we make contact with the taliban and head to the province of baghlan in northern afghanistan. jsoc has unleashed a series of night raids and air strikes against insurgent leaders here. we've arranged a meeting with a group of taliban who have just survived one of these attacks. they are on the run, and the meeting has taken months to arrange. we find the taliban gathered at the grave of their former commander, killed in a us air strike on this spot. >> narrator: until recently, khalid amin was a foot soldier. he now controls around 50 taliban fighters, after two senior commanders were killed by special forces. >> narrator: frontline was unable to verify the number of taliban in baghlan. but what's clear is that attacks by the taliban have continued across this province since the kill/capture raids began. >> we're killing a lot of mid- level commanders, but they get replaced by other mid-level commanders. so it hurts them in the sense that they have to promote new people, but they just promote new people. and the more raids we do like this, the more we upset and aggrieve the af

also making headlines tonight a suicide bomber struck a german convoy in northern afghanistan the vehicle was carrying german soldiers and was destroyed in the attack but nato says there are no true casualties however at least two civilians did the explosion the taliban says it carried out the bombing. argentinean coastguards of sees more than four hundred kilos of cocaine on board a luxury u.s. registered yacht two spaniards who fled the day before the police raid authorities say weapons were also found on board including machine for use vessel capable of transatlantic sailing is about to head to europe. the operator of japan's devastated fukushima nuclear plant will open the doors of one of its reactor buildings now to try to vent radioactive gases it's to prevent another explosion tepco also admits it they're estimating just how much radiation will be filtered from the water the latest setback comes after the u.n. nuclear agency criticized tepco for its slow response and concealing the true magnitude of radioactive leaks james corbett is not online journalists and he told us the risk t

civilians were killed and eleven wounded after a suicide bomber struck a german convoy in northern afghanistan now nato casualties have been reported a ton of rain has said it was to blame for that time elsewhere the alliance has confirmed eight of its members have been killed on saturday bringing the overall number of casualties to two hundred forty four for the year. as have seized more than four hundred kilos of cocaine on board a luxury u.s. registered yacht spaniards who manned the boat the day before the police raid authorities say weapons were also found on board including a machine gun it was primed for use of capable of transatlantic sailing it was about to head to europe. also has sparked a full scale alerting to internal flights landing in washington d.c. an emergency operation began one a person at a ticket desk at dayton airport in ohio claimed there could be a brawl on board a u.s. airways plane heading for the u.s. capital searchers of the plane by b. i expose have done nothing while the forty four passengers are being interviewed the person who made the threat is in custody. an

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also making news tonight a suicide bombers struck a german convoy in northern afghanistan the vehicles carrying german soldiers it was destroyed in the attack but nato reports there are no true casualties however at least two civilians did die in the explosion the taliban said it carried out the bombing. somalia's problem this is resigned for what he called the sake of the somali people for water own country has been without effect of government for two decades now with much of the south controlled by islamist extremists the pyramid earlier refused to go despite a looming deadline to leave in order to clear the year between the president and parliament speaker although he had public popularity his high level support was cruising divisive in the shaken transitional government which has been extended for another year now. to japan there the operator of the devastated fukushima nuclear plant will open the doors of one of its reactor buildings to vent radioactive gases it's to try to prevent another explosion tepco also admits it underestimated just how much radiation would have to filter

civilians were killed and eleven wounded all the suicide bomber struck a german military convoy in northern afghanistan and then later casualties have been reported the taliban has claimed responsibility for all the. square in the country and the audience has confirmed eight of its members were killed on saturday bringing the number of casualties to two hundred forty. despite president obama's plans to withdraw from afghanistan next month some in washington predict troops will stay longer than planned with the latest expression from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs and station faces a tough challenge to keep election promises says artie's a major contributor to this latest video blog. time is ticking for the u.s. president to come up with their final solution aas far as the strategy review for afghanistan is concerned if a bomber wants to avoid paying more for doing this seem and counting on the diminishing returns from afghanistan he has to admit that cognitive dissonance between the u s military and civilian force concentrated in afghanistan on the one side and on the other qaida taliban du

check on some of today's main world news a suicide bomber has struck a german convoy northern afghanistan that vehicle was carrying german soldiers and was destroyed in the attack but nato says there are no troop casualties however at least two civilians died in the explosion last month two german soldiers died in the attack which also killed a regional police commander. argentinian coast guards have seized more than four hundred kilo of cocaine on board a luxury u.s. registered yacht two spaniards who found the boat fled the day before the police raid and authorities say weapons were also found on board including a machine gun which was primed for use the vessel capable of transatlantic sailing was about to head to europe. the operator of japan's devastated fukushima nuclear plant admits it underestimated just how much radiation it would have to filter from coolant water its new decontamination system. for just five hours of operation the latest setback comes after the u.n. nuclear agency criticized tepco for its slow response and concealing the true magnitude of radioactive weeks james

