an american service member is dead after a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. u.s. officials would not confirm if there were any other injuries f or the cause of the crash. they plan to move all u.s. troops from afghanistan by 2016. >> the president playing defense on foreign policy at west point. president obama used his speech to try to explain the porn policy agenda but wound up sounding more defensive and confused. >> america has been stronger relative to the rest of the world. those who argue otherwise and suggest that america is in decline or seen the global leadership slip away are either misreading mist ohistory or engn partisan politics. here's the bottom line. america must always lead on the world stage. >> the president's critics say it presented a peak policy posture for america. >> it is a particularly sad day in america when the president of the united state feels compelled to say america isn't weak we really are a leader we are strong. if you have to tell people you are jong than you are not. if you tell people you are not weak, than you are. >> i thin

and britain in southern afghanistan. in an upcoming u.s. senate report is set to trort testify black sites. what is the true legacy of abu ghraib and what does it mean for the nation's foreign policy and national security? we have great guests to discuss this onset. adam goldman. he has done extensive investigative reporting on cia secret prisons. on skype, karen greenberg, director of the center on national security and sebastian gork a, military affairs fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies. welcome, everyone, to the show. adam, 10 years since everybody at abu ghraib was exposed. i remember at the time, there was public outrage. there was this incredibly high visibility in the media, in congress, and i think there was a sense of the american public that when it gets this much attention, obviously something is going to shift. has anything shifted significantly? >> i can tell you what hasn't shifted. we are still talking about quote, unquote torture. we are talking about what the american government did to these individual

. >> three police officers killed in a taliban attack in southern afghanistan. two attackers wearing suicide vests blew themselves up in kandahar. five police officers have been injured. ten soldiers have been killed in an attack of al-qaeda fighters. al-qaeda's last stronghold. >> this is to be an al-qaeda stronghold. the town is now under the army's control. and soldiers there say they are ready to capture even more ground. >> we control many areas now. we're preparing for an offensive against al-qaeda's last stronghold in the area. >> the town has been an al-qaeda base since 2012. houses have been destroyed in the intense fighting. thousands of people have no shelter. >> our houses were destroyed. we lost everything, and we're concerned about the ongoing military operations in nearby towns. >> troops have been deployed. al-qaeda's last stronghold in the province. they try to negotiate an end to the violence but the army said al-qaeda fighters have only two options, surrender or be killed. >> the attack by al-qaeda shows the risks involved in launching a major

two coalition bases in southern afghanistan. three of the secret prisons are allegedly run by british forces to my american forces and one by the international security assistance force the issue remains over how many teachings remain in the presence of commission member tells the associated press that six afghan detainees were discovered at the british run facility at kandahar airfield and seventeen at the british jail at camp bastion. none were found us presents. but of different afghan officials tells the washington post that detainee is for fair to all sides except the isbn front seven. president karzai has long disputed the coalition forces detention act of afghans and has insisted his government would honor all detention facilities the country instead. the dispute came to a head earlier this year when karzai freed dozens of prisoners the coalition considered dangerous. instead of trying them in court the us says is awaiting the official findings of his latest investigation. but it can surprise that the afghan government is

marine in southern afghanistan. we want to commend him for his service and the sacrifice that his family has made while he is serving our great country. >> all right. very nice. andrea. >> well, this isn't exactly memorial day-related. it is related to you, bob. let's hope you never have to go to brightton, michigan. now if you swear there, the fine is $200. anybody caught with a foul mouth, you will get a ticket. >> you get a ticket for swearing. >> what are those idiots are thinking of? >> a friend of his was skateboarding, he cursed and got a ticket. >> yeah. what are you going to say? oo 0 h. >> you can solve our budget problems, if they fined you for swearing, bob, we could solve all of new york city's background budget problems. >> eric bolling is up next. >> we love the music on the five, the play list, the stones, air aerosmith, tom petty, heart breakers, announced a new tour in san diego october 3rd and ending in los angeles. >> motley crue is touring and fleetwood mac. >> how about the dixie cups? >> dixie

the war for the british troops may be ending in southern afghanistan.ill on for afghan forces struggling to hold. that's harder than ever in the 2014 fighting season and harder still in the 2015 fight season. we're expecting rising violence and that the international community should give more support to afghan forces as they try to hang on. >> i wonder what you mean by more support. there are plenty there to sign up. there's been an extensive effort to train up these forces. what more should they be doing. >> well you have to sustain what you've built i'm afraid. at the moment there are roughly 370,000 afghan forces. the international community has plans to pay for salaries for 228,000 of them. losing a huge chunk, losing perhaps 140,000 of them would be a great mistake. the plans that assumed the taliban insurgency would lose. that's a war still escalating. >> more money. what about keeping those forces there on longer after all? >> that's right. it's not just a question of more money. there's a host of things that need to happen. the afghan governmen

