has carried out an airstrike in northern afghanistan one day after the provincial capital of kunduz was captured by the telegram. it is the first time taliban insurgents have seized a major urban area in afghanistan in over 10 years. afghan special forces are also on the ground and moving in as part of the counterattack. for more on what is happening there, i am joined by catherine jamie in kabul. what is the latest you have been hearing about the counteroffensive? >> as you mentioned, the fact that the u.s. is assisting afghan forces, making airstrikes today, that was already a big step. the latest is that the government claims they have retaken police headquarters and the prison which was opened by the taliban yesterday. however, in the last two minutes claimed -- it is difficult to get any fixed and certain news. there have been casualties and civilian casualties, but the numbers are still not certain. genie: it seemed like this offensive came almost out of nowhere. what kind of a setback is this for the government and for afghan president ashraf ghani? >> it is a huge setback. today

unleashing an air assault on taliban targets in northern afghanistan. e attack comes one day after taliban fighters seized the northern afghan city of kunduz. afghan security forces have launched an offensive to take that city. this is developing right now. let's get the latest from pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: u.s. conducting the air strikes in kunduz, the largest city the taliban have been able to take control of since back in 2001 in northern afghanistan. now, according to afghan officials, security forces are on the ground now. afghan security forces have been able to retake some key areas. but the fighting has been very nasty, a prison was taken by the taliban. they say they freed hundreds of inmates, the taliban also saying they took a hospital, posting some pictures to show their control as they moved through the city, afghan president ghani saying his security forces are now back there, moving through kunduz, trying to retake control. but this is where the taliban have been so successful and continue to be. they move in when

eight dead, more than 50 wounded on an attack in kunduz in northern afghanistan.in heads for constitutional crisis as nationalists win a landmark election and golf's $11 million man wraps up the biggest of the year and jordan spieth with two majors to become the new world number one. ♪ all right, president vladimir putin is to meet with u.s. president barack obama on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly. crisis in syria is likely to dominate their discussion with russia asserting its support for the bashar el assad's regime and the mediterranean navel base is where it is stationed some of its black sea fleet, russia is syria's biggest arms supplier and continues to provide the regime with means to crack down on rebels and they have a financial interest in syria and with value of $19 billion in 2009, russia has consistently opposed any condemnation of bashar al-assad and and shuns against his government since the conflict began in 2011. let's bring you some pictures of what it looked like on previous occasions the two leaders have met and this is a meeting in

and syria >>> taliban fighters seize part of a strategic city in northern afghanistan. german prosecutors open a criminal investigation into former volkswagen boss warne martin winterkorn as the emissions scandal widens. could there be life on mars? scientists say flowing water, essential to life, is almost essentially present on the red planet >>> and in doha - all the support, including sepp blatter defiant. the f.i.f.a. president insisting he will not stand down despite criminal proceedings being open again. >>> tackling the islamic state of iraq and levant, ending the war in syria dominated the first day of the united nations, general assembly in new york. world leaders took their turns for offering solutions. clear divisions remain between russia and the united states. in the past half our, vladimir putin sat for dinner with president obama, and the u.n. chief ban ki-moon. earlier vladimir putin used the speech to call for a new approach to combatting i.s.i.l., adding that any attempts to deal with the group cannot exclude the syrian government of bashar al-assad.

it's one of the largest cities in northern afghanistan. it's estimated around 300,000 people live there. it's important as a transport hub. kunduz is linked by highways to kabul in the south and sa riff in the west. the border with tajikistan is very poor and used to transport opiates in central asia. the city is one of the last taliban onclaves to fall during the 2001 u.s.-led i invasion. al jazeera is traveling with the afghan army in baglund and sent this update. >> reporter: it seems like the taliban are trying to spread the war all along the north of the country. these soldiers are waiting in the past few minutes and are panicking and have received some reports there's a big attack on them. even here they say it's not safe for them. we talked with the people of kunduz and residents. people are leaving the city, going to the north side of the province to a neighbor province. the taliban are announcing in the loudspeakers to the people to continue their lives and also asking them to cooperate with them, to bury their bodies and the othe

