this one is in the mountains of eastern afghanistan. and this one is called the chosen few it's by greg zero is who is a veterans reporter at usa today. idc favorite as it were. it's about a single company of u.s. paratroopers that was chosen to go and try to win hearts and minds in the mounds of afghanistan. and when they got there they were faced with 15 months of constant fighting a very heroic unit. two of them returned home to win the medal of honor. >> with a wonderful book by stephen harding. he is an author who has published multiple books with us. to turn out a really good book again and again and again. this is a book that has a delicious subtitle. >> a sunken ship a banished crew in the final mystery of pearl harbor. there was a cargo ship that went missing between seattle and honolulu right as pearl harbor was happening and he does a lot of research and suggest that perhaps that ship sinking was actually the first casualty of that war. it's a wonderful history book. a sad story but fascinating. you should read it. it's great

link to more insecurity in eastern afghanistan. isis posting images of sensitive items the terror group claims it seized from the u.s. military, including dpgrenades, other equipment and a u.s. flag. also shown, identity documents for an american soldier who is not being held by isis. the military confirms that the soldier was part of an anti-isis operation in eastern afghanistan and some of the equipment was used in that operation, as well. while there were clashes between the two sides, the u.s. military simply says the gear was lost. >> late today, the u.s. military confirmed to box news that three soldiers suffered injury when their vehicle was targeted by ied in the east. afghanistan remains dangerous turf. >> greg, thank you. >>> president obama is doing what he can in his final months in office to fulfill a promise he made on day one, shut down the terrorist prison at guantanamo bay. lucas tomlinson tells us about a major exodus coming soon from gitmo, despite real concerns about who's leaving. >> i'm absolutely committed to

i told another story to the captain in eastern afghanistan. when i got there, one of the most difficult districts could basically saying who is this but there's a reason why he was legendary in eastern afghanistan they said bring him back and wherever he is bring him back because i could see how one had such a positive effect. >> alex did some things in falluja because he's humble. before the potato factory, alex with the civil affairs team had to deal with the bodies and that was even more difficult than would have and later. so he is mostly humble but he will never tell you that it was critical at that time and i would add on the civil affairs side booths are perceived as being trigger pullers and then there's also the marine in the civil affairs officer or civil affairs nco. a lot of my work involved both sides, the company commanders as well as the officers. i think it is the cleanest that i've come across it again for all the people watching if you are a veteran living in iowa or illinois, pull out your original journals because i think a

link to more insecurity in eastern afghanistan.sting images of sensitive military items the terror group claims it seized from the u.s. military, including dpgrenades, other equipment and a u.s. flag. also shown, identity documents for an american soldier who is not being held by isis. the military confirms that the soldier was part of an anti-isis operation in eastern afghanistan and some of the equipment was used in that operation, as well. while there were clashes between the two sides, the u.s. military simply says the gear was lost. >> late today, the u.s. military confirmed to box news that three soldiers suffered injury when their vehicle was targeted by ied in the east. afghanistan remains dangerous turf. >> greg, thank you. >>> president obama is doing what he can in his final months in office to fulfill a promise he made on day one, shut down the terrorist prison at guantanamo bay. lucas tomlinson tells us about a major exodus coming soon from gitmo, despite real concerns about who's leaving. >> i'm absolutely committed t

it was july 25th in eastern afghanistan. u.s. been battling isis in a place called nan ga har province. here is what happened. the u.s. gathered a number of troops in what they call a casualty collection point. it was a point where they were gathering up u.s. wounded, getting ready to evacuate them out when that collection point for the wounded american troops came under enemy fire. the u.s. military openly saying it was an, and i quote, effective enemy fire. basically u.s. troops had to bug out very quickly and leave this material behind. has it happened before in a fire fight, they change position and leave some gear behind? yes, absolutely. but very interesting to note, this was a place where they were going to collect up u.s. wounded. there had been some wounded by all accounts, and this is the spot that came under enemy fire. isis now putting these photos out of what they collected from that very unusual fire fight back on july 25th in eastern afghanistan. john, kate? >> propaganda war continues. barbara starr, thanks so muc