located at camp whether neck in southern afghanistan, a brand-new state of the art military headquarters. john sopko calls it a total waste of taxpayer money. >> the building will probably never be used and will be destroyed. >> across $34 million and 64,000 square feet, it is larger than a football field, complete with a war room theater in another -- and the office bait -- space to accommodate 1500 workers. richard mills said he did not need the building and did not want it. there will soon be no one to use it. in america's drawdown from afghanistan, the number of forces has already fallen from 20,000 to 7000 since it would be too expensive to operate, not even the afghan lee terry wants it. >> that was 2013. how does that happen? >> that is what we are trying to find out. we do not really know. we have an ongoing investigation, special projects looking at how did we end up like this? basically we have wasted 34 or 35 million dollars. a building that no one wanted. the general was supposed to inherit it. he said i do not want it, don't do it. general allen said we are still trying to i

located in southern afghanistan, it's a brand new state-of-the-art military headquarters. pentagon inspector general john sopko call it a total waste of taxpayer money. >> the building will probably never be used and it maybe destroyed. >> at a cost of $34 million and 64,000 square feet, it's larger than a football field. complete with a war room, theater and enough office space to accommodate 1500 workers. long before it was built, major general richard mills said he didn't need the building and didn't want it. there will soon be no one to use it. america's draw down from afghanistan, the number of forces has fallen from 20,000 to 7000. >> that was 2013. how did that happen? >> what's what we're trying to find out. we don't really know. we have an ongoing investigation special projects looking at how did we end up like this. we're building a building -- basically we wasted 34 or $35 million for a building that nobody wanted. the general said i don't want it, edon't want to use it. general allen, who was his supervisor said, we still trying to identify who in the pentagon

troops in villages in southern afghanistan to prevent the taliban from establishing that domination. >> you think that could happen, we could go back to that kind of draconian rule? >> it's possible. the taliban have learned a lot of things along the way. they've learned to use videos, western media, they've become a lot savvier. they may not go to the drastic draconian rule right away in order to be able to keep their political options open with the people of afghanistan. and also the people of afghanistan are now not much more technologically savvy and developed than they were and they may not be as willing to accept the taliban rule as they once did. but the taliban have not moved too far away from where they were in the past and there is reason for us to worry about what they have in mind for the future of afghanistan. >> it is a troubling future indeed for both america and for afghans. thank you so much. former advisor to the state department and to representative richard holbrooke and the dean at johns hopkins school of international studies. an important subject for all of us.

it's there, it's part of the problem of certainly southern afghanistan, but i don't go a great deal into the funding, partly because my great friend has written a brilliant book which you can go and find on that whole thing, and she talks about that. i touch on them as being the original sponsors of the taliban. what was the next question? >> the other question was about the force or antistate elements among ordinary people are is that a fair -- >> or how the taliban wins support. i would say, and it varies through the years. at the beginning that taliban actually came back and they came back with such force, they were defeated and they came back. they researched -- about 2006 and he managed to have a message with the foreigners are leaving for their up to no good. so there was a sense among the people that okay, they are back, we've got to listen to them. so there was that sort of movement, and then actually that failed and it turned into a big fight and the taliban became much more rigid in how they forced, they actually forced people to support them through intimidation and through th

forces out in these remote towns and villages, in mountain valleys, along the border, deep into southern afghanistanthere is very little concept of a central government, even today. and there are police forces with huge issues of corruption, who run operations in their areas, as they see fit, who are very much in many cases aligned with taliban elements in those regions. so will those police forces be able to maintain security in their areas, or are we going to see them sort of chip away in the coming two years and after that? big question, wolf. >> barbara starr will be following this story, obviously, for a long time. barbara, thanks very much. jake, i know you have more coming up at the top of the hour. >> correct. we have a visit with sebastien younger about his film, which takes place in afghanistan. and it takes place in eastern afghanistan. >> gloria will be with us. i'll have tony blinken joining me at 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." we'll continue to cover this, and all the day's major news. >>> brooke baldwin getting ready to pick up our coverage. >> thank you all so much. we'll

commission appointed by karzai reportedly found six detention facilities on two coalition bases in southern afghanistan three of the secret prisons are allegedly run by british forces to by american forces and one by the international security assistance force confusion remains over how many detainees remain in the prison it's a commission member tells the associated press that six afghan detainees were discovered at the british facility at kandahar airfield and seventeen at the british jail at camp bastion on none were found at the u.s. prisons but a different afghan official tells the washington post the detainees were found at all sites except the. facility president karzai has long disputed the coalition forces detention of afghans and has insisted his government run all detention facilities in the country instead the dispute came to a head earlier this year when karzai free dozens of prisoners the coalition considered dangerous instead of trying them in court the u.s. says it's awaiting the official findings at this latest investigation but appears surprised that the afghan government is taking is

