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drone strike ordered by president obama killed taliban leader mullah akhtar mansour in pakistan this weekend. cbs news foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan is traveling with the president and joins us from hanoi. what does this strike tell us? >> this drone strike against taliban leader mullah akhtar mansour is a clear signal that the war in afghanistan is far from over, even though president obama declared more than two years ago that the u.s. combat mission had ended. now this operation reportedly involved several unmanned drone strikes and destroyed what he was travel knowledge in. the first time that zoo senior taliban leader was hit on the pakistani side of the shared border. now, mullah akhtar mansour's death could provide a boost to the afghan military which has been struggling to keep a resurgent taliban from retaking territory. and u.s. has been forced to join in that fight. there are still nearly 10,000 american troops in afghanistan, president obama has wanted to bring that number down but it is not all clear that he'll be able to before the end of his term. >> d

mullah mansour was targeted by a drone strike. president obama authorized the action, and carried out yesterday along the afghanistan-pakistan border. john kerry says mansour posed a threat to afghan civilians. he says the strike sends a clear message that the u.s. is committed to building a secure afghanistan. >>> new details, a man missing for two weeks may be the victim of foul play. two people have been arrested on murder charges following a recent raid in hillsboro. s.w.a.t. team members surrounded the home around 3:30 in the morning. they're not saying who was taken into custody, but we do know green's allege ex-girlfriend, tiffany lee, is in jail, along with another man believed to be her boyfriend. one woman describes waking up to the commotion. >> there were police cars on the driveway on the street, police officers in my yard. they had a loud speaker, they were first speaking in english and they switched to i think it was mandarin and they were asking, they said female suspect, come out. >> green was last seen at the mil

actually a negotiation failure that we have obviously reached an agreement with them, meaning the mullah regime, which murders their own people, that we have actually reached an agreement with them which they know will permit them to achieve their objective. this is not -- was not a good treaty to begin with. i appreciate your testimony, but obviously i disagree with it. mr. royce: we go to mr. gerry connolly of virginia. mr. connolly: welcome to our panel. mr. ambassador, ambassador addressed greement their support for hezbollah, right? ambassador mull: no. mr. connolly: well, it certainly addressed the issue of money laundering. ambassador mull: no. mr. connolly: syria and assad support? ambassador mull: no. mr. connolly: terrorism? ambassador mull: no, sir. mr. connolly: banning any further express of death to israel and america. did we address that? ambassador mull: no, sir. mr. connolly: what did the agreement address? ambassador mull: the agreement addressed limiting iran's capability to develop fissile material to build a nuclear weapon. mr. connolly: that's a unique approach. sur

. >> 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

. >>> sending a signal to the anti-american extremists, mullah mansour guided the u. s. drone airstrike late last week, and mullah mansour was in the car in southwestern pakistan, and officials say that the car had been targeted. the coalition forces blame him for the attacks that have killed thousands over the last few years, and no indication on who will become the new taliban leader. >>> new safety concerned about mount everest after another person died on the world's tallest mountain, the third death since friday. the latest on saturday, a man from india was climbing down from the summit, and died the next day from exhaustion. we've learned that two other climbers from india are missing, days after the australian woman and a man from the netherlands died of altitude sickness. some companies with poor quality climbing equipment, exposing their clients to rest. -- to risk, and some of the climbers are not prepared to climb mount everest. >>> the trial of the officer edward nero charged in the death of freddie gray, one of six officers charged. they say that he unlawful

it is so sad that we have a mullah regime which is repressing the dynamic people iran.they continue to proclaim death to america, death to israel. that has not changed. i just find it incredible. my concerns, ambassador mull, have been verified through the iaea report and that is in early march the head of the international atomic agency disclosed certain agreements reached under the dangerous deal limit inspectors from publically reporting violations by the mullah regime. the director general amana of the iaea which is responsible for making sure iran complies with the agreement told reporters his agency is no longer permitted to release information about iran's nuclear process including there amounts of low and enriched uranium, the nature of centrifuge and rotor manufacturing and research and development activities. why would the administration agree to limit ieae reporting? why has the reporting been constrained? what specific component of the deal or unsecurity council resolution limits the reporting? are there any americans or canadians serving as inspectors? >> c