this past january, authorizing air strikes in eastern afghanistan and in june, greater authorities to go after the taliban. southern afghanistan is the spiritual home of the taliban. it's also where the poppy crop is grown to make opium, major revenue source for them. local afghan officials say the taliban now control 80% of helmand province. bret? >> lucas, thank you. now to a much more serious aspect of war. the u.s. of children as weapons of it. connor powell tells us tonight it is an age-old practice that's surging right now. >> reporter: this child was sent by isis to kill civilians in kirkuk. he wasn't recruited. his bomb detonated before it could explode. reclaiming large swaths of territory from the terror network. isis has increasingly started to rely on children who can more easily move past security forces to carry out attacks. >> they're available. they're maleable. they're spendable. we'll see more, not less of this. >> a child no more than 14 carried out an attack on a kurdish wedding party in turkey over the weekend. turkish authorities are still investigating the claim

150 american troops, fought this fierce three-day battle against isis affiliated forces in eastern afghanistan. they killed hundreds of isis fighters, but five american troops shot. when you look at that, why is that not serious combat? >> i just talked to two of them this morning. i just got off the phone with the two guys who were there with their families. i told them this, and this is an answer to your question. first of all, i'm sorry that they got shot. we're going to take good care of them. but they ought to know how successful the mission was, that they were part of. this is important. this actually was a highly successful mission destroying terrorists that had come over across the pakistani border into that area. people shouldn't be in any doubt, bret, that when we're doing this, our people are in harm's way. there's no more serious responsibility for me as secretary of defense. that's why i called these guys, than taking care of people that we put at risk. but make no mistake, they're at risk, and they did something that was heroic. but also very successful there. and absolutely nece

this past january, authorizing air strikes in eastern afghanistan and in june, greater authorities too after the taliban. southern afghanistan is the spiritual home of the taliban. it's also where the poppy crop is grown to make opium, major revenue source for them. local afghan officials say the taliban now control 80% of helmand province. bret? >> lucas, thank you. now to a much more serious aspect of war. the u.s. of children as weapons of it. connor powell tells us tonight it is an age-old practice that's surging right now. >> reporter: this child was sent by isis to kill civilians in kirkuk. he wasn't recruited. his bomb detonated before it could explode. reclaiming large swaths of territory from the terror network. isis has increasingly started to rely on children who can more easily move past security forces to carry out attacks. >> they're available. they're maleable. they're spendable. we'll see more, not less of this. >> a child no more than 14 carried out an attack on a kurdish wedding party in turkey over the weekend. turkish authorities are still investigating the claim,

150 american troops, fought this fierce three-day battle against isis affiliated forces in eastern afghanistan. they killed hundreds of isis fighters, but five american troops shot. when you look at that, why is that not serious combat? >> i just talked to two of them this morning. i just got off the phone with the two guys who were there with their families. i told them this, and this is an answer to your question. first of all, i'm sorry that they got shot. we're going to take good care of them. but they ought to know how successful the mission was, that they were part of. this is important. this actually was a highly successful mission destroying terrorists that had come over across the pakistani border into that area. people shouldn't be in any doubt, bret, that when we're doing this, our people are in harm's way. there's no more serious responsibility for me as secretary of defense. that's why i called these guys, than taking care of people that we put at risk. but make no mistake, they're at risk, and they did something that was heroic. but also very successful there. and absolutely nece

