a teacher is accused of sexually assaulting a girl less than five years old. 44-year-old rick gazzola is behind bars tonight, according to police he sexually assaulted the child inside his home while her parents were visiting in another room. it happened in late june. gazzola is also now suspended from his job as the fifth grade social studies teacher at salem middle school. >>> taking the blame. u.s. military officials now admitting fault for a deadly mistake in afghanistan. meanwhile, president obama wants to pull the remaining soldiers in that country, but senate lawmakers say that may not be such a good idea. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: the top u.s. commander in afghanistan told senators why it happened is not clear, but the air strikes that killed 22 at the hospital on saturday were the fault of the american military. >> the decision to provide aerial fires was a u.s. decision. >> reporter: a mistake. >> we would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. >> reporter: president obama is demanding quick action from the pentagon, the white house said

beerman is beside herself learning with our visit today that her next door neighbor, 44-year-old rick gazzola is in jail, charged with an unthinkable crime. allegedly sexually assaulted a little girl, younger than 5, inside his home in late june. it happened while her parents were there visiting. >> i'm glad it's not my child, because i'd be in jail. i'd be in jail because i'd kill him. >> reporter: investigators say due to the sensitive nature of the crime and the child's tender age, a female investigator was brought in to handle the case. parents outside of salem middle school are outraged and upset, wondering if any other children could have been harmed. >> you just don't do that to children. children can't defend themselves. don't take the innocence of a child. >> reporter: the district didn't wish to speak on camera today, but confirmed they were notified of gazzola's arrest late last night. he is temporarily suspended from his teaching position, fifth grade social studies, or from stepping foot on the campus pending further investigation. >> we should have been notified. as soon as he t

behind bars accused of sexually assaulting a little girl younger than five years old. 44-year-old rick gazzola is in salem county jail tonight. police say he sexually assaulted the girl inside his home while her parents were visiting in another room. this happened in late june. gazzola has been suspended from his job as a fifth grade social studies teacher at salem middle school. neighbors had no idea he surrendered to police yesterday. >> i'd be in jail. i'd be in jail, because i'd kill him. i would, i really would kill him. any child of mine, i would have killed him. so i'd be in jail, too. >> the salem city school superintendent tells nbc 10 gazzola will not be allowed to have any contact with children pending further investigation. >>> penn state student's-run pawn has cancelled after a student died, 19-year-old sepot of connecticut was killed after the car she was in crashed last month. she and six others were returning from collecting donations when they crashed. this is a picture of sepot doing what is called canning, where members hold a can to collect donations. money raised goes to f