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afghanistan, now this is a four-wheel drive. you got that right, brad. let's take a look at that song now, that performance, "southernomfort zone" in afghanistan. ♪ when your wheelhouse is the land of cotton the first time you leave it can be strange ♪ ♪ it can be shocking ♪ >> so take a look. we want to know how you are spending your memorial day. tweet us right now @gma. social square. #socialsquare. david, lara. >> gio, thanks. >>> the storms today after a weekend of severe weather. ginger has the latest. ginger. >> yes, as a general risk of storms as this cold front slips south from florida to michigan. texas is where we focus. this morning it's already happening. just south and east of san antonio. some severe thunderstorm warnings. check that out, could see large hail, even an isolated tornado or some damaging winds in that orange. we had it in the northeast at least in new england, but today it's mostly just warm. 15 degrees above average. the local forecast coming up in just 30 seconds. first the select cities brought to you by smucker's. >> good morning, i am abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with the micro

they have admitted training in afghanistan, mali, al qaeda in the southern part of algeria. we cannot be surprised at the sophisticated. what is worrisome is what makes the lost army of uganda, kidnapping of children, bringing them out as child terrorists. that is unacceptable and international community - they must put a stop to it. if it's not nigeria, it will be kenya tomorrow. if not kenya, south africa. >> thank you very much for that. interesting to talk to you. >>> celebrations to mark five years since the end of the civil war exposed divisions in sri lanka. the government held a victory parade. commemorations for the tamil tigers have been broken up. survivors say the suffering is far from over. we have this report if the northern city of jaffna. >> reporter: the mark of the million, worn by old married tamil women. this woman wore hers since her memory to a leader of the tamil tigers who waged a civil war. today she and these women met in a northern town and don't know where their husbands are. they are among a group of fighters, but surrendered to the military on t

afghanistan. >>> easing winds are helping firefighters in southern california gain ground against a major firefighterning in san bernadino county. it's 53% contained. the fire has burned through nearly 2,200 acres and damaged at least one structure since it started wednesday morning. families evacuated from their homes earlier this week have been allowed to return. investigators are trying to find out how the fire started. >>> it's expected to be a bad wildfire season all over the country and it's going to cost a lot of money. the usda announced it will go over budget to fight wildfires. the u.s. forest service and department of the interior will spend 470 million more. the battle is expected to be a longer more intense fire season. they'll have to borrow money from fire prevention projects like controlled burns. >>> debating how to spend your hard earned money, the house of representatives vote to cut costs and why one politician says this move could mean only rich people will be able to afford to become members of congress. >> reporter: and a paddle boarding craze having unintended consequences, ho

. >> reporter: back from afghanistan air squadron 462, marines, are training for their next deployment. the front lines of western wildfires. the hills surrounding southern california are bone dry. three consecutive years of drought and rising temperatures are fueling fires. glen barley says his crews are facing what may be the most dangerous fire season yet. >> in 2014 we've had over a thousand fires here in california. in a normal year we'd have a little over 400 fires this time of year. >> reporter: there's been no winter break, no time off, no rest for these crews. throughout the west, bigger, faster, and more expensive fires are the new normal. the massive black forest fire of 2013 was the most destructive in colorado history. >> for this home, it's going to be too late. >> reporter: we were on the front lines as houses went up. ten months later, we've come back. the fire destroyed some 500 homes and claimed two lives forever changing the landscape here. today a third of the homes destroyed are being rebuilt. >> the fire literally ran up this hill into your home. >> right up this valley here. >> reporter: the black forest fire started in this family