and i tell people, there was a captain, in eastern afghanistan, and when i got there the afghans, in of the most difficulties tricks. kept saying bar, bar, bar. and if was hurting my ego. well, this captain, was legendary, and what they said it bring him back. bring marines back like him. wherever he is, promote him and bring him back. i had seen how one american could have such a positive affect. alex, did some things, in fallujah that he won't talk about, because he's half humble. you know, there was, before the potato factory, alex, had to deal with the bodies around one, and that was even more difficult than what happened later. so, he's fairly humble, but he would never tell you that the role he had, was extremely critical, and i would add, on the civil affairs side, most marines are perceived as being trigger pullers, and also, they are civil affairs officer. a lot of my work involved both sides. please read his juryna. it's the cleanest accounting of war. he's too humble to give himself credit. as the writing progresses in these wars and for all the people watching, if your ve

this is in the mountains of eastern afghanistan.this one is called the chosen few by a veterans reporter in "usa today." a d.c. favorite. it is about a single paratroopers that was chosen to go and try and win hearts and minds in the mountains of afghanistan. when they got there they were faced with 15 month of citing, a very heroic unit. two of them returned home to win the medal of honor. costco keep going. just go to wonderful book by stephen harding. just other stuff in a publishing company likes better than someone they can rely on time and time again to stick with them it turned out a boat again and again. this is a book that has a delicious sub title. underrated so i get it right. a second ship of banished crew and the final mystery of pearl harbor. so what is that mystery? there is a cargo ship that went missing between seattle and honolulu read as pearl harbor was happening and he does a lot of research and fig guys that perhaps the ship sinking was the first casualty of that war. wonderful military history. sad story but f

drone strike in eastern afghanistan.hat strike occurred on july 26th. >>> heavy rains in gulfport, mississippi, since wednesday causing flooding in some areas. a river overflowing the banks and on to the road. more thunderstorms are expected through the weekend. >>> a north carolina man convicted of murder 28 years ago when he was 15 has been released from prison. there were plenty of hugs to gornd as johnny small left the courthouse. a judge ruled he did not get a fair trial. >>> and a cuban cigar roller beat his own record for the longest hand rolled cigar coming in at a whopping 295 feet. jose made the cigar over a two-week period helped by dozens of local workers and he said it was in honor of fidel castro's birthday which is tomorrow if you didn't know. that's the news update this hour. what you do with that 290-foot cigar, i don't know. >> who's going to smoke that? >> maybe give it to fidel for his birthday. >> cut it up like a cut? >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> thank you, sue. something to ponder heading t

woke up not knowing that he is going to be killed later that evening in the hindu mounds of eastern afghanistan. and 7000 miles away his little boy woke up in virginia beach, virginia, worried about his daddy. from that compelling introduction until the very last words of the book, you can't put it down because this is a story about overcoming personal challenges. it's about american, an american hero and about their courageous service and sacrifice of so many american heroes who are fighting and the global war on terror. >> i am reading a book by president jimmy carter, his autobiography called a full life. i had the privilege to attend his sunday school very recently where he taught sunday school but i was in the congregations and in his sunday school class but it was amazing, and after that i went to the school he attended and, of course, it's been turned into a wonderful museum and i purchased this book. this man is an incredible human being. he's brilliant he continues to be a true moral leader and he was a man really a way out of this time. in his book shows that clearly. it's well-writte

not knowing that he was going to be killed later that evening in the hindu kush mountains of eastern afghanistan. 70,000 miles away, his little boy woke up in virginia beach, virginia worried about his daddy. from that compelling introduction until the very last word of the book, you can't put it down because this is a story about overcoming personal challenges. it is about an american hero and about the courageous service in the sacrifice of so many american heroes who are fighting in the global war on terror. >> i am reading a book by presidenpresiden t jimmy carter, his autobiography. i had the privilege to attend his sunday school very recently, and i was then nice congregation. it was amazing. after that i went to the school he attended. of course it's been turned into a wonderful museum and i purchased his book, if all life. this man is an incredible human being. it continues to be a true moral leader and he puts it way ahead of this time. his book conveys that very clearly. it is well written and it gives a lot of history, but it actually tells you who he is in demand as the person who is

