military drones launched multiple hellfire missiles targeting mullah akhtar mansoor. locals claim however that one of the victims was an innocent taxi driver. since mansoor took over leadership less than a year ago the taliban has been on a tear. stepping up its attacks against afghan forces and seizing more afghan territory. all this after the number of u.s. military forces in afghanistan was dramatically reduced. today, in myanmar, secretary of state john kerry suggested the u.s. strike that took out mullah mansoor should be reassuring to the afghan government and people. >> this action send a clear message to the world that we will continue to stand with our afghan partners as they work to build a more stable, united, secure and prosperous afghanistan. >> reporter: u.s. military officials have testified before congress that security in afghanistan is deteriorating. and, it is not clear that the death of mullah akhtar mansoor alone will reverse that trend. kate. >>> jim miklaszewski at the white house tonight, thank you. >>> we are getting more insight tonight into

but mansoor refused to attend. now that he is apparently dead, the taliban will be under renewed pressure to negotiate. and elaine, the pakistani government has the said it wasn't consulted before the strike on mullah akhtar mansoor just as the it wasn't consulted before the strike on osama bin laden. and it has complained this is a serious breach of its sovereignty. >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. new commander of u.s. forces in the middle east made a surprise visit to syria. the army general said he wanted to look at the progress of arab incurred fighters in the battle against isis. and iraqi army is warning citizens to get out of falluja, iraqi forces are gearing up to take the city back from isis. 180 miles off the egyptian coast the search continue for black box recorders from egyptair flight ms-804. it went down, killing all 66 on board. today the u.s. navy said it found more than 100 pieces of debris. holly williams in alexandria, egypt, with a newly released audio recording from the doomed jet. >> reporter:

the president deserves credit for hitting mansoor. it's god. i'm glad he did it.deserves to be dead. we are all better off that points out exactly what a sharp change this is from the administration's original approach from diplomacy in afghanistan. though thought it was possible to separate the taliban harbored for a decade. that was unconceivable that was going to happen. and you heard she pressured the united nations to take taliban leaders off of the terror watch list. i mean, off of the terrorist list that the u.n. prepares. the second comment she made there i think is particularly interesting and particularly important. the secret channel that she was talking about was a person named a rod who is close to mullah omar the former taliban leader. this is somebody that the clinton team was working with extensively to make this diplomacy happen. it turns out that he was corresponding directly with usama bin laden's top deputies, reporting, we think, on the conversations that the taliban was having with the u.s. i mean, it's pretty extraordinary how much of a fail

the president deserves credit for hitting mansoor. it's god. i'm glad he did it.rves to be dead. we are all better off that points out exactly what a sharp change this is from the administration's original approach from diplomacy in afghanistan. though thought it was possible to separate the taliban harbored for a decade. that was unconceivable that was going to happen. and you heard she pressured the united nations to take taliban leaders off of the terror watch list. i mean, off of the terrorist list that the u.n. prepares. the second comment she made there i think is particularly interesting and particularly important. the secret channel that she was talking about was a person named a rod who is close to mullah omar the former taliban leader. this is somebody that the clinton team was working with extensively to make this diplomacy happen. it turns out that he was corresponding directly with usama bin laden's top deputies, reporting, we think, on the conversations that the taliban was having with the u.s. i mean, it's pretty extraordinary how much of a failure

>> reporter: mansoor. they're confident they got their man but won't confirm in until they are sure. not one but several drones fired hell-fire missiles obliterating the target. without mansoor's strong leadership, the group could splinter somewhat. the taliban has proved resilient, surviving 15 years of american strike, america's longest war. while this is a significant blow, it appears, so far, to be far from fatal. one more point. thoseeo the attack occurred in a remote country road well away from any populated areas. that has been the u.s. strategy to avoid any tragedies. willie? >>> clinton wants to abolish the second amendment, trump has said. and she slammed his dangerous gun proposals. >> he also said in his first day in office he would mandate that every school in america allow guns in classrooms. every school, he said. that idea isn't just way out there. it's dangerous. >> katy tur is outside trump tower this morning. speaking a lot friday nra conference, also calling out clinton on twitter, writ

