we're seeing the dash cam of officer john allen. he's pursuing a shoplifting suspect that took off from the scene of a grocery store. as he pulls up and stops, you immediately see this red chevrolet hhr. you see smoke coming from the engine. the person you see standing looking into the driver's side window, that's a volunteer firefighter already at the scene, adrien nichols. >> the fire department responded pretty quick. i believe this vehicle is on fire. >> officer john allen begins assisting and trying to remove the driver who has been identified as michael arnold from his car. but michael arnold is not in good shape. >> you could see him try to open that driver's side door and it's not budging. >> you start hearing officer john allen giving orders to the man inside. >> no, this way, back towards me. >> the driver is responding, listen, i'm really hurt, i'm really hurt. >> oh, i'm hurt. i'm hurt. >> you've got to help us out. the vehicle is on fire. >> he's really hurt. >> right there you see officer john allen pull the driver, mi

since that attack, john allen issued an official apology. david piper has the details from kabul, afghanistan. >> reporter: afghan president karzai warned that the security alliance between his country and the u.s. is at risk now because of that air strike and he adds if there are any more rat tax on afghan homes it will be seen as an act of aggression against his country. nato investigation announced that the coalition forces were responsible. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, general john allen apologized for the civilian deaths friday. during the raid it has been established forces of the u.s. and afghanistan came under fire hunting a local taliban leader holed up in a house nearby. the american forces then called in an air strike. only later they found out the blast killed women, children and old men who gathered there for a wedding party. a spokesperson for president karzai said afghan investigators told him u.s. troops were caught in the air strike without consulting afghan units that surrounded the house and were given no chance

general john allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan apologized for the strike we saw that yesterday and the u.s. says it will comply with the karzai's demand and the change in tactic that cake hunting for al-qaeda much more difficult. david piper has the the latest from kabul. >> reporter: president hamid karzai warned that the security pact between the u.s. and afghanistan is at risk following this air strike. and he also adds that if there's any more on afghan homes it will be seen as an act of investigation. an investigation announced that the coalition forces were responsible for the unintended deaths of civilians. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, general john allen has apologized for the civilian deaths on friday. during a visit to the area, general allen says he wants the right things for the family and forces inadvertently killed. n.a.t.o. has refused to comment on the claim, so far of both president karzai's office, all air strikes banned in rest deposition area and added proceeds were under revie

general john allen, clat of '76, is leading the campaign in afghanistan with outstanding leadership. class of '77, commands u.s. pacific command and spear headed nato's efforts and campaign that lead to the fall of gadhafi. and the list goes on, to the chief of naval operations john grener, and other naval academy alumni who are influencing events around the entire globe. throughout my time in government, i have relied on the vision and the advice of navy and marine corps officers. as president clinton's chief of staff, as director of the cia, and now as secretary of defense, because of their efforts and because of the sacrifices of brave men and women from across our services, today the united states stands at a strategic turning point after a decade of war. our combat forces have come home from iraq. nato just approved a plan last week in chicago. a plan by general allen to fully transition the lead for security to afghan forces by the end of 2014. we have successfully gone from the leadership -- gone after the leadership of al qaeda to send a very clear message that no one, no one

john allen is will lynch's cousin. >> came out of the elevator. he was met by the people that he molested. and they gave him a piece of their mind. >> reporter: court officials realized the jury could have heard all the commotion, the bailiff ordered the packed courtroom not move until things got sorted out. court was adjourned until next week. while father lindner was on the stand yesterday he denied molesting lynch and his brother. prosecutors acknowledged that he's probably lying. other legal analyst, steven clark, weighs in. >> testimony the jury already heard and they can't unring that bell. what they have to do in all likelihood is declare a mistrial and the d.a. is going to have to decide do they want to try to go forward on a case where they have a pedophile as their star witness, who they also said is a liar. that may make it very difficult. >> the catholic church has settled lawsuits accusing lindner sexually abused children, including lynch and his brother. >>> a follow-up to a story we broke for you last friday. a notorious chowchilla

