frederica? >> what do we know about how he was captured, chris? >> reporter: we don't know specific details. we do know that military force tells us that a military official says that he apparently left his post, his out post in southeastern afghanistan on june 30th, that he left without a means to defend himself, and subsequently captured by what we believe was a mobile clan and then the u.s. military believes he was then sold to a larger group and the u.s. military also believes he was moved to several locations. also on that videotape that was released, the captives make reference that he was being held in kandahar private bergdahl makes reference to it as well and right now we can't verify if that was true or anything else at this point. >> our pentagon correspondent joining us from washington. >>> another story we are monitoring out of afghanistan, a civilian helicopter crashed today in helmand prove of vince, killing 16 people there is no indication military fire was to blame. no u.s. mili

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. >>> frederica witfield monitoring some other stories.t of all, fred, this is the nation's capital. it just stopped raining, and you see the rainbow over the u.s. capitol? >> it's beautiful. absolutely beautiful. i wonder, you know, does that mean the capitol is the pot of gold? is that what we're seeing there? >> it means something like that. you're a washingtonian. you know how beautiful this should be. >> washington is a pot of gold. >> especially with a rainbow like this. >> i love that. thanks so much. wolf, what's going on? federal agents apprehending one of their ten most wanted fugitives, edward eugene harper accused of child molestation was captured in the southern big horn mountains of wyoming today. harper was on the run for nearly 15 years after failing to appear at a mississippi court hearing back in october of 1994. >>> friends and colleague pay tribute to the life of journalist walter cronkite at st. bath ol mu's church in new york city. among the speakers, andy rooney of cbs and cronkite's son, chip. kron kites, who was kn

>>> frederica witfield is monitoring other stories coming in. fred, what's going on?us program. the money is to be allocated to schools based on academic performance. states and school districts are being challenged to raise their academic standards, improve teacher quality, and allow more invasion if they want a chance at the cash, of course. and an iranian passenger plane skids off the runway and catches fire during landing in northeast iran. as you see there. according to iranian media, 17 of the 153 people on board were killed, and as can you see from those images, the tail remained largely intact while the front half of the cockpit -- and the cockpit, rather, were left a mangled mess. the plane is russian made. it's the second deadly plane crash to take place in iran this month. >>> congressional democrats on health care reform, speaker nancy pelosi says she's confident a bill will pass in the house. here's what she told cnn's john king in an exclusive interview. >> the referee disputes within the family. are you worried your family is coming apart on this and th