jennifer griffin has it live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, what are we learning? >> well, shepard, we just learned from a u.s. military source that this was, in fact, an attempted attack just before the defense secretary's plane landed. the afghan attacker was an interpreter at camp basstian a base. the attacker had a gasoline tank in his front seat. when his pickup truck crashed he jumped out of the vehicle and lit himself on fire. originally we were told it was attempted vehicle theft. it appears to have been much more than that. here is defense secretary spokesman george little. >> security personnel responded and for reasons that are totally unknown to us at this time he -- our personnel discovered that he was ablaze. >> pentagon officials say that the defense secretary was never in any danger. shepard? >> shepard: jennifer, all of this came just hours before we learned that an american soldier accused of gunning down 16 civilians in afghanistan has now been taken out of the country. military officials confirm now they flew the suspect out of afghanistan to br

national security correspondent jennifer griffin says we learned the toughest part may be figuring out who the enemy really is. >> the furor over the inned a ver tent burning of the quran by u.s. troops in afghanistan spilled over to pakistan today. protesters declaring america enemy of the quran. neither president hamid karzai or u.n. special envoy the day before helped quell the anger at u.s. troops, calling for the american troops to be punished. >> it's not us. the u.n. who desecrated the holy quran. it's the military. it's for the military to decide what kind of steps they will take. >> group of afghan religious leaders after meeting with president karzai fueled the protesters' anger calling the quran burning an evil, savage act and demanding retribution. >> that is absolutely irresponsible given what took place here. it just further iites the violence. >> at fort campbell, kentucky today, defense secretary leon panetta tried to reassure troops preparing to deploy they can still trust afghans. >> we have had isolated incidents where our troops have been shot at by some of them. bu

national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details. >> when the top u.s.eral in afghanistan was asked this week about the rise in attacks by afghan troops he indicated that he had ordered new measures to protect u.s. service members in the wake of the inadvertent quran burnings and the shooting spree by a u.s. army staff sergeant. >> we have taken steps necessary on our side to protect ourselves, with respect to, in fact, sleeping arrangements. internal defenses associated with those small bases in which we operate. the posture of our forces. to have someone always overwatching our forces. >> now the u.s. officials confirm that overwatch includes guardian angels assigned to watch american and nato service members while they sleep, eat, train or exercise. a job previously done by afghan forces. those u.s. service members working as advisors to afghan government ministries have been told to move their desks so their backs are not facing any doorways. 16 nato troops have been killed by the afghan partners since the beginning of the year. about 20% of coalitio

jennifer griffin with the news at the white house tonight. i should say at the pentagon. the chairman of the joint chiefs pointed out today this isn't libya. libyans air defenses were nothing compared to what syria has. >> that's right. syrians air defenses, for instance, are five times for sophisticated than libya's and are located in populace neighbors. if the u.s. unleashed its military power that could mean scores of unintended deaths. >> i want to be clear. we can do anything. the question is so it's not about can we do it. it's should we do it and what are the opportunity costs elsewhere and what are the risks? >> one of the reasons to get involved is that syria has chemical weapons. the largest stockpile in the middle east. 10 times larger we're told than libya had. >> shepard: panetta seemed reluctant to get the military involved despite what's happening elsewhere. >> very reluctant and you also had senator john mccain on capitol hill today goading him, prodding him saying you were the chief of staff under president clinton when you used the military for humanitari

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jennifer griffin with the news. she is live at the pentagon. reports from afghan villagers, jennifer, that the military -- that a number of troops lined them up at gunpoint over there now the pentagon is pushing back hard on, this right? >> that's right. defense officials now admit that there was a u.s. soldier who was injured after stepping on a land mine near staff sergeant bales outpost days before the alleged shooting spree. there is no indication that sergeant bales knew the soldier who was injured. his lawyer said bales was strongly affected by that incident, now today pentagon spokesman john kirby pushed back on reports afghan recent roadside bombing and told their village would pay for allowing the taliban to do so. >> we don't have any indication that there was that sort of a vehicle ied incident and certainly no today support that soldiers were involved in threats of retaliation. but, again, we have got to let the investigators do their job. that's what they are trying to get answers to. u.s. military sources say sergeant bales will b