panetta will meet with major general john allen during his afghan visit to coordinate the withdrawal of 23,000 american troops in september. >>> some disturbing new details coming out of syria where activists are blaming pro-government forces for yet another civilian massacre. opposition leaders say at least 78 people, including women and children, were killed in the central part of the country. the death toll has not been confirmed by united nations officials who have so far been unable to gain access to the site. fighting between rebels and government forces rages on. videos appear to show battles between the two groups. the reported mass murder comes in the wake of another savage attack less than two weeks ago where more than 100 people were murdered, many inside their homes. treasury secretary tim geithner met with representatives from dozens of countries yesterday to make the case for stronger economic sanctions to force syria to cooperate. >> we gather in the shadow of a massacre and nothing we say can adequately respond to such an event, nor than sanctions alone bring about th

commander in afghanistan, general john allen apologized for the civilian deaths on friday and a nato investigation announced the coalition forces were responsible for the unintended deaths of civilians but a nato spokesman said afghan forces approved the large operation in the province and during the raid it has been established forces of the u.s. and afghanistan came under fire while hunting a local taliban leader holed up in a house nearby and the american forces called an airstrike, only later found out the blast killed women, children and old men who gathered there for a wedding party and a spokesman for president karzai said afghan investigators told him u.s. troops called the airstrike without consulting afghan units who surrounded the house and were given no chance to flush out the innocents and nato refuses to comments on the claim but says procedures were under review and the taliban ordered all the schools in the district, to close for three days to morn the dead and, forces in residential areas are an issue for the alliance of the karzai government because of danger to civ

apologized for the deaths of civilians including women and children in an airstrike this week general john allen visited the side of the tragedy to deliver his condolences and villagers say the victims were celebrating a wedding when they were bombed first nato denied it claiming instead they took out eight military commanders in the strike without mentioning civilian casualties ross baker the editor of who what why dot com says the alliance and tactics in the region result in more violence not less it's entirely disproportionate when you receive a small amount of arms fire to send did airstrikes and i think there's going to have to be much more of a discussion about how a proper this is and also the consequences of alienating afghans even more and provoking more suicide bombing killing civilians particularly in the border regions . and it's just difficult to see how this benefits anybody how this advances world peace how this really significantly sets back the taliban i think an entirely different solution is going to have to be conceived of in it it does not involve bombs. alice take a look at

next, let's go to john allen. as this meeting today between a deputy and a group here, radical feminists. this is the vatican's term here for the biggest organization of american nuns. tell me who attended the meeting. what happened? >> reporter: hey, brooke president in meeting were two american nuns representing the leadership conference. it's the biggest umbrella group for women's orders in the state. on the other side was a team of senior vatican officials led my american cardinal. it's the watchdog agency that's leading this crackdown. >> i talked to, we had a nun on the sthhow a couple of weeks ag. they said they will take this back to their members and decide how to proceed from there. >> reporter: both sides have drawn a line in the sand clearly. they said they don't want to be involved in something they see as blind or uncritical o bead yens. it was equally clear that if an outfit will officially represent the catholic church then he will insist it do so in ways that's consistent with the church's teaching

marine general john allen commander of u.s. and international forces in afghanistan saying they will not be used when other options are available. this comes after nato air strikes which afghan officials say left 18 civilians dead. hamid karzai original whethergar strikes were done on homes. often hideout in civilian homes. >>> actor neil patrick harris kicked off the tony awards with a special musical performance. ♪ ♪ >> hay ryes served -- harris served as host for 30 years. >> it goes to "once." >> it won the best musical tony award. those are your 5 at 5:00 headlines. >>> another fox news alert for you now a massive manhunt underway in alabama for a man wanted in a deadly shooting. marianne rafferty is here with the latest. >>> police still desperately searching for the suspect they say shot and killed three students and wounded three others late saturday night. it happened at an off campus party at auburn university. his name is demon tee leonard. he faces three counts of capital murder. police are warning he is armed and e

. >> yesterday general john allen traveled to the area where the attack happened to apologize to local leaders for those deaths. >>> the battleship u.s.s. iowa arrived at its now port. hundreds were on board the ship when it was toed into the port today. it will open july 7th as an interactive museum and living memorial. >>> with the 58th anniversary of d' day behind us one southern california woman is talking about her firsthand experience on that historic day. bea cohen is 102-years-old and believed to be the oldest living veteran in california. she joined the army and was stationed in england. on june 6, 1944 private cohen was startled to see and hear thousands of planes in the sky. >> it was top-secret. nobody knew, even on boards ship nobody knew where or when or what and there were the planes, the skies were filled with planes and the normandy invasion we knew. that was the beginning of the end of world war ii. >> cohen still lives on her own and gives hand sewn blankets to fellow veterans. >>> a wallaby was getting exercise when appears that somebody deliberately removed a secti