. >> reporter: back from afghanistan, air squadron 462, marines are training for their next deployment. the front lines of western wildfires. the hills surrounding southern california are bone dry. three consecutive years of drought and rising temperatures are fueling fires. glen barley says his crews are facing what may be the most dangerous fire season yet. >> in 2014, we've had over 1,000 fires here in california. in a normal year we would have a little over 00 fires this time of year. >> reporter: there's been no winter break. no time off. no rest for these crews. throughout the west, bigger, faster and more expensive fires are the new normal. >> wow. >> reporter: the massive black forest fire of 2013 was the most destructive in colorado history. >> for this home, it' going to be too late. >> reporter: we were on the front lines as houses went up. ten months later, we've come back. the fire destroyed some 500 homes and claimed two lives. forever changing the landscape here. today a third of the homes destroyed are being rebuilt. >> the fire literally ran up this hill right into your home. >> right up this valley here. >> reporter: the black forest fi

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afghanistan. that leads us to today with 38,800 u.s. troops there. >>> a fox news alert, new information on the gunman responsible for the vicious killing spree in southern california. police are gathering more evidence as they piece together the background and mental history of 22-year-old elliott rogers seen there, he had been characterized for months before the attack as mentally disturbed, airing his hatred for humanity in those disturbing youtube videos and his chilling 141-page manifesto. claudia is live with more. >> reporter: new details coming to light today about the desperation surrounding the gunman elliott roger and how close he came to having his murderous rampage discovered by sheriff's deputies when they visited his home last month, and the desperation for his parents, who along with his therapist, were braces up here on friday night after becoming aware of that man fegso and his youtube video frantic that their son might be planning to do some violence and hoping to get to him before he did. they told me that during the two-hour drive north from los angeles rogers parents heard news reports on the car radio about a mass shooting, called

afghanistan. those who survived are in desperate need of help. and sky scrapers and highways, panama gets a $15 billion makeover. pro-russia acvisits have stacked the police headquarters in the southern ukrainian city of odessa. this comes two days after violence left more than 40 people dead in the city. police have now released most of those who were arrested on friday, earlier, supporters smashed windows and broke down a gate at the police compound. jonah h. ll sent us this update. >> anger has been building since friday permating the shock, if you like. and building in particular because people on sunday were allowed into the remains of the burned down building in which so many people had died on friday and they had gone from that building en masse to the central police station where around 100 people action we believe, were being held, being arrested after that violence pro-shan crowds have been gathered outside the police station angry lee demanding the release of their comrades, shouting, freedom, freedom and fascists at the police who they see as representing the government and the authorities in kiev. eventually the anger bubbling over to a point where they got access to the

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and afghanistan hold the day of mourning after a landslide they lived in london and support. ukraine continues to teach that. rock the east of the country has spread to the southern port city of odessa hat for russian separatists there have stormed a police station and fried it dozens of fellow activists. ukraine's the interim prime minister our city gets a new one in odessa. earlier on sunday he's blaming russia for orchestrating violent clashes that led to a deadly fire on friday when forty people were killed on the ground it's no longer clear who's in control the new district about two thousand truman should demonstrate his defeats the police station. some fools the way inside and demanded the release of the activists being held in a short time later police lt almost seventy of the prisoners goes. not that into listed on suspicion of provoking friday's violence that resulted in street battles and the fire in which more than forty people were killed. in eastern ukraine reports say at least one separatists was killed in finding new homes and government forces stormed a building and many of hope that this is the evidence of strong ukrainian operations in the ccs.

he says the war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end by the end of this year. >>> some of the six victims in the southern california rampage have been identified. the identity of three stabbed to death by elliot rodger have not been released. >>> more than 35 million ukrainians took to the polls to vote for their next president. the poll shows veteran politician and billionaire petero poroshenko has a lead. he appears to have more than 55% of the vote, ahead of his competitors, by more than 40%. >> meanwhile pope francis is in jerusalem tonight after an historic trip to the birthplace of jesus. in bethlehem pope francis held a mass outside the church of the nativity and made a surprise visit to the wall separating israel from jerusalem, a dramatic moment in his 3-day holy land trip. nick schifrin joins us from jerusalem with more. who is the pope meeting with tonight? . >> reporter: the pope came to jerusalem to have what the vatican says is the most important part of his trip. the reason that he's coming here. 50 years ago this month behind the walls, behind me, the catholic and orthodox churches ended

he served two tours in afghanistan as a marine reservists but has been in a mexican jail since last month. he claims he was driving in southern miles from the border, somewhere along this highway. he says he simply missed an exit and had no way to turn around. the veteran says he just moved and that everything he owned was in his truck, including three firearms. his mother and several u.s. lawmakers are fighting for his release. trace gallagher has more. why are we just now hearing this 9-1-1 call? >> because andrew tahmooressi just remembered making the call so he contacted his family and his family contacted the authorities and they pulled the audio recording. it could be a huge part of his defense because the mexican authorities are adamant he did not make a mistake. listen to what the chief border inspector told the san diego union tribune and read along here. play this: >> that of course is why hey has been charged with gun smuggling and could face up to six years in a mexican prison. his next hearing in mexico is set for may 28th. >> duncan hunter, the run congressman there in california, is pushing the state department