also we have another bout takes place in nine mountains the eastern mountains of afghanistan called the chosen few. is the paratroopers that were chosen to win the hearts and minds they had 15 months of constant fighting very heroic two of them returned home to win a the medal of honor. we also have another book by stephen harding. he has published most of his books with us that is what a publishing company does not like better than when they turn out a good book again and again. this has a delicious subtitle. a sunken ship and a banished crew and a final mystery of pearl harbor. what is the mystery? there was a cargo ship missing between seattle and honolulu as pearl harbor was happening and he does a lot of research that perhaps the ship's sinking was the first casualty of the war is a wonderful history a wonderful military history. >> does he solve the mystery in the end? to make he does i will not tell you. >> is there a secret to marketing military history quick. [inaudible] go to your base getting reduced into the journal of the naval academy and institute. a niche approach when a

that operates in afghanistan and pakistan was killed in an american airstrike on july 26 in eastern afghanistane pentagon said on friday." hillary clinton gave a speech on the economy in michigan this week. here is a little bit of what she had to say on trade policy. [video clip] >> it is true that too often passed trade deals have been sold to the american people with rosy scenarios that did not pan out. hollowromises now ring among many communities across michigan and our country that have seen factories closed and jobs disappear. too many companies lobby for trade deals so they could sell products abroad. then, they instead moved abroad and sold back into the united states. it is also true that china and meder countries have ga the system for too long. home thats at would make us more competitive have been completely blocked in congress. american workers and communities have paid the price. the answer is not to rant and rave or cut ourselves off from the world -- that would kill ethan more jobs -- the answer is to make trade work for us and not against us. to every worker in michigan and acr

soldiers and isis fighters in the eastern part of afghanistan. there have been injuries in that.most disturbing, identity documents from a u.s. soldier. the u.s. denied that soldier was captured. analysts say at position was captured tore overrun. bill: gregg palkot, thank you on all that out of london today. >> you bargain it down to a fraction and pay a portion of the claim. and we got hostages home. both of those things are appropriate. i understand why trump is trying to make something out of it. but there is just no there there. >> $400 million of that payment was in euros and swiss francs, the kind of money favored by drug cartels and terrorists. they think if she kidnap an american they, too, will get a $400 million payment. abby: two different perspectives on a $400 million payment to iran. senator tom cotton says it serves as ransom in exchange for four american whose takens and he send a terrible message. kt mcfarland, always good to see you. you will hear from both of these men. tim kaine saying it's an appropriate payment and tim kaine saying it's anything but appropr

they're in eastern, isis is in the eastern part of afghanistan and now they're moving into the northern kunar, which will put more pressure on the afghan national army in a place where there has not been a lot of military pressure on them. that is one advantage that they're going to get out of this. we don't think of them as fighters that are dealing inside by side military operations. they operate in different areas. abby: this cops as we're now looking at two years that have gone by since we initially launched airstrikes against isis. the question now is, what do we have to show for it? where are we? i want to pull up graphics to give people a sense of resources being put forward here. spending on airstrikes, 8.4 billion in the past two years. that is average daily cost of nearly $12 million. back in june a state department special on very, said they lost about 50% of the territory in iraq. he said number of isis fighters is 19,000 to 25,000. in june that is down from 31,000 back in 2014. do you see this as success? >> well there has been some success. we have to give credit to that.

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afghanistan. the pentagon said that strike in the eastern part of the country killed khan on july 26th and that it is a major blow to isis operations in that country. according to the pentagon, u.s., and afghan special forces conducted that mission. isis is is most often associated with iraq and syria but u.s. suppressed its concern about it growing in afghanistan. a u.s. is spokesperson said the terror group used the city to plan external operations and that it was an entry point used by foreign fighters. i want to show you these photos from reuters showing civilians celebrating when they were evacuated on friday. however, we are getting reports that isis fighters took many others as human shields. >>> in man jib, it is becoming powerful. the last remaining doctors serving the rebel-held areas sent an open letter to the president of the united states. the doctors are urging washington to do more to prevent the deaths of thousands more civilians. humanitarian needs for people still in aleppo are great. we're joined by pablo marco, the syria doctors without borders. first, if you could just general