jennifer griffin with the news. she is live at the pentagon tonight. lot of talk of military action today, jennifer. >> that's right. in addition to that three-hour meeting at the white house with the president. defense secretary leon panetta and chairman of the joint chiefs general martin dempsey spent 45 minutes with prime minister netanyahu at blair house across from the white house. there is an air of resignation that the u.s. military could get pulled into military action against iran's nuclear sites. there has been intensive planning at centcom since november. it comes as the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog closed door meeting in vienna reiterated that iran has tripled the amount of uranium it is enriching at a highly fortified site over the past four months, shepard. >> shepard: any reaction to all of this from the iranian, jennifer? >> not directly. but there was an interesting development in a case against a u.s. marine. that u.s. marine amir hekmati was sentenced to death in january in tehran for being a spy and working for the cia. those ar

jennifer griffin with the news in washington tonight. nnifer, is there a sense that things might move along more quickly now? what did you take away today? >> what's interesting is some republic lawmakers, not just democrats, seem to be losing patience. if we get into 2014 and see that president obama or republic president and afghans are not trained where they need to be and we are spending money. we are losing lives, will you be honest with the next administration and say to the next administration you need to stay to the timetable because we have done all we can do? >> i will be honest with you now and i will be honest with that next administration. i mean it's my obligation. it's my moral obligation to ensure that this force is resourced and committed into a strategy that will work. if i think that's coming off the rales, congressman, i will let you know that. >> late today, the chairman of the house armed services committee congressman buck mckean said general allen assured him he was not getting pressure from the administration to s

>> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you.ague says syria is guilty of crimes against humanity and calling for international inquiry. there are reports that the syrian army recaptured the northern rebel stronghold. this amateur video purports to show rebels in control of government tank there. late reports say 50 people were killed today. >>> iran is rejecting contentions from the west that it is trying to clean up evidence of nuclear weapons testing at a key base. meanwhile, israel says its latest dust-up with the palestinians served as mini drill for the antimissile shield. in the first of a series of reports this week about israel and iran, correspondent doug mckelway looks at how close the two sides may be to actual conflict. >> the truce has been called in the four-day rocket attack by militant and gaza, but the longer term threat of larger war remains. the region is teaming with the dangerous mix of fire power and suspension. the latest intrigue satellite photos that appear to show trucks at an iranian nuclear facility r

>> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you.syrian government started murdering its own citizens. today we have new evidence that iran is involved in that blood shed, even as opposition fighters call for the world to do anything to help them. >> shepard: god is good they are saying. the united nations secretary general said today that the syrian troops have killed well over 8,000 people in the past year. they call that opposition the free syrian army. it's the main opposition force. it's greatly outmatched. but one fighter said he would rather die than live under the rule of president bashar assad. >> we went out to fight for our rights that been denied to us for the past 40 years. in syria is living like in prison. if any citizen dare to speak a world, they would disappear for 14 to 15 years. we'll would not hear anything about them. we don't have the right to speak. isn't it our right as syrian people to live freely and to allow our children to live in freedom. >> shepard: iran is now smuggling weapons into syria using unregis

jennifer griffin at the pentagon with details on this. nnifer, first of all, 17 counts of murder, not 16. we have heard 16 from the very beginning of this thing. >> that's right, pentagon officials aren't saying but one source said there was a lot of confusion in those first 24 hours. the victims were all buried in the ground within 24 hours in keeping with muslim tradition. u.s. officials confirm that staff sergeant robert bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder tomorrow. we will not learn, however tomorrow whether the prosecution is seeking the death penalty or not. on a separate issue in a briefing here at the pentagon by two army behavioral health specialists, we have learned that there is no scientific evidence that proves that traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress leads to violent behavior. this was a background briefing provided by the military. they were not speaking about the bales case in particular, shepard. >> shepard: sergeant bales' attorney has said that the war in afghanistan is what he will put on trial he

jennifer griffin is track the developments from the pentagon tonight. there was something unusual about these reports from this defector, jennifer. >> well, what was notable was the amount of emotion in his appeal. and that he pointed fingers, this exofficial of the assad regime pointed fingers directly at russia and china for providing president assad with advanced weaponry and blocking the u.n. revolution that would have served as a strong rebuke of the assad regime. >> my message to russia and china who claim to be friends of the syrian people. your positions prove that you are the farrest from being friends to the syrian people. you are partners in killing these people with your support of this regime. >> the united nations we have learned has come up with a plan that would provide food aid for 900 days to the syrian people. 1.5 tons of aid. it's not clear how they would get that aid to the people, shepard. >> shepard: the accusations against the russians and chinese. the russians have responded to this now. >> well, the u.n. ambassador russia's amba