and we told you the afghan leader mullah akhtar mansour was killed last week but they have appointed a new lead er, haibatullah akhunzada. he is known for extremism. >>> officers hurt and at least one arrest at another campaign event. this time outside of a donald trump rally in new mexico. >> it is clear now but there was a huge scene around 11:00 our time last night. police were dressed in riot gear and used smoke on crowds of people after some protesters hurled police officers and their horses. the police chief is praising his officers saying they used an incredible amount of restraint. the cop campaign senior advisers called them thugs and punks on twitter. >>> and hillary clinton struggled to speak at some points over protesters at a rally of her own in riverside, california, last night. protesters interrupted her multiple times prompting her response that some people are, quote, allergic to the facts. >>> donald trump is now within 30 delegates of officially taking the republican nomination for president. reports out overnight show that he won the gop primary in washington stat

. >> reporter: afghan taliban and al qaeda figures sources tell us that mullah mansour is dead.hat will this mean for u.s. forces in afghanistan right now and going forwards? more after this break. this is shaving. a blade. many blades. sharp blades. blades here, blades there. some more over there... whoa! that's not another blade. this is shielding. with lubrication here and here. the new gillette with proshield lubrication before and after the blades shields from irritation for a close, comfortable shave. the new proshield from gillette. the best a man can get. and one proshield refill gets you up to one month of shaves. >>> isis is calling for more terror attacks on west in an audio recording released online, a spokesman for the jihadi group urged followers to carry out attack during ramadan which begins in early june. this kamz two days after the egyptair crash but makes no mention of that. city residents are told to flee if they can. human rights groups have been warning that isis was barring residents from leaving the city and some were facing starvation. fallujah was an e

they were targeting a man named mullah mansur and they believe it was successful and that mansur is deadand it was with the use of drones and special forces. and president obama authorized the strike. >>> and donald trump expected to begin the vetting process next week to select his running mate. and he wants one with political and governmental experience. and names bandied about include governor chris christie. >>> days after trump endorsed by the nba, hillary clinton addressed gun violence in florida. meeting with mothers who lost loved ones to guns. organized by the trayvon martin foundation. >>> although bernie sanders is lagging behind he is going down swinging. stops in two states today. >>> and vice-president joe biden delivering the speech at west point. he told graduates they are joining the greatest fighting force on the face of the earth. making light of the fact republicans were in the crowd including new jersey governor, chris christie. >> chris christie is here. congressman chairman ed royce is here, and senator chanliss whose grandson is graduating today is here. and i wan

he game leader last july after it was announced that mullah omar had died in 2013. mansour rejected calls for peace talks and continued attacking military and security forces in afghanistan. president barack obama said on monday that it democrat stated u.s. resolve. >> where we have a high-profile leader who has been consistently part of operations and plans to potentially harm u.s. personnel and who has been resistant to the kinds of peace talks and reconciliation, it's my responsibility as commander in chief not to stand by, but to make sure that we send a clear signal to the taliban and others. >> taliban violence continued on wednesday even amid the leadership change. the group claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in kabul that killed at least ten people. the new leader's stance on peace talks is unclear. the taliban held direct talks with the afghan government last july for the first time but they have not resumed. >>> defense ministers of the association of southeast asian nation, or asean, met. the annual meeting time in the laotian capital. they noted

through, what the government is saying to encourage these killings, and also islam make leaders, mullahs in the country openly preaching violence. reporter: an activist, blogger, an activist, blogger, and author from bangladesh was seriously injured last year in an attack from a muslim fundamentalist who killed her husband. he had founded a blog platform for atheist humorists. many members of the jury are committed to fighting injustice. >> it's different when you read on the website, but when you hear from people and they give you an example of how this project is helping people, it makes a difference. reporter: and the award in the social change category -- thousands of women in the data are subjected -- in india are subjected to domestic violence. past crimes against women -- activists work with acid attack survivors to help them reintegrate with society and put pressure on politicians to take action. sarah: now let's go to kristof, with the latest on the business world. what happens now that growth is slowing? hi. >> that is the big question. that is topping the agenda of the agent d