i was treated by general john allen and ryan cocker.n a news conference he spoke about the progress of the war and plans for troop drawdown. >> the effort that operati >> (inawed ib (inawed audible >> this comes a day after he said u.s. drone strikes in the country will continue. congress and the fbi want to know if the white house is leaking classified information for political gain. four leaders of senate intelligence committees. a scandal in the news conference regarding the leak of president obama's so-called chill list foresee kret drone attack as well as against iran. it says leaks were intended to make the president look tougher. the white house saying that is not the case. we will have a live report from washington later this hour. >>> police and fire unions are suing over the city agencies new tension reforms. the cost cutting plan won overwhelming support over voters. 70 percent voted yes. it has employees paying fore more retirement plan. they are turning to the koertsz. in response the city of san jose launched its own lawsu

he all of this happening before general john allen the commander overseeing the war in afghanistan visitsakistan today. finally an explosion tearing through at least 5 homes killing one child and severely burning one man. 100 homes wereevacuated. they are looking at reports it was set off on purpose. more now on the extreme weather alert. debbie has left parts of florida under water and forced thousands from their home. the worst may be far from over. the reporter tracy collins is live in columbia, florida with the lathes on this. -- latest on this. >> we are on i 10 right now. water is still flowing across the highway. joining us this morning is lieutenant heather block. tell us what the latest is. >> we still have interstate 10 closed down in baker county from u.s. 90 to i 75 in columbia county. eastbound and westbound is still closed due to the water runoff from the storm. >> what is left in terms of water runoff. >> we have about a mile stretch from the 309 to the 310 komecom from the south side of the roadway flowing over to the north side. it is covering both eastbound and westbound

general john allen has apologized for the civilian deaths on friday.isit to the area, general allen said he was committed to doing the right thing for the families of those his forces have inadvertently harmed. nato has refused to comment on the comments by president karzai that all airstrikes are banned in residential areas but added that procedures were under review. it's been established that forces of the and u.s. afghanistan came under fire while hunting a local taliban leader, holed up in a house nearby. american forces were call in the an airstrike, later, they found out that the blast had killed women and children and old men who were there for a wedding party. a spokesman for president karzai says that afghan investigators told him u.s. troops had called in the airstrike without consulting afghan unit who is had surrounded the house and were given no chance to flush out the militants. nato hasn't commented on that claim. the taliban have ordered all of the schools in the district, where the nato airstrike occurred, to close for three days, to

army general john allen who commands nato's troops in afghanistan.the training of afghan security forces and yesterday's fair strike on the afghan/pakistan border, but what do we know about the history of the haqqani network and the threat the network poses to u.s. forces? we turn to michael holmes. here is here to explain. let's get started and talk about who is behind haqqani. >> the haqqani network, it's part of afghanistan's tribal tapestry, if you like, the patchwork of various parts of the country controlled by various tribes and they're part of the zad rantribe. there's two sides to this family. somebody wrote they're the sopranos of afghanistan. extorti extortion, kidnaps, hijacks. there's another side. that's the side that's harming u.s. troops and is the focus of what panetta is talking about there, and that is the militant side. it is one of afghanistan's most sophisticated and well-trained and organized militia groups, insurgent groups, and they carry out the big spectaculars we've seen in kabul lately. >> is that why it's so hard for the

to kind of digest all this, i want to bring in john allen, senior vatican analyst. i understand you pretty much wrapped up an exclusive interview with the vatican official in charge of this report. we've been talking so much about. so what did he have to say? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we're talking about cardinal william lavada, who's an american. he's the head of the vatican's ultra powerful congregation for the doctrine of the faith which is the agency that launched this crackdown on the leadership conference of women religious which brings together the leaders of act 80% of the groups of religious women in the states. and basically, kate, to bottom line it for you, both sides in the meeting today would say there's an open cordial atmosphere but what's left unsaid is neither side is ready to budge. sisters believe they're being asked to engage in an uncritical blind obedience they're not willing to do and on the vatican side it was affirmed in our conversation this afternoon from his point of view a group that officially represents the church has an obligati