southern how's that function? ♪ >>> president obama announcing today he wants to bring troops home. his plan calls for 9800 troops to stay in afghanistanhat by the end of the year 2015. it's the end game for continued u.s. presence in afghanistan after more than ten years of war. in september of 2009, our reporter from afghanistan was there, assisting trips. >> so the taliban is still around here? >> no doubt about it. it is just a matter of you know, they come at night. they come in during the day when the marines are not around. if you ask the villagers, they are going to say for the most part that i have never seen any taliban, or the taliban has been gone since you guys got here. >> they all say that? >> yeah, that is the usual song and dance. >> they're on the fence about whether or not to fully support the government, because they don't know if you guys are going to stick around. >> yeah, and they have been living here as long as they have been alive. they know which side to play. go with the strongest tribe. >> it is not clear which side the afghan population has chosen. today, president obama said it is harder to end a war than

afghanistan as a marine reservist. the whole thing went down about a month ago elm he is driving around in southern california, moving to san diego. so here's san diego. south of there, chula vista, and then right on the 5 freeway, he says he was not paying attention, all of a sudden went past san isidro and here is the largest united states border crossing in the whole country. the largest for them and the largest for us. all of a sudden he is upon it. no way to turn around. the veteran says he moved from florida and offering he owned was in his truck and among that three firearms. his mother says officials locked her son up with gang members. so he tried escaping to a safer part of the jail. at one point he even stabbed himself in the neck with a broken light bulb. he is now under maximum security and said to be chained to a cot. well, his mom says her son has been through war but this experience has crippled him memory and physically. >> this is harder than the two tours when he got blown up by an ied, he had a concussion, two tours in afghanistan. this is by far the hardest, mainly because it's the fear of the unkno

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but it shows him from the southern part of the kandahar area, and coming from this area that has a long way to he of this in afghanistan, he helped the americans which was the center of gravity for the taliban in 2001. >> he said that the american helped him? >> yes. and then he -- he took the governorship of kandahar for himself and then was taken out of kandahar and then was sent back and eventually 2007 the sort of began and he then began his tenure there. and then it came to an end when he decided to run for president. so he was interested in running to which he was saying that it would be better for them as a whole to support president karzai. >> okay, can you say before we get back to your conceptual argument, what it is like in their offices and not just telling interesting stories, but understanding their style of governance and how they integrate their informal ties which are linked to things that people might call corruption with their formal position. >> yes, with the policies that they have and when you meet with them they have a couple different types of things. and it's an experience that kind of goes bac

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he comes from the southern province, the same province as president karzai and comes from the side that has a legacy of the rule and involvement in afghanistan and he helps the center of gravity in 2001. >> you said that they helped karzai -- >> depending who you talk to you might get a different picture. and then i think it's fair to say he took the governorship for himself and had then was appointed and taken out and then back and eventually in 2007 which is when my story began, sorry, 2005 was then moved and began his tenure which came to the end when he decided to run the presidency. he is also -- his presidential aspirations began when he was interested in running in 2009 but described to me a process by which he was kind of convinced that it would be better because the patch turns as a whole for him to support president karzai, so he did that. >> before we get back to the conceptual argument can you say what it's like being in their presence and being in their offices. with you and not just telling interesting stories, but understanding their style of governance and how they integrate the ties with the formal position. hispanic the off

southern port city of the desk or at least three killed there. and at least three hundred and fifty dead after a landslide berries villages in northern afghanistan. it's happened in remote and the next time province near the borders with tajikistan china and pakistan. local authorities fear the death toll could rise steeply. i know. call welcome back to what you just joining us this is the world this week which in the company. and i to mary of the international new york times. also of with this tradition of ice to cool sites. we are pleased to join in on him the heel of the french news agency afp and every this crazy heat of the bloomberg news agency. we discussed made in moscow in parliament session. icicles are either made a nice tumble this year tobacco. if you don't do well. if you know annie was very violent and we cannot we went into government protests and mobilize for new housing and police and streets were closed on transportation is for stop the need felt almost like a cbc to her. the state of emergency run to the east and will celebrating may day and is specific to the current context or is it something happens every year the thing is

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