we begin in afghanistan where security forces are struggling to retake the northern city of kundas from taliban fighters. they took control of the city on monday and broke hundreds of prisoners out of jail, many of them their own fighters. let's go live on the front lines with afghan security forces. east just south of kundus. what's the latest on this operation to retake kundus? >> reporter: hundreds of afghan security forces with hundreds of are going towards kunduz. r there's ied ez, roadblocks, so for three times they tried to break all these ambushes. you can see them. the cameraman can pan. they are waiting here to see what will be next. afghan commanders in the field here telling me they're missing a lack of communication and a lack of leadership. there are many units from different afghan security forces. afghan special forces, afghan army special forces, and afghan is in this operation, but no one wants to take the lead and be the first to try to break the these -- the ie dp d traps and ambushes. >> this was supposed to be the day that afghan forces attempted to retake kun did

eight dead, more than 50 wounded on an attack in kunduz in northern afghanistan.

military launched airstrikes in northern afghanistan today on the ground. afghan government forces fought to take back the city of kunduz. hundreds of taliban militants stormed that city yesterday. this marks the first time the taliban has captured a major urban area since 2001. >>> a convicted serial killer who murdered a young couple in fairfax county is scheduled to be executed thursday night, but efforts underway on an appeal to the u.s. supreme court to stay alfredo prieto's execution. peggy fox joins us live from reston where prieto committed those heinous crimes. peggy? >> reporter: well, rachel raver and warren fulton were both 22 years old. they had their whole lives ahead of them. a couple weeks before christmas in 1988 alfredo prieto who is now 49 raped her and shot and killed them both right behind this church. >> today prieto took his first step in the direction of virginia's death row. >> reporter: in 2007 wusa9 reporter gary reels covered alfredo prieto's arrival from california after a dna hit linked him to the 1988 murders of rachel raver a

military has launched air strikes on northern afghanistan after taliban fighters captured a major city. we have the latest on the fight to take back the city of kandz. >> reporter: security forces in afghanistan are getting help from the u.s. as they fight to take back the city from the taliban. the afghanistan government troops launched a counter attack on the ground. hundreds of million tans stormed the town yesterday capturing government buildings and freeing hundreds of prisoners including some taliban commanders. the fall of the city of 300,000 marks the first time the taliban has captured a major urban area since 2001. that's when ahs-led invasion -- when a u.s.-led invasion toppled their a swreem. it's a big -- their regime. it's a big setback for their president. most u.s. forces withdrew from afghanistan last year but nearly 10,000 american troops remain. cbs news. >>> the list of universities rescinding honorary degrees to bill cosby is growing. brown university is now the third school to take such action in a week. the doctorate of humane letters it granted cosby in 1985 has

taliban fighters seize large part of a strategic city in northern afghanistan. german prosecutors open a criminal investigation into former volkswagen boss worn as t emissions scandal widens. could there be life on mars? scientists say flowing water, essential to life, is almost essentially present on the red planet >>> tackling the frank yallop >>> tackling the islamic state of iraq and levant, ending the war in syria dominated the first day of the united nations, general assembly in new york. world leaders took their turns for offering solutions. clear divisions remain between russia and the united states. diplomatic editor is at the united nations and has our report. >> reporter: russia's president normally avoids this gathering of world leaders at the u.n., but he came on a whistle-stop trip planning not to spend a night in new york, the center peace of his speech, the idea of a grand coalition against i.s.i.l. >> we prepares discussing whether it's possible to agree on a resolution aimed at according the actions of all forces confronting i.s.i.l. and other

three key districts of kunduz and the fighting season this year have seen more fighting in northern afghanistanhank you for that with that update from kabul. world leaders in new york for the u.n. general assembly with the war in syria high on the agenda and putin is due to make the u.s. president barack obama later and no plans to deploy combat troops to syria and there is disagreement about the future role of president bashar al-assad in any agreement. >> reporter: france has been involved in strikes on aisle targets in iraq for over a year but now for the first time the french president has ordered his airforce into action over syria in what he told reporters was an act of self-defense. >> translator: france struck on a training came of islamic state of levant threatening the country and we prevent the country and to act in self-defense. our forces reached their objectives, the camp was totally destroyed and other strikes could take place in the coming weeks if necessary with the same goal. >> reporter: the u.s. coalition against i.s.i.l. but in an interview with the u.s. network, cb s&p bc