civilians were killed and eleven wounded after a suicide bomber struck a german military convoy in northern afghanistan the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and the nato casualties are reported elsewhere in the country the alliance has confirmed eight of its members were killed on saturday number of casualties to two hundred forty four for the year. a mother's decision to use the internet instead of a doctor to help her dying baby sent shock waves throughout russia while the case provoked a public outcry growing numbers of people continued to turn their backs on official services due to a distrust of the public health care system pushed over as the details. i see i was an eagerly awaited baby adored by her mother and everyone around she was a lively newborn for three months when she became ill and died within a week from a very. train of pneumonia doctors say had been hospitalized earlier she could have had a chance of survival however us his mother julia hesitated too long and she's now facing criminal charges for negligence. you have to understand we did want to avoid unnecessary med

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also making news tonight a suicide bomber struck a german convoy in northern afghanistan the vehicle was carrying german soldiers and was destroyed in the attack but now it is says there are no true casualties however at least two civilians did die in the explosion and taliban says it carried out the bombing. argentinian coastguards of seeing is more than four hundred kilos of cocaine on board a luxury u.s. registered yachts. and the boat fled the day before the police raid authorities say weapons were also brought including a machine gun which was primed for use the vessel capable of transatlantic sailing was about to head to. the operator of japan's devastated fukushima nuclear plant admits it underestimated just how much radiation it would have to filter from coolant water its new decontamination system malfunctions after just five hours of operation the latest setback comes after the u.n. nuclear agency criticized tepco for its slow response and could sealing the true magnitude of radioactive leaks. one of the highest teen suicide rates in the world russia's being jolted into act

casualties near chimtal since november 2010 and that this district was "one of the most peaceful in northern afghanistan." >> narrator: behind the scenes, you can hear khan leading the chants. in fact, he was manipulating the entire interview. >> khan was behind the camera and checking all the question and answers. and he were asking me, "before you do the question, stop the camera. ask your question. i need to know what you are going to ask." i said, "i going to ask how many people are here?" and khan told him, "say between 3,000 and 4,000." >> but that guy didn't hear to khan. he said 11,000 to 12,000. >> narrator: khan had consistently claimed to najibullah that he commanded 3,000 to 4,000 fighters in this region of afghanistan coalition forces commander general david petraeus has a very different number. he recently said he believes there are no more than 100 al qaeda fighters in the entire country. najibullah reports he was permitted to film only three to four dozen of khan's fighters during the ten days he spent with them, but he says he saw many more men during his wide travels with khan's patrol

the taliban is claiming responsibility for a suicide car bomb that target add nato convoy in northern afghanistaneople were killed and 11 others wounded. >>> earlier on this program, defense secretary robert gates confirmed the u.s. is engaged in preliminary peace talks with the taliban. >>> the greek prime minister pushed parliament for a vote of confidence in the new cabinet. he's trying to avoid what he calls a catastrophic debt default. >>> the national weather service issued a warning to seven states in the southwest saying high heat, low humidity and strong winds are posing an extreme fire risk. firefighters are already battling dozens of wildfires burning in arizona, new mexico and texas. >>> texas congressman ron paul won the latest republican presidential straw poll in new orleans while an absent john huntsman placed a surprising second. the poll was taken at

then a separate suicide blast caused by a bicycle rig with explosives in northern afghanistan killed at least ten people there. >>> the search is on for a man who robbed a bank in santa cruz. police say the man went into the bank just after 1:00 friday afternoon. he approached a teller, demanded money, bend around the corner and started to hit a chair with a bag that sounded like a hard object inside. the teller gave the man the money and he fled the scene. no one was hurt. the man is white or hispanic between 50 and 66 years old. 5'6" tall and about 190 pounds. he was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt with "new york university united states in white lettering, and a camouflage hat with glasses. >>> this afternoon the mother of a university of new mexico football player arrested for not immediately pulling up his baggy pants while boarding a flight will protest what she says is the mistreatment of her son. she will be joined by san francisco's naacp. donna doyle will be in support of her son. they believe the punishment does not fit the crime. the protest begins at 3:00 this aftern