general john allen apologized for the civilian deaths on friday. during the raid it's been established forces of the u.s. and afghanistan came under fire while hunting a local taliban leader who was holed up in a house nearby. the american forces then called in an airstrike. only later they found out the house secured men, women and old men who had gathered for a wedding party. a spokesman for president karzai said afghan investigators told him u.s. troops had called in the airstrike without consulting afghan units who had surrounded the house and were given no chance to flush out the militants. raids by nato forces in residential areas have become a major issue for the alliance because of the danger to the civilians. the alliance says they are key to capturing and killing taliban leaders, but president karzai said the latest airstrike was the fifth incident since they signed the security pact, but it seems to have gone terribly wrong this time. >>> matthew mcconaughey says i do to his long time girl friend, the unusual way they said their vows up

john allen is william lynch's cousin. >> when he first came out of the elevator, he was met by the people that he molested. and they gave him a piece of his mind. >> reporter: the jury heard the commotion and the bailiff ordered the packed courtroom not to move until they figured out what was happening outside. >> was it physical or more verbal? >> it was verbal. what do you expect. this guy did evil things to a lot of people. >> reporter: lynch says father lindner molested him and his brother during a camping trip to the santa cruz mountains in 1975. lynch admits beating up the priest two years ago and says he wants to take the stand to tell the world about clergy abuse. he declined to talk today about the ruckus outside court. >> is there any reaction to what happened outside? >> reporter: unrelated to the commotion, the judge adjourned the trial for the rest of the week. tonight a warning to the retired priest from lynch's cousin. >> it's like seeing evil, the devil. i don't know what else to say. >> reporter: you held back? >> no, i didn't go after him. because i would have hurt him.

i was treated by general john allen and ryan cocker.poke about the progress of the war and plans for troop drawdow.

john allen has apologized promised an investigation and said there will be no more air strikes in familiars live. now back to george h. bush the man and his mission. >> on president bush's watch they protested in ten man square, mikhail gorbachev and the collapse of the soviet union. many give credit to george w. bush the cold war answereded with a whimper not a bang. >> i george walker herbert bush -- >> it seem as door you could walk right through into a room called tomorrow. great nations of the world are moving toward democracy. through the door to freedom. oo on the other side of the globe a crisis was erupting unarmed pro democracy in tiananmen square with tanks and troops. >> he knew a lot of the leaders from his personal experiences in china. he got a lot of criticism for not acting as thforcefully. th he took mesh ued steps that would not close the door. >> he responded mostly by cutting off ties that we had with the chinese military. the military were the ones who had done the dirty work. he tried to call on the phone. they had the chinese said we don't do business on the telepho

john? >> allen the commission started work at 5:00 o'clock so they have been at it for about 4 hours with one short break. didn't take listening for all the lawyers to get bogged down fighting over which testimony and which evidence the commission would get to consider during this hearing. suspended sheriff walked in the hearing room amid cheers from his supporters. it's taken more than 6 months to get to this point following the new year's eve domestic fight with his wife miss lopez. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charge and mayor lee accused him of official misconduct. tonight mirkarimi attorney says lopez will submit a written statement but no decision has been made whether she will appear in person here or perhaps by skype from venzuela where she has been staying with the couple young son and her family. mirkarimi says mayor lee is undermining the will of the voters. >> he is simply resorting to sensational and destroying to this and mayor lee is trying to undermine the voters. >>reporter: commission says it's not decided whether to admit kill phone video taken by neighbor madison on ne

coalition commander general john allen flew to the scene today to personally offer his condolences afteron targeting a taliban leader. afghan president karzai has condemned the strike. >>> opening statements in jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial will start monday after the judge denied a last-ditch effort to get the case dmismissed. he's facing 52 counts of sexual misconduct. they tried to see that some charges were too vague, but that didn't fly with the judge. >> it's not exactly the welcome addition to graduation photos, but check out this enormous storm cloud that rolled in just after graduating seniors collected their diplomas in gallowway, new jersey. there was hail, thunder and lightning. grads got soaked in their caps and gowns, but meteorologists say this wasn't actually a tornado. it was a supercell thunderstorm. >>> it could be the end of the blind spot. a newly patented side-view mirror claims to eliminate that area behind u. it was invented by a math professor who compares it to a disco ball. the surface is made of smaller mirrors which reflect a wider version of what's going