k unsuz is one of the volatile provinces in northern afghanistan in the past one year taliban have managedl three districts in the past three months. the roads have been blocked from several directions afghan officials say more forces are on their way but have not reached the city. eyewitnesses have seen more helicopters in the air trying to fight back the taliban. but still the city is on lockdown, shops are closed. people have seen taliban flags raised in the city and some police stations are surrounded by taliban fighters and the situation seems tour very tense right now. >> no doubt. we'll come back to you later to talk about how things develop from there. >>> talks about how to deal with syria's four-year conflict. world leaders are gathering in northern. dispipe much -- gathering in new york. despite the talks there are no agreement on what to do with bashar al-assad. >> reporter: france has been involved in strikes on isil targets in iraq for over a year. but now for the first time the french president has ordered his air force in to action over syria in what he told reporters has a

city in afghanistan since a u-s -led coalition overthrew the >>> taliban-controlled city in northern afghanistan. the city fell to the taliban just yesterday and afghan forces are now trying to retake it. this marks the first time militants have seized a major city in afghanistan since a u.s.-coalition over through the taliban regime back in 2001. >>> friends and family today say farewell to one of baseball's larger than life characters legend yogi beara. it is a private service, it will be televised by the tv network. he died last week at the age of 90. new jersey governor chris christie has ordered flags on state buildings to fly at half-staff to honor him. >>> paul walker's daughter is suing porsche saying her father burned to death because the car was poorly built. the "fast & furious actor was killed two years ago in a fiery crash in southern california. high speeds and not a mechanical failure led to the accident. but walker's 16-year-old daughter says the carmaker skimped on safety feechers for the sports car leading to his death. >>> governor jerry brown has signed a new law to use amber

. ♪ >>> we begin in northern afghanistan fighting near the former taliban strong hold.onvoy of afghan army vehicles has been brought to a halt by taliban gunfire. our correspondent is with the afghan army, which is attempting to head towards the city. earlier he told me that the troops are complaining they have no lead ship. >> reporter: hundreds of afghan security forces are trying this morning to advance towards the city, but they are facing big difficulties, not only taliban, ambush along the road, but also ied's roadblocks, so for three times they have tried to break all of these ambushes. they could nth. they are all -- you can see them, they are all waiting here to see what will be next. afghan commanders in the field here telling me that they are missing a lack of communication and a lack of leadership. there are many units from different afghan security forces, afghan special forces, afghan army special. and afghan [ inaudible ] in this operation, but no one wants to take the lead. no one wants to be the first to try to break these ied traps and also these ambus

s special forces joined a counter attack against the taliban in northern afghanistan. the troops are helping the afghan army to gain control of kunduz, parts of which were seized by the taliban fighters. a court in india sentenced five people to death for planting bombs on local trains in 2006. 189 were killed in the attack. several others minutes are sentence said to life in prison. >> 37 people have been killed in gun battles over the last few days. the u.n. human rights chief says it could prove catastrophic for the country. let's look at what started this conflict. in 2012, a collisionful muslim armed groups took over towns in the north and central regions. in 2003. the president was overthrown by rebels. it parked clashes. a u.n. peacekeeping force of 13,000 soldiers has been struggling to kerbing the violence, forcing 400,000 from their homes, coming weeks ahead of elections. the u.n. is not welcome. residents putting up road glacks. and u.n. troops taking them town. the population is straight and cunt believe in the forces any more. we want the departure of inte

that city in northern afghanistan was seized by the taliban and monday, its first major takeover in adecade. steals thetin spotlight at the u.n., presenting his ideas for syria. but the russia resident and

. >> the taliban fighters took control of a strategic city in northern afghanistan. security forces are fighting back against an attack in the kunduz, including the freeing of hundreds of prisoners. stephanie dekker has the report. >> the moment taliban fighters broke open kunduz prison, around 600 prisoners were behind bars, including taliban fighters. the attack is one of a string of events that left the group in control of most of kunduz city. the people of congress is under fear, they are in fear of the house, no one is in the street orr the city. they are worrying about the attacks. >> reporter: the afghan interior ministry sent special enforcements, and air support. it's an unpredicted situation. the taliban made major games in kunduz since fighters surrounded the city in the early hours of monday morning. government leaders say the stay -- city will be retaken. there has been casualties on both sides, bodies of fighters and a policeman killed in the fighting. civilians are reported to be caught up in the battle for the city. it's the first time the taliban has