theyone suspected that deputy of mullah mansoor would become the leader.s was the most significant thing. because he is not a military commander and not the most senior of the leaders of the tally ban, he will have sometimes to consolidate power. over whetherestion he will be anything more than a stuffed shirt. that someone like haqqani will be calling the shots. katty: in terms of what this might mean for negotiations between the taliban and the in government, can we learn anything? >> i do not think anything new will happen quickly. it is good that mullah mansour is out of the way. he was very opulent. he is out of the way. we do not know if this fellow is more inclined to talk. in the short run, he is too weak to change course. entering into negotiations require strong leadership. we do not want to enter talks with the taliban unless we know he is in control and can deliver. katty: does the fact that he was appointed so quickly suggest any internal rivalry between himself and haqqani have been sorted out? within thes but taliban in terms of negotiations

i'm talking about mullah mansoor. two u.s. officials telling mansoor was likely killed in an air strike early this morning, u.s. time. we are told that a second male combatant likely died as well in that operation. president obama authorized the drone strike, we are told, by the white house. one official saying that there is no evidence of collateral damage. let's talk this over with our panel of experts. we have former cia operative, bob baer, our security and intelligence analyst, plus military analyst, retired colonel layton, and buck sexton, who is himself a former cia terrorism analyst. we also have cia military analyst, lieutenant colonel rick francona. bob, to start with you, first. under mansour's leadership, is it fair to say that the taliban took an even more brutal turn. the pentagon saying they blame him for tens of thousands of desks among africans and civilians and security forces. >> absolutely. since he's been in control, the taliban has wreaked havoc across afghanistan, killing civilians, car bombs. it has jus

armed and unarmed surveillance drones watched mansoor get into a vehicle and drive off. not one but several drones fired hell-fire missiles obliterating the target. this should deliver a significant blow to the taliban, without mansoor's strong leadership the group could splinter somewhat. and diminish its mill temporary strength. but the taliban over these years has proved resilient, surviving 15 years of american military strikes. america's longest war. while this is a significant blow, it appears, so far, to be far from fatal. one more point. those videos and pictures show the attack occurred in a remote country road well away from any populated areas. that has been the u.s. strategy to avoid any tragedies. >> all right, jim miklaszewski at the white house for us on a sunday morning. thanks so much, we appreciate it. let's turn now to the race for the white house. with hillary clinton tangling with donald trump. the presumptive republican nominee has been saying clinton wants to abolish the second amendment. secretary clinton speaking at a trayvon martin foundation co

just as the taliban are moving to replace their late leader, mullah mansoor. -- mullah mansour. now haibatullah akhunzada has been brought in as the replacement. brought in as one of the oldest recruits. he was one of the first to join them. 50 years old. he was born in kandahar, known as a very strong presence of the telegram. it was the head of the religious courts in 1996, and up to 2001. back to he was sent afghanistan. of the head of the religious figure today. and he was the second behind mullah mansour before his death. that are hisople aides, if i may say so. they are very important as we latethe son of the taliban leader, the founder of the taliban, if i may say so. we know mullah omar did not accept the rule of mullah mansour. he ended by joining him. so there are branches within the telegram. wassim: exactly. they named him as the deputy today, the latest of the head of the telegram. and the second deputy is the son -- we are talking about hardliners next to this new leader of the telegram, who is said to be moving toward negotiations. we do not know yet. cyril: peace

a drone strike killed mullah ahktar mansoor over the weekend in southwestern pakistan. u.s. commanders say he was a major obstacle to peace. they believe his death will weaken the insurgency. >>> in vietnam today president barack obama announced lifting of u.s. arms embargo that had been in place since the end of the vietnam war. >> the move is part of an effort to keep china from seizing more territory in the east and south china seas. vietnam has access to the equipment it needs to defend itself. >> an exchange vietnam will give u.s. ships more access to its ports. >>> the next stop on president obama's asia trip will be the annual group of seven economic summit in japan. while there he will be the first sitting president to visit hiroshima since the u.s. dropped an adom mick -- atomic bomb on the city in world war ii. president obama says he will deliver the message that the u.s. has responsibility to make sure a nuclear weapon is never used again. >>> new polls out tonight show donald trump has eliminated nearly all of hillary clinton's commanding lead over here in a pot