actually a negotiation failure that we have obviously reached an agreement with them, meaning the mullah regime that murders its own people will permit them to achieve their objective. this was not a good treaty to begin with. i appreciate your testimony. obviously i disagree with it. we go to mr. gerry connolly of virginia. connolly: ambassador mull, agreement address their support for hezbollah, right? mr. mull: no. rep. connolly: certainly it addressed the issue of money laundering. mr. mull: no. rep. connolly: syrian-assad support? mr. mull: no. rep. connolly: mahan air? mr. mull: no. any furthery: expression of death to america or death to israel? mr. mull: no. rep. connolly: what did the agreement address? mr. mull: the agreement address delimiting iran's capability to develop material to build a nuclear weapon. uniquennolly: that's a approach. surely in the cold war with the soviet union, we have a different model. we addressed every negative behavior the soviets were engaged in in every agreement we -- weched, including addressed every aspect of behavior, unlike this agreement. m

kimberly: president obama ordered yesterday's drone strike that took out mullah mansour. pakistan condemned the strike near its border calling it a violation of its sovereignty. president obama has arrived in hanoi, the first stop in a weeklong trip to asia. the president plans to discuss trade and china's military buildup when he meets with the enemies leaders in just a few hours. later this week, the president has to japan for the g-7 summit. he will also visit hiroshima, becoming the first american president to do so since the u.s. dropped a nuclear bomb on the city to end world war ii. 30,ing up next on abc 7 at 6: doing something off the books? there are new revelations about that alleged shadow campaign involving former vincent gray. who is speaking out now? a clean record at his high school. the surprising reason he was banned from taking the stage at graduation and what is being done about it now. and believe it or not, more wet weather ahead. we are tracking which areas will get soaked the most in our stormwatch forecast just ahead. ♪ one day a rider made a decis

officials say a drone strike has likely killed taliban leader mullah mansour. white house is waiting for final confirmation. president obama authorized the strike. >>> funerals were held in baghdad on saturday for demonstrators killed by iraqi security forces. the security forces opened fire when protesters stormed the green zone on friday. it is unclear how many died. >>> a high ranking u.s. commander made an unnoannounced visit to northern syria on saturday. he met with local forces that the u.s. military is training to fight isis. the u.s. has been accelerating efforts to bring in arab and kurdish forces into the battle against isis in syria and iraq. the search continues over the mediterranean sea for the wreckage of egyptair flight 804 and so far teams have found very little, mostly personal belongings. they are hoping to find the so-called black boxes which may hold critical information to figuring out what happened to this jet. just before the plane dropped off radar early thursday, it sent out automatic messages indicating smoke in the front of the airc

>> you know, i like for a change, i'd like to mullahs in iran to be a little bit rattled. or north korea to be a little bit rattled. am i wrong? >> no, you not, but first, we need to correct juan. trump is not against free trade. and that statement is absolutely wrong, but let me make something very clear. crimea, let me continue on. russia grabbed crimea. the chinese have grabbed the south china sea. iran has a deal and cuba now has a comfort down below the united states. these leaders need to be rattled, juan. they haven't been rattled and so, when i hear that world leaders are nervous to negotiate with donald trump, i say, here here because that's exactly what we've needed for a very long time. we've been walked on. we've had foreign policy that's been driven by ben rode, the creative writing student and if we have a president who's going to stand up and say, let's negotiate from a position of strength, i think most americans are going to respond just like they have here. donald trump is rattling domestic politicians and the internet. >> president obama negotiated, firs

. >>> developing this morning, the afghan taliban confirms mullah mansour has been killed in an air strike. president obama authorized the air strike. mansour led the taliban after death of another senior leader last summer. >>> two dead and nearly half a dozen hurt after a shooting at a concert in the western part of austria on a property used by a motorcycle club. police say he got a gun out of his car and started shooting at random. and he shot himself as police closed this. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why egyptair crashed. experts say there could have been a fire on board, explosion or technical glitch. crews are still trying to find the black boxes from the plane it could be weeks if not longer before they know exactly what happened on that plane. 66 people were on board the flight from paris to cairo. >>> in decision 2016, popularity may be hard to come by for the leading presidential di journal" poll out today shows hillary clinton and donald trump are the two most unpopular likely presidential nominees in the poll's history. 54% of registered voters have a negative o