also coming up, in what is described as a massive assault, the taliban seizes quintess in northern afghanistan. residents say they have reached the city center. " this be the source of life on the red planet -- and could this be the source of life on the red planet? flowing water was discovered on the terrestrial planet. ♪ i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. a cold war of words and even where united states and russia squared off on how to resolve the syrian conflict, that has caused hundreds of thousands of lives, spawned a refugee crisis, and facilitated the rise of the islamic date. barack obama has said that bashar al-assad cannot remain in power for the long-term, but vladimir putin argues his forces must play a role in bed pushing i.s. -- vanquishing i.s. >> at the center of the debate, how to bring an end to the war in syria. barack obama said that assad cannot stay in office, but that the u.s. was ready to coordinate with two of his most powerful supporters to an end for the conflict. president obama: the united states is committed to finding an end for the conflict. but we must re

. >>> taliban forces have been on the move in northern afghanistan. they captured most of the city of kundu. afghan officials say hundreds of cal ban forces stormed the city -- taliban forces stormed the city from all directions and seized government facilities. government sources have retreated to the city's airport. the international group doctors without borders says it's treated more than 100 wounded people. >>> tonight a disturbing hike in the death toll from the stampede in saudi arabia. there have been about 1,100 fatalities documented. the president of iran says thousands were killed, but he's provided no evidence to support that. saudi officials say the stampede began when two waves of muslim pilgrims converged on a narrow road. >>> some much needed rain is on our way to the area, but could it disrupt tomorrow's commute? first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is here with more on our yellow alert. topper? >> i think tomorrow morning we're okay, but tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night a little different story. we're going to advance fu

to somalia and south sudan, 8 dead, more than 50 wounded in a taliban attack on kunduz in northern afghanistane year on from mass protests in hong kong a standoff between protesters and police once again. ♪ and russia president vladimir putin is to meet with u.s. president barack obama on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly, the crisis in syria is likely to dominate their discussion with russia asserting its support for the bashar al-assad regime and influence and the navel base is in the port where it stationed some of the black sea fleet and russia is syria's biggest arms supplier and continues to provide the assad regime with the means to crack down on them and moscow as a financial investment with valued at more than $19 billion in 2009, russia has consistently opposed any condemnation of bashar al-assad and any sanctions against his government as the conflict began in 2011. james base is live for us at the united nations in new york, james, is a deal coming together on syria before the most powerful countries? >> i think it's far too early to say that, sammy but i think it is true

. >>> taliban fighters have taken control of a strategic city in northern afghanistan.urity forces are fighting back against an early morning attack. which included the freeing of hundreds of prisoners, stefanie dekker has this report. >> reporter: the moment taliban fighters broke open the prison. around 600 prisoners were behind bars, including taliban fighters. the jail attack is just one of the string of events that has left the group in control of most of the city. >> the people of one deuce is you were the fear, they are inside the houses. nobody dares enter the streets or the city they are worrying about the attacks. >> reporter: the afghan interior ministry has spent forces. the taliban has made major gains in kunduz since fighters surrounded the city early monday morning. the government leaders say the city will be retaken. there have been casualty on his both sides. bodies of taliban fighters and a policeman killed in the fighting salt civilians are also caught up in the battle for the city. it's the first time the taliban has taken such of kunduz since the u.

. >>> heavy fighting continues to rage in northern afghanistan today. government forces backed by usair strikes are battling to regain control of the city of kunduz for a third day after it was seized by taliban fighters. the sudden fall of the city is a major blow for the already shaky national unity government of president afghani who took office just a year ago. though the pentagon acknowledged the assault was clearly a setback it continued to express confidence in the country's security forces. >>> still ahead on "way too early," an execution in georgia despite intervention from the pope. >>> plus famed fashion designer ralph lauren stepping down from the billion dollar empire he created almost half a century ago. more on lauren's successor and the credentials he brings to the table. those stories and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. whatever you're doing, plan well and enjoy life... ♪ or, as we say at unitedhealthcare insurance company, go long. how you plan is up to you. take healthcare. make sure you're covered for more t

afghanistan with a withdrawal. take a listen. >> kunduz is in the northern part of afghanistan where it was believed was fairly stable. showing the ability of the taliban and the effects of our withdrawal. >> and as you know, the president has said he plans to withdraw down to basically an embassy and enough security to protect the embassy, around 1,000 troops by the end of next year. >> thanks, lea. >>> hurricane alert from the extreme weather center. yesterday it was a tropical storm. today a category 1 hurricane and a brand-new forecast, joaquin is said to be about to become a major storm and could very well hit the east coast. you see where it is, headed toward the bahamas. but that is not the story. there is much more to the movement of this storm ahead. and everyone on the united states' east coast needs to see this. my name is chris hughes and i am a certified arborist for pg&e. i oversee the patrolling of trees near power lines and roots near pipes and underground infrastructure. at pg&e wherever we work, we work hard to protect the environment. getting the job done safely so we can keep the lights on for eve