eastern england. nobody hurt. the giant blimp-like thing was supposed to fly surveillance over afghanistan, but the u.s. military reports it scrapped that plan because of defense spending cuts. >>> and president obama turning thousands of acres of maine's north woods into a new national monument. some people in the area said they were against the feds owning the land, but supporters say the move should create hundreds of jobs across the region. here we are! you don't always use your smartphone to like something. how is it? perfect! who's this ? you don't always use it to share something. he's doing it! but when it matters most, you count on tracfone to keep you connected, for less. can you send that to me? yea. our new smartphone plan gives you talk, text, and data with unlimited carryover for just $15 a month, no contract. all with nationwide 4g lte coverage. get top smartphones or bring your own phone. tracfone. for moments that matter . >>> hillary clinton and donald trump are neck-and-neck in the key battle ground state of north carolina. the survey shows hillary clinton and donald trump in a virtua

- what we have seen her other fights going on in the world in eastern europe and even stuff that's going on in syria or iraq and afghanistan and around the world. so, we realize that there are certain set of capabilities not just for any sort of a near-peer fight that we have not had to deal with which is a training thing and we don't have the capability which is an equipping thing and then it's all coming up to have the right people to understand how to do this. so whether those capabilities sets that we think we need a baltimore cyber more information ops more electronic warfare to attack and defend, how much counter mobility for counter i.d. do i need to retained do we have enough air defense, is that balance against maneuver fires intelligence collection so how do you make this all fits? we are in the process of doing that. one of the assumptions we have is we are not going to get any more people. whatever these capabilities are the question then is how much of that do you need and then what are you going to take away and where are you going to do bias bias -- divest yourself? what does that cost you to give up? so eve

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there, what we have seen another fights going on in the world, in eastern europe, and even stuff going on in syria and iraq and afghanistan and around the world. there is aze that certain set of capabilities, not just for air, but for any sort of fight that we have not had to deal with, which is a training thing. we don't have the capability, which is an equipment thing. then, it is all, you have to have the right people that understand how to do this. whether those capability sets we think we need involve more ciber, more information ops, more electronic warfare, more attack and defense, how much counter mobility we need to retain, do we have enough air defense, is that balanced against the intelligence do you make this all fit? we are in the process of doing that. one of the assumption we have is that we are not going to get any more people. so whatever these capabilities are, and i kind of listed them, the question is, how much of that to you need? you need? and what will you take away, what are you going to divest yourself, what marines doing one type of mission are not going to be on this other type of mission? and w

eastern europe and the south china sea. i was not sure it was the right move in this strategic environment. after meeting with general nicholson, the american general who was commanding the nato mission in afghanistan, i feel very confident that this was absolutely the right call to make. afghanistan is facing a resurgence of terrorist elements that are threatening the gains we have made over the past decade by expanding the ability to defeat the taliban and al qaeda and isis threats as well. we are preventing afghanistan from once again becoming a strong hold of transnational terrorism. the president has obligation to inform the american people about the burden that they will have to bear in war, including expectation for when the war will actually end. i've always called for this, but situations change fast as we know and the last thing we want is to leave a mission half finished alone major threat to take a hold once again. i want to be clear for my republican colleagues, our partnership with nato cannot be questioned. they stood with us when we were attacked on 9/11. our partners have been and will continue to be a critical part in our fight against terrorism. threats to abandon the alliance em