. >> key to who is the successor to mullah mansoor.ad after some wait, i think, by u.s. officials to get definitive evidence, presumably from the scene of the explosion, from drone strikes against the car he was traveling in with one man. afghan officials, too, saying he was dead. silence so far on official level from the taliban. we understand from sources they, in fact, had a meeting in the pakistani city, strike having happened in pakistan, long being accused of sheltering the afghan taliban, trying to get leverage over afghanistan. it's probably not good news for united states' interests. united states has suggested perhaps by killing mullah mansoor, because he was an opponent of peace talks they might find moderates willing to take his place that pursue that diplomatic path that. seems highly unlikely if you look at the list of who might replace him. the man the u.s. calls the key facilitator of al qaeda in afghanistan. most of the other names as well look potentially to be slightly more radical. and, of course, as we've seen with

it was carried out saturday by multiple unmanned military drones as mansoor and other taliban fighter drove in a remote area of the afghanistan/pakistan border. the u.s. attack on the insurgent group is believed to be the first american drone strike in the taliban headquarters. >>> hillary clinton is beating donald trump in the 2016 presidential race, but just barely. in a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, clinton edges trump by just three points nationally, a statistical dead heat. back in april, clinton held an 11-point advantage over the billionaire businessman. in an exclusive interview on "meet the press," clinton hit trump on everything from his business acumen to his taxes. >> i do not want americans and, you know, good-thinking republicans as well as democrats and independents to start to believe that this is a normal candidacy. we are going to demonstrate he has no ideas. there's no evidence he has a ideas about making america great. and as we go through this campaign, we're going to be demonstrating the hollowness of his rhetoric and the danger of a lot of what he has

the white ahktar mansoor plotted and unleashed attacks on american and coalition forces in afghanistan. he was killed in a drone strike saturday. that attack happened in southwestern pakistan. the de facto headquarters of the afghan taliban. >>> i'm going to be spending my day riding the rails tomorrow, all day. sounded like a good idea at the time. it's the launch of a new project we are doing here at wusa9 called mission metro and you're going to be hearing a lot about it. tomorrow i'm going to ride every line of the metro, literally all day from 5:00 in the morning until midnight and i'm going to be out there talking to you, the riders on how you think metro could be better. we are going to see you out there in every newscast on facebook, twitter, instagram and lessi's -- lesli's favorite, nap khat -- snapchat. we are going to make it interesting. >> if you're sitting next to adam and he likes face swap with you on snapchat. >> if you're within 10 yards of me, chances are you're going to be on tv. >> it's going down. the sad thing, though, is, is it going to be sunny tomorrow? >> he

mansoor was the target of the strike authorized by obama.up's leadership council met on sunday to consider a successor. a "wall street journal" poll shows hillary clinton's lead over donald trump's has narrowed to three points. that's within the margin of error. now back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. courtrooms are known for maintaining order, but sometimes the proceedings are disrupted in dramatic fashion. in our next two stories, a defendant angrily disagrees with a judge, and a man erupts with outrage toward his sister's killer. >> [ bleep ] y'all! let me go! no! let me -- let me -- let me go. >> a defendant goes wild in competency court. and the entire scene is caught on courtroom surveillance cameras. >> in all my years on the bench, i haven't had to use the panic button before, but i pressed it on that day. >> let me go! >> latasha williams. >> march 22nd, 2011. las vegas, nevada. judge jackie glass, a veteran in the 8th judicial district court, is presiding over a competency hearin

failed to make any progress in peace talks with the taliban since mansoor took over last year.ours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world, i am nejra cehic. tom? tom: thank you so much. i want to get through this quickly, but let's do it carefully because there is a lot of nuance in the markets. the two-europe is higher today. -- the two-yield is higher today. oil is a major story with a lift. $50 a barrel, 49.11 on west texas intermediate. the good news in the market of 14.11. vix that is a stunning statistic. there is the two-year, elevated in gold, weaker. francine: this is my board. in terms of what i am seeing with european stocks, gaining 1%, i wanted to show you some of the emerging-market currencies so you can see the south korean won against the u.s. dollar, and then that government bond yield after we had the accord with eu it is now a little bit backup. tom: the korean won showing some real weakness over the week -- over the recent weeks and months . some of the dysfunction between europe and major currency dynamics and

bill: the afghan taliban announcing a new leader after the killing of mansoor. the group vowing they will not return to peace talks with the afghan government in kabul. >> if i was sitting in the private sector and i was governor, i don't think it would have risen to this level. you get in this business and open yourself up. and i'm fine with that, i'm confident i haven't done anything wrong. martha: virginia governor terry mcauliffe reacting to whether he accepted illegal campaign donations. >> let me start by saying last time i was on i was pretty tough with bill. he's one of the great journalists and fairest people i know. i just wanted to get that out. bill: that's very gracious. thank you for saying that. you are welcome back any time. martha: lanny, let me ask you about this. let's start with the facts. there has been a year-long investigation into terry mcauliffe and this campaign contribution. >> the only fact we know is a law enforcement official who is anonymous who broke the law by revealing an investigation has spoken generally about an investigation