afghan officials confirm mullah akhtar monsour was killed in a strike. we're following the story. >> u.s. leaders are still awaiting confirmation that mansour was, in fact, killed in that air strike. this-f that's the case, it would be a significant blow to the taliban. he has guided the taliban since 2013 and responsible for killing thousands of the afghan people as well as american soldiers. early saturday morning a u.s. official told fox news mansour was driving in a remote area of pakistan, not far from the afghan border. when ult mim aircraft operated by u.s. special forces fired and took him out. u.s. leaders are celebrating the news, including homeland security jeh johnson, who said on "fox news sunday" who said mansour was a constant threat to any efforts of bringing peace to afghanistan. >> we think it's significant because mullah mansour was trying to -- he was targeting afghan facilities, afghan interests and u.s. interests. so, if he was, in fact, killed, this would be a major development. >> while the death of mansour would be a significant

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

mullah haibatullah akhundzada is expected to continue a hard line against peace talks.had been a deputy to mullah akhtar mansour, who was killed in a u.s. drone strike last week. today's announcement came as a taliban suicide bomber struck in the afghan capital, kabul. the blast killed at least 11 afghan court emoyees on a minibus. >> sreenivasan: the government of israel tilted further right today as prime minister benjamin netanyahu named a fiery ultra- nationalist to be defense minister. avigdor lieberman is one of israel's most polarizing figures. at a ceremony today, lieberman tried to strike a softer tone, while netanyahu insisted he is still committed to a peace process. >> woodruff: and now to a growing fuel crisis in france. union workers are targeting the nation's fuel depots to protest a bill that would make the work week longer and layoffs easier. neil connery of independent television news reports from calais. >> reporter: in paris and across many parts of france, the fuel blockades are having a growing impact on drivers. frustrations are boiling over as pe

air strike reportedly takes out mullah akhtar mansour, the leader of the taliban. cso tonight, a new cbs news poll shows how donald trump and hillary clinton match up in two key battleground states. we're in vietnam for president obama's historic visit. trouble at the top of mount everest-- altitude sickness kills two climbers, dozens more are struggling. and a tragic day at the races. two horses lose their lives at the preakness stakes, reigniting concerns about the sport. te captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. this is the western edition of the broadcast. five years after the rth

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. >> one of those killed was taliban leader mullah akhtar mansour. >> the u.s.stan denies that and accusing the u.s. of violating it's sovereignty. >> trevor: that's right, taliban. if you play with fire, you get tali-burnt. oh, you thought the u.s. forgot about you because of the whole isis thing? well, joke's on you. because isis was just a dei could the entire time, bitches. yeah, great work, boys, well done, well done on that, they fell for it they time to shut it down. shut it down. enjoy your summer break. >> wouldn't that be the weirdest scam ever in history? you know what is strange about the story, it's really weird, that pakistan dnt care that america's using drones. they just wants the heads up. that saul they're saying. and the u.s. is saying to pakistan, we towld. and pakistan is like no, you didn't, you didn't. the u.s. is like the worst which friend ever. they don't say anything but just show up and [bleep] sorry babe, i thought i definitely texted you. and pakistan is like well, we didn't get the text. we didn't get the text. america is like no,

. >>> overnight taliban confirmed death of the former lewder, mullah akhtar m u.n.sor. in confirm his dead the taliban appointed a deputy as a successor. earlier this week president obama called mansur's death a milestone. >>> a second community meeting will be held this morning after a -- to address water safety concerns for residents in parts of the montgomery and bucks counties. chemicals typically found in fire fighting foam have been detect in groundwater. county officials shut down several municipal and private wells. studies have link these chemicals to development effect in fetus and infants and certain types of cancer. >> right now we're in the process of identifying where we think most likely places where it would have gone in the groundwater is and best places, where we can attack the problem, and basically treat it. >> the navy is providing bottled water to homes on private wells with high levels, until they can be hook up to a publicist tell. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao will have a live update in the next hour. >>> we now know the identity of the