in a separate attack in northern afghanistan ten people were killed. u.s.nts both condemn these attacks coming days after president obama announced plans to withdraw 33,000 service members by next fall. >>> more reports of deaths among anti-government demonstrators in syria as well. an activist group says 20 people were killed in clashes on friday. cnn not able to inially confirm that. seven civilians and one police officer was killed. u.s. is one of several countries putting pressure to stop the deadly crackdown on protesters. >>> two people killed after a tractor-trailer hit a moving amtrak train near reno, nevada. the train caught fire. some people jumped from train tried to get away from the fire. authorities trying to figure out if there's more, if there could be more victims in the burned out train cars. it was a california zephyr, traveling from california to the san francisco area. >>> long time cnn sports anchor nick charles has died. he has been dealing with bladder cancer for the past couple of years. his story was brought to you. you may have se

portion of afghanistan where he's looked at how the northerners cultivate a controversial crop. >> reporter: for awhile opium was off nato's radar as it focused on tackling the insurgentry. the blight for the last harvest caused the price to triple for this particular harvest causing warnings perhaps of record profits giving money to the insurgency, but also causing many form farmers who for years have grown the wheat, the alternative crops nato is keen to promote to turn back to opium as we saw in bal asham. we're heading north into the remote hills for a glimpse of afghanistan's future. the war here in balakshan is against a business so profitable and growing so fast many fear it's the only thing left when the u.s. pulls out. opium. here, it's expanding faster than anywhere in the country, and risks getting out of control. stopping this harvest is particularly important because the price of opium has risen dramatically threatening to flood a record amount of cash into afghanistan and also into the insurgency. in one year, the price has tripled,

afghanistan. they were recruited originally by the i s i. the bbc reported years ago their first entrance was showing up in northern pakistan, not even in afghanistan. the military was using them as an agent for their own interests in afghanistan. they were backing of them. shortly after the invasion of afghanistan the afghan people came into afghanistan early on waving pictures of the king and claiming they were here to bring back the king. a lot of local village militias put down their arms and essentially gave in to the taliban. when the taliban were moving through pashtuns areas there was not a problem with it. when they moved into the other parts that were occupied, that is when the massacres began and the taliban begin to kill people indiscriminately and as the war wore on and the original taliban enthusiasm declined more and more taliban forces were being supported by pakistani irregularss who resigned from the pakistani military intentionally, joined the taliban and fought behind the taliban. there is lots of documentation about the armaments they were pushing into the affair. the pakistani regionally supported heckmashar who could not deli

then the rest of us operated in northern afghanistan. it is a great privilege to share the soldiers with you today. they represent about 4000. thank you. >> thank you. i do not want to give a long speech. i want to spend most of my time shaking hands and thanking all of the. to all of you, there is a reason why i want to come here today. in 2009, after having been in afghanistan for 2000 years -- for two years and having lost a sense of focus. i made the most difficult decision that i have made. that is to deploy an additional 30,000 troops in afghanistan so that we can turn back taliban momentum and we can continue to go after al qaeda aggressively and said that we can make sure that we were training forces that had the capacity to secure their own country. the only reason as able to make that decision was because i knew that we had the finest fighting force in the world's and that i gave a command to our troops, they would be able to accomplish that mission. if we were focused unclear, i knew we can get it done. nd the 10th mountain di

late friday a bicycle rigged with explosives blue up a bazaar in northern afghanistan. >>> some people, some badly wounded, are fleeing escalating violence in syria to neighboring lebanon. this amateur video captured rage of protesters demanding president bashar al assad step down. tens of thousands took to the streets after friday prayers. at least 20 people were killed. the opposition says 1400 people have been killed by the government in three months of protests. >>> this week president obama will personally take charge of the talks to reduce the nation's debt. mr. obama and vice president biden meet monday with democratic senate leaders harry reid and republican leader mitch mcconnell. last week the gain they had, john boehner says he'll oppose any deal that included a tax hike during the game. and the two sides have five weeks to raise the debt limit or the federal government could default on its loans. >>> planned parenthood of indiana says it expects to resume offering services to medicaid today after the state cut funning to the group. governor mitch daniels signed a law cuttin

improved governance and development and security to the district and the rest of us operated in northern afghanistanhe rest of the provinces in kunduz and bagram. it is a great privilege to share these great soldiers with you today. they represent about 4000. they were the first element of your presidential uploads to afghanistan. thank you very much, sir. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you everybody. thank you. i don't want to give a long speech because i want to spend most of my time shaking hands and thanking all of you. colonel wilson thank yous a much for your leadership, sergeant major defreeze and par him. to all of you. there's a reason i wanted to come here today. as the kernel just mentioned, in 2009, after having been in afghanistan for seven years, but having i think lost a sense of focus in terms of how we were going to accomplish our mission, i made the most difficult decision that i have made as president and that is to deploy an additional 30,000 troops into afghanistan so that we could turn back taliban momentum so that we could continu