general john allen issued the new iings following an air strike last week.ral allen flew to the area where the attack happened. he apologized to local leaders for the deaths of those civilians. >>> the u.s. supreme court is expected to issue rulings later this morning. as muse news scot scot scot mcfar land reports. >>> there's just two weeks left in this supreme court session. there are multiple high profile cases and rulings remaining but it is the health care ruling so many people are anticipating. the justice is expected to hand out orders this morning and the washington port reports one major health insurance company united health care is poised to make major changes no matter what the court rules. it will keep changes in place allows patients to stay on their parents insurance until age 26 and making it less expensive to get preventative tests if not this morning this ruling must come sometime in the next two weeks before the high court ends its session in the summer. live in washington. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in this morning fire crews rescued a dog

commander there general john allen apologized for the air strike. he even took the unusual step of meeting with family members of those killed. general saying nato troops did not know there were civilians in that house. the general also saying the military would compensate the families for their losses. meanwhile in eastern afghanistan french officials say four of their soldiers died when a bomber detonated explosives near their patrol route. the taliban taking responsibility for that attack. syria new developments in kicking out the president. the rebels who want him gone reportedly getting more bold taking their fight straight to the center of the government the capital city damascus. here is amateur footage showing shattered car windows and bullet holes in homes and shelling by the government as they struggle to survive. in a down not far government forces launched a night of shootings and explosions. 17 people were killed in that city alone. we are told u.n. observers are out there assessing the damage at this hour. as we have been reporting the

host: you mentioned john allen. we want to go to his apology last week. here it is.deo clip] >> we are investigating the procedures that were used and the numbers of individuals who were killed. i offer my apologies to the afghan people who are present today to the governor and assured them we would investigate thoroughly. we will do the right thing in terms of compensation and in terms of restoring, rebuilding that area. we have work to do in terms of the investigation. host: we're here this morning with john nagl with the center for a new american security. robert from florida this morning. you're on with colonel nagl. caller: i have a brief statement to make. does the colonel believe that regulations of war in afghanistan -- syria -- the second question to ask the colonel -- the treaty of the iraqi war and the afghanistan war and the strategic question -- we should avoid all land wars and that was extended to asia. a final comment. the rest of the war in afghanistan. the russians played a prominent part in afghanistan. why do you suspect they are going to -- the a

commander in afghanistan, general john allen today apologized for a nato air strike earlier this weekcials there say killed 18 people celebrating a wedding. among them, several young children. happened during an early morning raid to capture a taliban operative in southern afghanistan, they tell us. officials say a group of militants attacked coalition troops from a house and then nato responded with an air strike. during a meeting with local villagers, general allen said nato troops did not know there were civilians inside that house. the general said the military will compensate the families. a bomb blast in pakistan today killed at least 19 people and hurt dozens more we're told. it went down near pakistan's border with afghanistan, an essentially lawless region home to the taliban and al-qaida fighters some of them. officials say the bomb tore through a bus carrying government workers and civilians, no one claiming responsibility for this bombing but taliban militants have launched a number of attacks against government officials in that city over the past five years. hundreds of

general john allen flew to the area today to deliver his regrets personally to family members and provincial officials. >> we will do the right thing in terms of compensation and in terms of restoring, rebuilding that home. and we've got work to do in terms of the investigation. but we will fully investigate this. we deeply regret the lots of innocent human life >> holman: across the border in pakistan today, a bomb tore through a bus carrying government employees and killed 19 people. the bus was near the city of peshawar when the bomb went off with a timing device. no group has claimed responsibility, but the area is a haven for taliban militants. president obama had strong words for those claiming the white house has leaked top secret details of its anti-terrorism programs. the president insisted he has zero tolerance for leaks of classified national security information. congress is investigating leaks after several detailed news accounts about u.s. drone attacks and cyber espionage. the president spoke directly to the charge by some republicans the administration may have leaked the inf

general john allen, commanding all u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan, said the coalition agreed to limit air strikes on civilian dwellings. but he also added a caveat. >> it doesn't obviate our inherent right to self-defense. we will always use our requirements for self-defense and do whatever we have to, to protect the force. but what we've learned is that we have inflicted civilian casualties by the employment of some of that aviation. so what we've agreed is that we will use all other means necessary. >> sreenivasan: allen has apologized in person to families of the victims of last week's air strike. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: fire crews in colorado and in new mexico reported more progress today in their efforts to contain blazes out west, but hundreds have been driven from their homes. newshour correspondent tom bearden has our update from fort collins, colorado. >> overnight the fire that's been burning through northern colorado since saturday spread again. it now covers 6