. >> the taliban capturing a capitol in northern afghanistan. they are breaking hundreds of fighters out of prison there. they claim responsibility for the attacks and said to be moving toward the airport. the u.n. assistance mission is evacuated and all of the staff from the office in the city are out on. the capture is a major loss for the government that struggles to combat the taliban. sdmshgs a fifth person died after last week's duck boat crash and there are new questions after a repair warning was igenered. dan has the latest on that. >> this is a national story because ride the duck tour are popular in nine u.s. cities and the earliest indication that the tragedy might have been avoided if a specific warning was heeded. we can so that the left front tire was off. a witness told us that red fluid was coming from the who just before the driver lost control and served in oncoming traffic. now the ride the duck international based in atlanta put out a warning on the vehicles could fail. the company recommended a fix for all vehicles and the

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northern afghanistan. it's estimated around 300,000 live there. it's a strategically important transport hub. it's linked by highways to the south. and with tajikistan in the north. the border is porous, it's used for the smuggling of opium and heroin. some of the drugs are then transported to europe. control of kunduz carries symbolic bayou, one of the last taliban enclaves to fall before the 2010 invasion. let's get the latest. we go to our correspond 45km south of kunduz. what is the latest you are hearing on the fight. >> n.a.t.o. issued a statement saying special forces reached the province. they are there to assist forces. now, in the plast few month. the taliban are little them leave the city. people are complaining about a shortage of food, and there is no electricity. so life is miserable in the city. in the meantime the city of kunduz getting ready for an upcoming battle. >> are n.a.t.o. special forces engaging the taliban in kunduz. >> they are engaging. they would be with them. we heard in the morning they would fight taliban, but it w

united states launching an air strike overnight against taliban targets in northern afghanistan, onean fighters captured a major city. this is the first time since taliban gained ground since 2001. >> trying to retake the northern city of kunduz. taliban has been damage. freeing hundreds of prisoners in the pre-dawn attack. let's start with pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: good morning, michaela. some urgency to get the situation back under control. the u.s. launching air strikes overnight in kunduz. the largest city the taliban has been able to control since 2001 in afghanistan. a messy situation. afghan security forces have arrived on the scene. we are told by afghan authorities they are moving through the city and trying to retake the prison. the taliban got there and they freed hundreds of prisoners. the taliban said they have taken control of a local hospital, posting pictures on social media. this is what we've seen so many times but this time on a much larger scale. the taliban move in when they see some vulnerability. afghan forces have to respond. but what

psychological vi victory for the taliban, and getting into what is the fourth largest city of northern afghanistannduz is the size of cincinnati, and so it is not a small village here, and it is the tension there. and the staff has been working there very intently, because it is butting up to uzbekistan and k kazbecki stan, and it is going to put leaders in concern of where to travel. >> and yes, and using up $68 billion in taxpayer money, and in is going to be raising lots of question of whether all of the money and the effort and the u.s. lives lost, and the u.s. troops come home injured severely whether or not this is a waste? >> well, you know, wolf, i was in kundoes,uz a couple of years and the germans had it under contr control, but there is a future for the forces across the board, but they are in their infancy, and the air power is helping, but very few nato forces there r are in kanduz, and maybe the special operators and assets are to the west in nasser sharif. the afghanistanny forces are building up, but they are not to the point where they can take control of -- >> well, we have just