eastern part of that country and us soldiers have been alongside them at least in a ring but apparently in a fighting position. apparently there were casualties reported just last week. john, in afghanistan, something like 1500 estimated isis fighters, this might be a little bit of booty they got from the united states. jon: but these identity documents, soldier the army says has not been kidnapped. reporter: that's important toó. that's exactly what they said john. he has not been kidnapped, he has notbeen , he is not missing. the analysts think either his position was overrun and bases his equipment plus his identity papers or it was left behind while he was fleeing area they call the fact that the identity papers are being made public unfortunate. that is from the united states military. jon: greg palkot in london, thank you. jenna: delta airlines passengers experiencing widespread delays and hundreds of cancellations today. delta says a power outage in atlanta, one of the airlines majorhubs, shut down all the airlines computers . delta grounding all flights early this morning, turning thousands of travelers around the world. planes are taking off now but travelers could still face ma

eastern hemisphere terror tactics. 69 people were killed yesterday in pakistan. give us the tone, the desperation of the suicide attacks in india and pakistan and over to afghanistan: i think this is a significant political risk from an investment business standpoint. to be fair, what is happening does not affect business here in mumbai or new delhi. the fact remains that it is something we are getting used to every day. security measures have been businesses,ut most markets have taken in the strife. the situation in pakistan and india are very different. we live in a far more secure environment. tom: greatly appreciated from india. david stubbs continues, from jpmorgan. you hear a global tone. let me bring india over to your world. can you be longer emerging markets? they have had a tough go the past couple of years. david: absolutely. in the last couple of months we have removed the remnants of our underweight from the european equities and the number of our portfolio. we have been talking about an emerging entry point for longer-term investors into the emerging equity space using an yieldsstrategy that quite impressive yields in the equity space. if you look at

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this is in the mountains of eastern afghanistan. this is called the chosen few who is a veteran's reporter in "usa today." a d.c. favorite it were. it's about a single company of u.s. paratroopers that was chosen to put it nicely, to go and try to win hearts and minds in the mouths of afghanistan. when they got there, they were faced with 15 months of constant writing, a very heroic unit. two of them returned home to win the medal of honor. >> keep going. what else do you have? >> a wonderful book by stephen harding who said arthur with us. >> what does that mean? >> another has published multiple books. nothing better than somebody they can rely on time and time again and really again and again and again. this is about that has a sub title. it is a sunken ship of vanished crew and the final mystery of pearl harbor. what a mystery? there was a cargo ship that went missing between seattle and honolulu riders pearl harbor was happening and he does a lot of research and suggest that thinking was actually the first casualty of that war.

book that was in the mountains of eastern france into this one is in the mountains of eastern afghanist afghanistan. they may be familiar to you as it were about a single company of paratroopers that was chosen, to put it nicely, to go and try to win the hearts and minds in afghanistan and when they got there they were plagued with 15 months of constant fighting, a very heroic unit one of them returned home to win the medal of honor. >> we had the house author. it's somebody they can rely on time and time again to turn out a good book again and again. this is a book that had a delicious subtitle it's a sunken ship, he vanished crew and the final mystery of pearl harbor. so what is the mystery? there was a cargo ship that went missing between seattle and honolulu after pearl harbor and he does a lot of research and suggests that perhaps the ship sinking was the casualty of the war. you should read it. it's great. >> is there a secret to marketing? >> you need to make sure you are getting reviews for the naval institute so if it needs to be a targeted approach there is so much interest in the militar

afghanistan. we wrap up at 11:30 eastern tonight with senator dick durbin on his personal library and reading habits. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> you know, everybody told me being -- there's nothing better than being a grandparent. it's the best thing that could ever happen to a person. so i'd heard that, heard that, heard that. but no one talks about this emotion. it is, it's a kind of loving that's unlike any other, and i wanted to find out what that was. now i know it's a surge of hormones, but, you know, no one thinks that way, and it really changes us. it truly changes -- >> right. yeah, i was going to mention the science in the book which you talk about. tell us about some of your research that you did. i mean, how you kind of studied about the science of it. >> well, that was a big question almost from the beginning, what was going on with me. and i discovered a book called "the female brain," which i recommend, by louann -- [inaudible] and she talks about the chemistry of women at every stage of their lives. so when they're children, when they're teenagers, when they're