for news on this return to jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight. back to the report that drinking may have been involved. what do we know here. >> there was video imagery from the air that captured it this accused soldier on his belly crawling near his base then standing up. two tell us it's unclear whether the suspect was drunk or whether alcohol was found in his living space at the base. also in terms of the traumatic brain injury. we understand from officials it was a mild injury from when his vehicle turned over in iraq. >> shepard: memorial for the victims and it's my understanding there was more violence. >> that's right. gunfire when residents karzai went to kandahar to visit relatives of those who were killed. two relatives of karzai were fired at, we're told. defense secretary leon panetta suggested that the death penalty could be invoked in this soldier's case. war is hell. these kinds of events and incidents are going to take place they have taken place in any war. they are terrible events. and this is not the first of those events and p

megyn: jennifer griffin, thank you. new questions about green energy in washington. involving wind power. a major power producer in the pacific northwest coming up with a new plan to deal with a recurring problem, power overply. wind farm owners in the region produce too much power for the grid certain times of the year. so they have the idea to have washington pay wind producers tens of millions of dollars not to produce wind power. dan springer has more on this one live in seattle. dan? >> reporter: contrary to what we have been told when it comes to renewable energy there can be too much of a good thing. lit cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars on top of the premium for wind power. hydro power and wind power are peaking at the same time in the late spring and early summer. that when the snow is melt and the wind is howling in the columbia river gorge. >> it's the one system in the world where in realtime moment to moment you have to produce as much energy as is being consumed. >> reporter: last summer bonneville power shut down the wind generators for 28 day

jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon. defense officials are pushing back against the lawyer's version of events. >> what is frustrating many pentagon officials is that this civilian lawyer is being able to set the agenda. he is being able to paint a picture of would this staff sergeant is. he is being able to selectively release details, many of them unconfirmed. he said his client reacted to seeing the leg of a fellow soldier blown off by a roadside bomb. then the lawyer said, actually, he did not see it happen. and today pentagon spokesman was asked about that. and reports that afghan villagers were lined up against the wall after a recent roadside bombing and told their village would pay for allowing the taliban to do so. >> we do not have any indication there was that sort of a vehicle i.e.d. incident and no evidence to support the soldiers were involved in threats of retaliation. again, we have to let the investigators do their job. >> his lawyer says that the staff sergeant will be charged on thursday but the pentag

jennifer griffin, live in washington, thank you, jennifer. jenna: back here at home, more storms on the way, threatening places already devastated by the week's tornados. the storm prediction center issuing a high-risk alert stretching from nashville to louisville. kimbeling city, missouri, recovering from reese storms and harrisburg, illinois, one of hardest hit places. six people were killed in that town. meteorologist janice dean says, today is the day we vili have to pay attention? >> reporter: absolutely. the hard-hit areas. already we're starting to see this storm developing ahead of the big event that will really happen in the late afternoon and the evening hours. already tornado watches in effect for parts of missouri and illinois, indiana, again, this is the hard-hit region we saw the tornados earlier this week. then we have another tornado watch for parts of northern al many ba, in through tennessee. that is where we have active tornado warnings. this tornado warnings north of huntsville, damage reported to houses and high school ac

jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. another big problem for the u.s. coming out of the region. price of oil. the white house is touting data it says proves its plan is working. oil remains high despite a drop today closing in at more than $106 a barrel. it was up a penny to $3.80 a gallon. here is chief national correspondent jim angle with the energy in america report. >> president obama got a progress report on the energy policy. even as the public is in an uproar overgas prices. secretary of interior said they have been working on that. >> this is an eight-year high. domestic gas production is the highest level we have seen in recent memory. >> the white house is eager to counter criticism they haven't done enough on energy because the president is blamed for high gas prices. there is a two to one margin, 65% of those polled disapproved of his handling on gas prices. it was left to secretary of interior to put a different light on things. >> federal land and water. we moved forward in the last three years, 13% increase in oil and gas production. fro

tonight on "special report" jennifer griffin is at the pentagon with the latest from our government andons from both parties here about the future of the u.s. mission there. after the second major incident involving gas in the last month. price of gasoline is inching up toward the $4 a gallon mark. we look at what president obama is and is not doing about it. two major primary elections tomorrow. alabama and mississippi. john roberts is in birmingham to tell us what the republican candidates are doing to pick up key southern delegates. ed henry is at the white house to tell us how the obama re-election campaign is going after the female vote in a big way. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now, i'll send it back to new york and colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> some conservatives are calling for president obama to return bill maher million-dollar donation because of his comments about sarah palin and other conservative women. interestingly the national organization of women think the president should keep the money. >> maher gave $1 million for the re-election, do