initially we were going to try to meet near northern afghanistan. but when the uzbeks found out, they didn't want to give visas to these people. we thought we'd meet in india. they didn't want to give them visas. so at the last minute we arranged to meet in berlin. five of the nine did meet, and something that many americans don't realize, the taliban, in preparing for 9/11, knew that there was a man who was charismatic, who was a powerful leader, who had the chance to bring together afghanistan as a nation, afghans as a people, even though it's so very tribal, one person had the chance to really pull it all together and on either september 9 or september 10 of 2001 he was boldly assassinated so that when a day later 9/11 occurred there would be nobody that the u.s. could really turn to as one individual to rally afghans against the taliban. they took him out before they committed their act of atrocity against americans. they knew what they were doing. they planned well. but our american soldiers know what they're doing. when we sent special forces,

seeing really beginning the deep resentments around us fighting so many wars at once afghanistan pakistan or rep northern young men and now libya i mean i think people are saying it's too much it's too expensive what are we just the war machine and i think you're seeing a really strong opposition building to the war what's interesting is that i think. obama looks like a real fool when you say it looks like he made a real mistake to not go to congress to get the authority which he very well could have gotten was a real error but the reason to go to congress is because you want the american people through their representatives to debate is it a good idea bad idea what limitations on a jet setter if you didn't do it and i think he's paying the cost all right so you are from the center for constitutional rights you say he acted unconstitutionally that in effect what he's done is illegal so therefore cannot legal action be taken against him could he be perhaps impeached well i brought a dozen cases to try to stop illegal wars and the problem is who can sue to stop them they don't allow individuals to sue you'

that i'd say that this is been a great success other things like a the northern corridor for resupplying nato efforts in afghanistan very significant very important will that change i don't think so but some other parts of the relationship probably could thank you thank you very much just to remind you that my guest on the show today we're going to meet people and young director of the institute for democracy in cooperation and edward road the president and c.e.o. of the u.s. russia business that's it for now top line will be back with more personal comments on what's going on in and outside of russia and for them to stay on our team and take care. thank you.

bush's invasions of afghanistan and iraq you don't lot another afghanistan out there you don't want the northern border of mexico to look like a state. you know yemen too as it's doing right through the civil war and become the new somalia or the to afghanistan despite a ten year presence in afghanistan it still has one of the world's highest rates of infant mortality and death in childbirth the people have this is part of a larger campaign on the part of chevron. to change may come over companies can make a difference while companies they say should to support their communities we succeed when we make a difference in people's changing people's lives is exactly what they did in this community in ecuador millions of gallons of toxic waste water spilled by texaco at a court ruled contributed to the deaths of fourteen hundred people texaco was later bought by chevron a judge in ecuador ordered chevron to pay nearly nine billion dollars in fines an order they ignored and a us judge supported them instead they're spending money on marketing chevron is is continuing just a scorched earth legal politic

the the the northern corridor for resupplying other nato efforts in afghanistan very significant very important with that change i don't think so but some other parts of the relationship probably could general thank you thank you very much just a reminder that my guest on the show today we're going to need treatment young director of the institute for democracy incorporation and edward road the president and c.e.o. of the u.s. russia business cards that's it for now spotlight moving back with more for their comments on what's going on in and outside russia and so game player i've seen him say kate. thank you. it.

afghanistan. she will address the world affairs council of northern california. next month the obama administration will announce plans to redeploy combat troops in afghanistan. >>> it's now 13 days and counting for governor jerry brown and state lawmakers come up with a new budget. the governor also has fence mending today. he made some of his party members angry. he wants lawmakers to authorize a special election that will allow voters to approve tax increases and tax extensions that are due to expire on june 30th. >> i don't want to see more billions billions in borrowing. >> the budget the governor vetoed included education cuts and a vehicle registration fee hike. republicans want to reform public employee pensions and put a cap on spending. the state of california is facing a $9.6 billion deficit. >>> the man accused of killing a san jose woman and dumping her body has confested to -- confessed to the crime. he admitted to the killing during a police interview. that is according to the mercury news. 46-year-old maria's body was found inside a garbage bag. sh