. >> we are following developing news out of northern afghanistan where the u.s.ilitary has carried out an air strike against the taliban. the group captured a city in a surprise attack just hours before. the afghan military also launched counteroffensives. reports indicate members have fanned out in full force akrs the city. afghanistan's president vows to break the stronghold and take back the city. >>> a dozen climate activists face trespassing charges for causing a disruption to the financial district. about 100 protesters took over the intersection yesterday demanding businesses do more to fight climate change. they painted an earth symbol on the payment and sat down and blocked traffic. others went inside the bank of the west. >>> 22 hotel workers could face charges after a noisy protest. the workers staged a sit-in to get attention on efforts to unionize. the protest coincided with the hotel owners conference inside. the protest was peaceful, but police started arresting workers after they ignored warnings to move out of the doorway. >>> today is a big day

jenna: major city in northern afghanistan just a four-drive from the city of kabul. first time that happened since the u.s. defeated the taliban in 2001. now the u.s. is launching airstrikes to counter enemy forces. conor powell live in the newsroom. you spent years living and reporting in afghanistan. i'm glad to talk to you about this. tell us about the area where the taliban attacked. why were they focused there? >> there were reports as far as back as the springtime that taliban were strengthening in northern kunduz province. this is pretty remote area. this is the sixth largest city. it is a important part of the trade route but far away from the eastern and southern parts of afghanistan where taliban traditionally had strength. there were reports that taliban were gaining strength and gunning for kunduz city. that attack came on monday. reportedly several hundred taliban fighters moving into the capital city. taking control of several buildings including a hospital and a police station. taking over significant parts of kunduz city. now the afghan security force

military has launched air strikes on northern afghanistan to help afghan forces take back control of the city. hundreds of taliban fighters stormed the town today, taking over a hospital, and prison. they then raised the taliban flag. this is first time they have captured a major city since 2001 and most u.s. forces withdrew from afghanistan last year. nearly 10,000 american troops remain. >>> president obama chaired a u.n. gathering of the world leaders to discuss countering terrorist groups like isis. president obama also met with cuban president raul castro. cbs news reporter jamie ukiss has more. >> reporter: president obama and cuban president raul castro posed for cameras ahead of their joint meeting in new york, their first official summit, all they both men have been talking since last december about breaking down trade and travel barriers. their meeting comes days after each met with pope francis. vatican played a key role in relationship between the two countries n just the past two months each reopened embassies that have been closed for half a century. but trade embargo s

is back in charge in one of afghanistan's largest cities, in the city of kunduz which is in northern afghanistan. and apparently it didn't take much of a push for them to get the city. the reporting is it took only about 400 or 500 taliban fighters to overwhelm or at least scare off several thousand afghan security forces or police officers supposes to be defending kunduz especially after the taliban attacked before earlier this year. but now that the taliban has taken over in that city and literally raised their taliban flag over kunduz, they've reportedly blown up banks and looted bank vaults all over kunduz and reportedly opened the doors of the city's largest prison and freed hundreds of prisoners. after all this just happened in what feels like a lightning bolt, afghanistan's number two official who was here in new york standing the u.n. general assembly, he turned around and went home toe help oversee the response to this crisis. the afghan president promised that kunduz would soon be back under government control because he said a continuer offensive was under way by afghan forces. report

the united states military hits a tabld target in northern afghanistan after militants there took control of an entire city. why the taliban takeover is so terribly troubling. >>> plus, it's a club so exclusive you need $1.7 billion just to get in the door. it's the forbes 400 list. it ranks the country's richest men and women. we'll look at who made the cut, who didn't and did you believe donald trump's "i'm so rich, i'm worth $10 billion" claim? did you? forbes says it's not that huge at all. now what forbes says is true while trump fires away as only the birther billionaire of queens can. let's get to it. >> now, "shepard smith reporting" live from the fox news deck. >> good morning. american bombs fell again on the taliban in afghanistan long after president obama declared an end to our nation's longest war. the pentagon confirms a warplane carried out an air strike against taliban forces near the afghanistan city of kunduz. population about that of cincinnati. the taliban torched government buildings and blocked anybody trying to escape. they seized control. the first major city the

iraq, and so the problem is getting enough afghan forces up there into the remote area of northern afghanistan to get the security back under control, and hold on to it. it is always the challenge, holding on to it. but again, for u.s. troops, what's the implication? some 10,000 u.s. troops are in afghanistan, and most of them were scheduled to come home sometime next year, but look, if the taliban can make these kinds of advances, it is going to raise some serious questions if the afghan security forces are really ready to handle it on their own. ashleigh? >> well, more importantly at this juncture, you mentioned the coalition forces were at risk from the taliban advance is, and what about the americans, are they the at risk at this point, barbara? >> well, what you have in afghanistan and places like this are small teams of u.s. operations special forces who are out there indeed the helping to advise is and assist the afghan forces. you don't have those large u.s. comb combat brigades and battalions and the hundreds of troops at a time anymore, and so absolutely this is very difficult and da