>>trace: jennifer griffin, thank you from the pentagon. and now our legal panel, former prosecutor jeffrey gold and criminal defense attorney drew, and, drew, we heard the last sound bite building the case saying his client does not remember what happened. he remembers what happened before the shooting and what happened after, but, really, nothing, drew, during what happened. >>guest: it likes like a two-fold approach and you cannot blame him. you have to hold the government, the military, their feet to the fire with regard to forensicked and proving the case. he laid the foundation for what we know, whether we are a former prosecutor or defense attorney, it will be an issue of mental health, whether he was able to distinguish right from wrong, it would seem consistent with that being someone in the military we will see post traumatic stress disorder come into play and evaluation after evaluation after evaluation in this case. >>trace: what do you make of this? it looks as if john henry browne is saying he didn't do it because this is no f

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. senator john mccain and secretary panetta went after it.>guest: senator john mccain for the third day running was ling the charge calling for airstrikes. >> how many more have to die? 10,000 more? 20,000 more? how many more? >> what don't make sense is to take unilateral action at this point as secretary of defense before i recommend we put our sons and daughters in uniform in harm's way, i have to make very sure that we know what the mission is, i have to make very sure we know whether we can achieve that mission, at what rice and whether it will make matters better or worse. >> defense secretary warned against the united states taking unilateral action saying there are no simple answers with regard to syria and he left open the possibility the united states taking action but john mccain reminded him that he was president clinton's chief of staff when they got involved in the bosnian conflict which was a humanitarian mission. >>shepard: they are aware that is like striking iran and how tied in it is and this is all political. >>guest: very

jennifer griffin on the pentagon has the latest on the massacre in afghanistan, and will be in the handstoday, the public outcry began in afghanistan. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. with election updates throughout the night. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> andrea: baby, give it up! not without birth control, though. your favorite face of to oppressed women everywhere is back. sandra fluke has an op-ed in cnn where she starts to push obamacare, proving that the administration doesn't seem to think there is a problem with putting the hearsay witness out, even more dana to talk about obamacare, which the president didn't even reference in the "state of the union." you know how this works. >> dana: you go to "wall street journal" and they turn you down. i've been there. >> andrea: i don't think they expected this to run on the day the numbers are down with women. do you think they pulled back on this? >> dana: in one way she captivates a lot of people. maybe some people on the left are energized by her presence. they admire her courage. i have to sa

national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. allegations come to light? >> reporter: well, jon, the allegations came to light in a "wall street journal" article that appeared this morning. the u.s. military is not confirming as of now that an investigation has been launched into or that they've found any evidence that afghan officers in the air force have been involved in this drug trade. but what's interesting and we've gotten our hands on a 436-page report that the air force did into those deaths of those eight -- nine americans, eight u.s. officers as well as one contractor last april. that's when an afghan pilot pulled his gun on those nine people at the kabul airport. we've looked at the report, and during -- in some of the interviews with the witnesses, issues about whether this pilot was involved in the drug trade, may have had financial problems were raised. there was no conclusion, however, about motive in the, in this case, and the air force again says that it is not conclusive. but again, the military in afghanistan,

jennifer griffin, thank you very much. jon: let's take you to afghanistan where the army is beefing up security in kandahar, preparing for retaliation from that attack. conor powell is streaming live >> reporter: this is -- there are fears this could get worse and especially considering we're only a few weeks following the burning of the korans here by u.s. soldiers. this is an environment that has gone very, very badly for the past two or three weeks or so. now, the bodies of those that were killed by the u.s. soldier have been laid to rest today, but there is real anger down in kandahar. the president of afghanistan, hamid karzai, has called this an assassination and -- assassination and the afghan parliament have said they want this u.s. soldier to be tried in the afghan courts and military system. there is a real concern that the environment between the united states and the afghan government will only sort of decrease, that the distrust that exists will grow and grow and grow, and this type of incident is fueling fear