what is the status of the northern groups in afghanistan? and having had two failed elections, one for president and one for parliament, and having created a legislative body which has no clear function, even if it is properly elected because we never really gave them control over money that any legislature should have, what actually the fault? -- what actually evolves? so at this point we can't at this point in time answer one single question predictably. and we have no transition plan that anybody has articulated, either in afghanistan or the administration, to move towards a goal to deal with. i would just suggest to you that we need to look far beyond 2014 as quickly as possible, particularly because something people forget again and again in this city is, for us to act we need money. we are already drafting the fy 2013 budget submission. that will fund the transition here. if we do that as we now are without any guidance as to the plan for transitioning, we present a lot of problems for us that potentially we could avoid. and this is th

afghanistan. she'll be making that speech at the world affairs council of northern california. the obama administration is announcing plans to redeploy troops in afghanistan next month. >>> phillip and nancy garrido are waking up in state prisons this morning for the kidnap and rape of jaycee duggard. phillip will likely have some notorious neighbors as he serves his life sentences, expected to be in the same unit as charles man son. both men are being kept away from the prison population for their own safety. >>> looking ahead, governor brown promises he'll move heaven and earth to get a new state budget. the $10 billion deficit facing everybody in california. >>> plus terrifying moments at a park after a child gets his head stuck between two concrete walls. >>> sacramento might be back to square one after the governor angered his own party by vetoing a democratic sponsored plan. he wants lawmakers to authorize a special election to allow voters to approve tax increases and tax extenses set to expire on june 30th. >> i don't want to see billion in this borrow, legal maneuvers a

afghanistan. she will be speaking before the world affairs council of northern california. her speech comes at a very critical time. the obama administration will announce plans to redeploy combat troops in afghanistan next month. >>> california's budget deadline is fast approaching for democrats, republicans, and governor jerry brown. >> for a decade the can has been kicked down the road and death has piled up. california is facing a very tough fiscal crisis. >> the governor has reshouted -- has shocked both lines. the governor wants a special election to allow voters to approve tax increases and tax extensions. the governor has to provide specific proposals far budget he will sign. >> he seems to want a confrontation. that is okay if you know what your detired plan is but you also have to know what your back up plan here is. >> the vetoed budget included education cuts and a vehicle registration fee hike. the current budget runs out at the end of the month. california is facing a $9.6 billion deficit. >>> a head on collision on the golden gate bridge is putting new attenti

what is the status of the northern thing in afghanistan? having had two failed elections, won for parliament's in having created the legislative body that has no clear function, even if it is properly elected, what actually evolves? we cannot answer a simple one of those questions. it is more than anyone should have articulated in afghanistan or the administration. i would suggest that we need to look beyond this as quickly as possible. it is something people forget again and again. for us to act we need money. we are already drafting the budget. this will fund the transition here. if we do this as we now are, of we present a lot of problems that we could potentially avoid. this is the kind of reality we face. >> said the girl had time for one or two more. -- i feel we have time for one or two more. >> i hope the afghan children. we have been working in afghanistan and pakistan. my question is that how often afghans are actually engaged or involved in the decisions that are made for afghans in afghanistan? at least their opinions are consid

the pentagon announced deaths of two northern california soldiers and military operations in iraq and afghanistan today. specialist kevin on left killed sunday in afghanistan. and this 28-year-old once lived in albany on his third deployment. honors include a purple heart and bronze star. on the right is russell proctor, dying sunday after a bomb attack in iraq. he was 25 years old. and forces are trying to reclaim a popular western-style hotel. this video taken about 90 minutes ago. an official says four suicide bombers and four gunman stormed that hotel. some are still inside. it's unclear at this point how many vf been killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. an official says up to 70 people were staying in the hotel including some governors. >> the senate panel to give president obama limited authority in continuing the u.s. military operation in liba. there is a one-year limit intervention in libya and prohibits the use of u.s. ground forces. the house rejected a similar resolution last week in libya torkd rebels captured a weapons depot. the international criminal cour

pointed out in the nato mission, but german troops are serving in afghanistan and among the main contributors operating in the northern part of the country. for that i want to go to the pentagon and bring in chris lawrence into the conversation, and quickly, what is the state of germany's military presence in the state of afghanistan? >> well, brooke, they have 5,000 troops there, and they have been experiencing a lot of the same, and increasing violence that the american troops s have. they have lost four troops in the last four weeks, and the german commander who commands the isap troops in the northern part was wounded by a bomber, and they did kick in the extra 300 personnel to afghanistan to free up some of the other countries who had been in afghanistan to send some of the air power to libya. germany rejected a call to get involved in libya militarily, so they tried to make up for it by increasing a bit in afghanistan. >> okay. looking ahead, chris, you and i have talked about this in the past about president obama's choice for the next secretary of defense. we were just talking about yesterday about afghanistan