the taliban have overtaken a key city in northern afghanistan, and freed hundreds of terrorists from the local prison. that is according to afghan officials. [explosion] >> rid escrow shows afghan forces trying to push back the taliban. the "associated press" reports this is the first time the militant group has controlled a major urban area in afghanistan since the u.s.-led invasion back in 2001. officials say the taliban launched a huge surprise attack with hundreds of fighters and witnesses say within hours the militants raised their flags over the city's main square. afghan military officials say they have sent in reinforcements are trying to take back the city as soon as possible. >>> some break news coming to us and that's on the market today and the dow is in what appears at the moment to be freefall. we have been watching it all day, and hovering around 250 to 300 town but just broken the the psychological barrier that was 16,000 on the dow. we're below and it there are concern what the rest of the session will bring. the dow is off almost 2% and going down quickly. why is th

. >>> but let's begin with the breaking news out of northern afghanistan where government forces and taliban have been engaged in heavy fighting all day. the taliban took this strategically important city of kunduz on monday, the first major city to fall since the u.s.-led invasion of afghanistan in 2001. let's go to jim at the pentagon. what's happening here and is this what happens when the u.s. presence shrinks? >> this is the best definition here of a surprise attack. it caught everybody in afghanistan here at the pentagon, by surprise. and it was a total shocker. there was a team of about 400 at most, taliban fighters, who swept into the city of kunduz, easily driving out, get this, 3,000 afghan security forces. army and police. they easily took over the city, control of government buildings, released 500 prisoners, including taliban from a jail, and raised the flag. now at times, there was fierce gun battle or two, but the taliban prevailed. afghan officials accused of taliban of using local citizens as human shields and that, they say, is why the local forces had to retreat. n

they're on the move in kunduz in northern afghanistan.1, to be able to take this city. now there are reports, more than 6,000 afghan civilians on the run from the city, more than 100 injured and killed as the taliban continue to dig in, dig into civilian areas, which makes it very tough. afghan forces trying to get them out of there, but now there has been a second u.s. air strike. this time near the airport. we are told this is because coalition forces that are in the area, you can read that to mean some u.s. capability, they were coming under threat from the taliban. so, again, for the second day in a row, a u.s. warplane had to roll in, drop bombs near the airport to push the taliban back from that position to keep coalition forces safe. this is turning into, perhaps, a more difficult situation than the afghans or the u.s. had expected. not clear at all when the taliban will finally be out of there. alisyn? >> bash remarthanks for your re that. >>> clerk kim davis said she moat meth with pope francis when he was in the u.s. supposedly

take over a major population center in afghanistan and far away from the pakistani borders in northern afghanistan. >> is it also an embarrassment to the obama administration's policy? these afghan troops are trained and equipped by the united states. u.s. troops only withdrew from afghanistan nine months ago, and now you have the taliban with their first strategy victory in 14, 15 years. >> well, indeed. the afghan security forces have shown some great improvements since last year when there was full security transition from nato and american forces to the afghan forces. unfortunately, what happened in kunduz has nothing to do with the willingness and capacity of the security forces. it has more to do with leadership. they both failed at the provinceal and national level in kabul, and this is something that the afghan government has to fix. the afghan security forces have been fighting bravely. the number of of casualties are very, very high, and they have not abandoned their positions because there was chaos in kunduz. in that chaos they lost commanding control. they didn't know what to do. so w

airstrikes are being carried out over northern afghanistan. they are targeting taliban fighters who had advanced into the city of kunduz. monday government force there is came under fire from the insurgents. hundreds of taliban fighters stormed the city. they took over a hospital and a prison. afghan officials say much of the city fell to the taliban. this is the first time the militants captured a major urban area since 2001, almost 10,000 americans and afghanistan most withdrew last year afternoon. a new tropical storm system could target the east coast later this week. joaquin is hurling about 400 miles northeast of the bahamas. forecasters are watching its potential tracks, joaquin could hit the u.s. within four days. it may impact areas from north carolina all the way to new york city. >>> parts of florida are drying out this morning after a day of heavy rain, stalled cars, flattened roads in the city of destin. others went through the water covered streets. hundreds lost power. as many as eight inches of rain fell in some areas. this mor

