delicate balance to strike showing afghan forces that our soldiers on ground trust them but also protecting themselves. anna coren live in hong kong, thank you. >>> eight minutes after the hour right now. a second american infected with the ebola virus is back in the united states. nancy writebol airlifted out of liberia now admitted to emory hospital in atlanta it. she's being treated in the same isolation ward as her colleague dr. kent brant

my condolences to harold greene's family first, but the increasing green on blue attacks, general dunford went in with an eye on this, and he was used it doing things, to increase the safety of the afghans, and they are going to be loyal to the central government. this was not an easy thing. there are a lot of tribal issues, and the taliban insurgents, and while they didn't get credit for this, they did have a lot of infiltrates inside of the afghan army. so this is something that we have to keep our eye on, no matter what. >> and lisa said that the attacks have been reduced significantly, but however, what else can be done? i mean, the tall began and other groups taking advantage of the fact that the u.s. is pulling out? >> yes, absolutely. i think that the tall began is holding it's powder so to speak. they're being very patient because as lisa mentioned, we're drawing down to 10,000 troops by next year. our profile has been 100,000 troops to 32 and we're lowering it again. but in the past, we have taken members of foreign militaries and trained them in third countries. nato wants to be

we'll have a new commander coming in, campbell replacing dunford in the next few weeks, the last real senior officer in afghanistan. we have less than a year to set the future of afghanistan for america to put the stamp of the future on afghanistan. and from there it will be very difficult to see how they move forward, who comes out in power how well can the afghan army stand up how much is it infiltrated. lots of questions that the answer to aren't clear yet. >> the death of someone like general green, does it raise any concern about looking more closely at the credentials or the backgrounds of afghan army fighters? is there some way to do that? >> unfortunately we have been trying to do that since the green on blue attacks first became obig deal two years ago. -- a big deal two years ago. either this taliban fighter slipped through despite the increased security protocols or they were irrelevant, because there was nothing else in his background. >> doug olliphant, from the new america operation, appreciate you being here. >>> a suburban homeowner who shot and cel are killed 19-yeard

and secondly i would say, general dunford mentioned this in his discussion with the secretary today. the afghan security forces continue to perform at a very strong level of competence and confidence and warfare capability. >> we're told this was a routine visit to the marshal fahin university. this is outside of the capital of afghanistan where they are training the senior leaders of the afghan military going forward. and this is -- you know, it's a real blow to those efforts to have an attack like this take place at what is really afghanistan's west point, brooke. >> yes. to underscore that, these are the future leaders of afghanistan so it's huge. phil, the taliban are not claiming responsibility for this specific attack but the spokesperson is praising this afghan soldier who carried out these shootings. i want to take it back to the question of jim sciutto, that being the undermining of the confidence between americans and afghans. how can it not, as we are preparing more or less to withdraw? >> i think you've got to separate out the tragedy that we've witnessed in the last 24 h

the president called general dunford earlier today to get a briefing on the latest available information in that incident. while we have made tremendous progress in disrupting, dismantling and defeating al-qaeda operations and leadership in afghanistan and progress in winding down u.s. involvement in that conflict, this shooting is, of course, a painful reminder of the service and sacrifice that our men and women in uniform make every day for this country. the thoughts and prayers of those of us here at the white house are with the family of the general, are with the soldiers and the family of those who were injured in this attack. those thoughts and prayers are also with the families, of course, who have seen the loss of loved ones over the course of the united states' 12 years' involvement in military operations in afghanistan. many of those families are the sill grieving for the loss of -- still grieving for the loss of their loved ones, and we're determined to insure their service and sacrifice for this country are not forgotten. >> you mentioned the progress in fighting al-qaeda. th

i'm hoping that when joe dunford becomes commandant. i've seen him fight. obama is behind public opinion on isis and ignoring reality. he's got to be oblivious to what isis has been doing for months, not just days or weeks. since he spoke at the white house press room on thursday, isis has murdered over 1,000 christians. iraqi military personnel, police officers, secular sunnis, shiites. they said four years ago this is what they intended to do. this is not good for anyone following what is happening or not news for anyone following what's going on in syria and iraq. >> lieutenant colonel oliver north, thanks for joining us this morning. >> good to be with you. >>> coming up, a tragic warning to anyone heading to the beach this weekend. a giant hole in the sand collapses on top of a girl. >>> stepping up where no one else will, volunteering to help school kids. thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insura