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the changes are said to take effect this month under a mandate from the president there, harmid karzaint attacks by afghan forces against their american counterparts the new tension over sunday's killing spree, there is fear that the change could put civilian workers at risk. u.s. officials say they may be able to negotiate exceptions in some cases, and they note that only about a quarter of u.s. funded development projects require security guards. a new voter i.d. law is on hold in texas. justice department officials are blocking the law saying it could keep hundreds of thousands of hispanic voters away from the polls. supporters say the i.d. requirement will help prevent fraud. the feds have to approve any voting changes in texas. and other states with a history of discrimination. mike emanuel is live in washington. you know, mike, there are few facts on the ground here. one of the facts is that minorities and poor people have disproportionately fewer ids than majority and rich people and they also vote disproportionate democrat. >> right there. is great concern about particularly ru

because the taliban has just broken off peace talks with the united states and the afghan president harmid karzai is demanding that u.s. and nato forces pull out of rural areas there and go back to their main bases. karzai is also calling for a quicker transition to control to afghan security forces. but he says it's all because of the massacre in kandahar in which a u.s. soldier is accused of killing 16 innocent afghan civilians. most of the victims women and children, gunned down in their own homes in the middle of the night. now the fbi and homeland security department are warning the killing spree could have consequences here in the united states. they insist there is no specific threat. in fact, they say the attack is unlikely. but they also sent a bulletin to law enforcement agencies across the country today warning the fbi and department of homeland security are concerned that this event could contribute to the radicalization or mobilization of homegrown violent extremists in the homeland, particularly against u.s. based military targets. again, they stress there are no specific threats to

we do know harmid karzai said earlier today five taliban detaineesees have agreed to be transferred to cutter. this after the detainees met with afghan delegates visiting the prison. the obama administration has suggested the transfer could work as an incentive to helper suede the taliban to negotiate for peace in afghanistan. senator john mccain of arizona speaking up on this. he is the top republic on the senate armed services committee calling it quote, a very, very bad idea. well, first, some perspective on this. let's take a closer look at the prison's history. gitmo has 77 people that have been taken there since 2000 2 over the years, 600 of those detainees have been released. and out of those who got out, 167 or nearly a third have reportedly reengaged or suspected of reengaging with terrorist activity. right now suspect in a courthouse rampage in custody as we are learning from one of the victims. the judge who tried to help is now speaking out. also, tragedy on the slope at a world class skiing competition a star athlete in his prime dead before reaching the finish line. stay

troops by president harmid karzai. >> i reject the term demon as it has applied to our forces and satanicnd inhuman. those are terms that do not apply to us. but i can understand how in moments of stress and anger they might be uttered. >> stress is one of the factors that staff sergeant bales' defense attorney says will be on trial when his client faces that trial. shep? >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jen, thanks. investigators now say they have watched the videos that a confessed terrorist recorded as he went on his missions of murder. coming up, what we have learned about what those videos show. and want to know what really killed whitney houston in the toxicology report has just come in and you will hear what they prove once and for all. that's ahead from the journalists of fox news on this thursday fox report. nnounc] fothe saver, and a g first step. for the spender who needs a little help saving. for adding "& sons." for the dreamer, planning an early escape. for the mother of the bride. for whoever you are, for whatever you're trying to achieve, pnc has technology, g

leon panetta is in the capital and he's going to be meeting with the afghan president, harmid karzai and that comes days after a u.s. army sergeant apparently went on a violent attack and went door to door in the middle of the night killing 16 afghan civilians and most women and children. this morning, that suspect, a father of two have been flown out of afghanistan and being held at a military jail in kuwait. gary joins our panel this morning. nice to have you joining us. thank you for being with us. let's start with the suspect in the killings in this massacre. are you surprised that he's been removed out of afghanistan and now in kuwait? >> it's probably a good call. the afghans are not going to be happy about this, but preparations for the trial and for safety and for u.s. forces in rc south where he reportedly conducted this attack, it's probably the best thing to do to move them out. they were probably all in agreement on doing this. >> i read that they notified some other afghan leadership, but very vague on who was notified. would you expect fallout from that? >> there are me