. >>> we start with news just into cnn on a fierce battle that's raging in northern afghanistan.re trying to push the taliban out of the strategic city of kunduz, and air strikes overnight killed more than 100 taliban insurgents with the senior most commander in the province. >> afghan province was overwhelmed when they attacked from several different directions on monday. an afghan security official says about 5,000 fighters were driven back from help with a u.s. air strike many see the air strikes as reliance on support from the u.s. >> we are joined now from kabul. this has been a major blow for the afghan government, and a major boost for the taliban. now we're hearing they don't have enough troops to take on the taliban, but we've also heard they've killed a number of taliban. what's the situation on the ground? >> part of the reason there's not enough troops is that a lot of them ran away when the taliban advanced on the monday. that's one thing the police chief is not mentioning. and the reports coming out about the taliban commander who has been killed, he was the shadow

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afghanistan where u.s. special forces are helping government troops try to retake a northern city there after the taliban seized control earlier this week. all of this is causing u.s. military commanders to possibly rethink the drawdown in afghanistan and try to keep at least a few thousand u.s. troops there beyond 2016. >> obviously this is a setback for the afghanistan security forces. but we have seen them respond in recent week and months to the challenges they faced and they are doing the same thing right now. >> conner powell is live in the middle east bureau with the latest on that. conner? >> the afghanistan security forces have launched a counter offensive and did that yesterday. but in the first 24 hours it made little progress in rooting out the taliban. the taliban is not only holding the ground but appear to be expanding the grip and control all of the major strategic points in the northern city except for the airport which we understand is being held by afghan sources and propped up by american troops. that is the way the afghan government is going to get additional troops in so it is important. u

air strikes are being carried out over northern afghanistan, targeting taliban fighters who advanced into the center of kunduz. the city is a key transportation hub. monday, forces came under fire from insurgents. hundreds of taliban fighters stormed the city and took over a hospital and a prison. afghan officials say much of the city fell to the taliban. this is the first time they've captured a major urban area since 2001. most of the american troops in afghanistan withdrew last year. >>> a new tropical storm system could come next week. joaquin has strengthened to a tropical storm last night. forecasters are watching its potential tracks. joaquin could hit the u.s. in four days, impacting areas from north carolina to new york city. >>> parts of florida are drying out after a day of heavy rain. drivers in the city of destin saw floodwaters as high as 3 feet. as many as 8 inches of rain fell in some areas. >>> this morning the f.a.a. is investigating a flight that made an emergency landing last year after a serious hydraulic failure. an aer lingus jet left for ireland, looping back

afghan forces in all out combat against the taliban in northern afghanistan.ty from taliban fighters in their biggest victory since they were driven from power in 2001. police and security forces on guard. >> obviously, this is a setback for the afghan security forces. but, we have seen them respond in recent weeks and months to the challenges they face. >> reporter: afghan forces were surprised by the taliban attack according to a senior u.s. official. when they took control of a battle tank and threatened afghan and coalition troops, a u.s. aircraft rolled in and dropped a bomb. they issued a statement saying it was to protect coalition groups in danger of an attack. >> u.s. aircrafts supporting the afghan security forces because they can't do it alone, just yet. you are going to see u.s. special forces, special operating forces supporting the commandos in afghanistan as they attempt to reinforce. >> reporter: u.s. and german forces regularly operate in the area. they remain there now. the fighting is very tough. the taliban took over a hospital. taliban fig

. >>> also right now, thousands of civilians are fleeing their homes in the northern afghanistan cityunduz. this after taliban militants took over that key city. now afghan forces are struggling to retake it. u.s. forces have conducted airstrikes, and nato special forces are also assisting. but a shortage of ground troops is hindering operations. meantime, hundreds of reinfor reinforcements are reportedly being blocked by the taliban in a neighboring province. >>> at any moment, the senate will take up a temporary spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, at least for now. you're looking at live pictures from capitol hill. of course, this fix is expected to pass but only extends the deadline until december. house conservatives are pushing to have all taxpayer funds pulled from planned parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, or they will shut down the government. senior political reporter manu raju is on capitol hill to hels more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. carol, this is really just a punt. this is a short-term spending bill that's going to extend