who fought so hard to push the taliban back.an talk to many officials who say its capital could fall at any day really. that gives you a sense of how much on the offensive the taliban are and what could happen in the summer fighting season ahead. this is the center of the key town in the taliban's sights, tense yet teeming. it's a bit too soon to say whether people are happy with the taliban. the bazaar is now full of people where it used to be empty. that was because security was bad and somebody people avoided the government's forces. others fled to its outskirts from the fighting and flash points. >> translator: my worst memory is how a wedding party was hit by a mortar killing a large number of women and children. >> translator: the police left after fighting intensified and told me to move to a vakant corner of the village but the bullets followed killing ten people so i fled here. >> reporter: just over a year since nato stopped fighting and here the taliban's white flags are closer than ever. >> nick paton walsh joins us

. >>> the taliban gains ground in afghanistan. why some former soldiers have switched sides to help them. >>> in the u.s., democratic candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders are aggressively campaigning in new york, but one local lawmaker says right now, neither candidate is looking strong. >>> and a first major title for this british golfer as a defending champ falters. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. thanks so much for kicking off your week with us. we appreciate it. cnn newsroom starts now. >>> our top story this hour. shifting loyalties in afghanistan. taliban insurgents are making bold advances in the country's heldman province. >> and part of the reason the afghanistan government seems to be losing ground there is because of soldiers like these defectors from the afghan army who have joined the taliban. for more on all this, senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joins us now life from kabul. nick, why a

narco state. >> the taliban initially --. >> the problem now the taliban has gone into that business as well. >> they've never really had a strong central government. essentially it is still a collection of tribes running regions. that's what we've had to work through in order to have something resembling stability. >> you know, when it breaks down that's probably what's going to lap to it. >> are iraq and afghanistan better off or worse off than when president obama took office? >> worse off. >> we'll go around the horn. >> they're far worse off. both are in horrendous shape. they've got scores of thousands if not hundreds of thousands dead. and millions of homeless. >> i don't think either of them are worse off than when he took office. and to suggest that obama is to blame, let's go back to the original sin and the invasion of iraq, which happened under the previous president. that was the biggest strategic bumbling mistake ever. >> i agree with that. >> so was the 2011 withdrawal and the president is not in my mind telling the truth when blames that purely on -- that could have b

the afghan taliban. bush after i , complained a lot about the sanctuary in pakistan, he said, i will do something for you, i will call and say that you are coming to see him because you offer details of where camps are. they are being trained. when i went to see him, he badly denied that there were any afghan taliban in pakistan. address, phone number. i was very surprised to hear that. the leadership council of the taliban was in a big city. journalists were going and interviewing these talibans. so i was, i was there is apprised. that is what the dilemma has been in dealing with pakistan. charlie: the president is having a nuclear summit. the president of china is there and others. the question once more has been raised because with respect to some of the people who represent isis in europe evidently had some designs on nuclear resources. there were even considerations of kidnapping people who work there. that kind of thing. it has raised the question once again of the safety of nuclear weapons in paki

two members of the taliban, but the taliban representative said he has not heard about this letter. > glasse thank you very much indeed. >>> one of libya's rival administrations has backtracked on its decision to step down. the u-turn has left those in and outside of the country confused. so who is in charge now? >> reporter: since the fall of gadhafi, various entities have completed to exploit and fill the political vacuum. in the .capitol tripoli is a self declared government. the coalition is headed by this man and is supported by powerful militias. the justice minister on wednesday said it was stepping down, but now he is threaten prosecute any ministers who join the new government. the gna still does not have to support of the third administration, the house oprepresentatives, that's the parliament. that's meeting of the eastern city of tobruk, pushed owl of tripoli two years ago, it continues to claim legitimacy. it was recognized by the u.n. until last year. the u.n. envoy to libya says its support for the new government of national accord will be crucial. >> the house of repre

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and the afghan government, but the taliban. isis guys are fighting the taliban.e're fighting the taliban. does that mean we're on the side of isis. of course not. we're fighting isis. the taliban is fighting isis. so are we on the side of the taliban? of course not. we're fighting the taliban and isis and isis and the taliban are also fighting each other. if we had a sane and responsible political system in this country, this is what our presidential candidates would be clobering each other about right now. this is who they would be clamoring to beat each other about because we would be holding them accountable about whether they could fix this because this for us this needs a political solution. i am no expert and neither you are, but a solution that has not worked in 15 straight years of trying is one that is probably not going to work in 16 years either or 17 or 18. nothing starts to work in year 16. if we're going to get a new approach here, it's going to have to come from congress as if, or it's going to have to come from one of these nice folks. as long as

. >>> the taliban closing in on afghan government soldiers. cnn seeks with defectors about why they left the army to join the taliban. that's next. >>> new gains this morning for the taliban in afghanistan. the militant group moving closer to helmand province along the border with pakistan. an area heavily fought over for years. let's go to cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh. nick, what are you learning? >> reporter: john, so many assurances from u.s. and nato officials that the afghan are able to hold ground once u.s. troops and majority left here. that is not the case in helmand. so much money available there for the taliban if they get hands on the opium trade. the afghan army losing because of defections saying they were not getting the resources and they joined the taliban instead. i say, the afghan officials clearly say they don't think the key city of helmand will hall. the defense minister offered to resign. here's what he said. >> will not fall. >> if it does, will you resign? >> it will not fall. if it falls, t

the leader, they choose to unify the various taliban factions. one of the demands of afghanistan, is to use your influence against the taliban leaders. spring offensive, stop bigger attacks, including attacks like today in cities like kabul. we are almost certain now, that the taliban is it simply saying no to any future peace talks, let alone a peace deal. least 30now, at attacks are underway across the country in various places and provinces and districts. it is very clear that the taliban thinks they are winning, thinks they are not in a weak position to comment join any future peace talks. molly: he was reporting from kabul. airstrikes have killed at least 40 people and wounded some 80 others. talksce has brought peace in geneva to a standstill. the u.s.-russia backed truce crumbling. prospects for negotiations are bleak. the opposition says post moment is indefinite in the government, ruling out any negotiations about the president of assad. oliver farry reports. staller: as peace talks influences,xternal they had clues -- accuse regime,nt -

the taliban has not been crashed.atty: you predicted that afghanistan when you were serving there and when you left, you predict it that this would happen? >> things were on the ascent in terms of the afghan economy and the democratic election of a president. katty: you did not think it was dependent on foreign forces staying in the country? wefor three or four years were more focused on iraq and timen the 2007, 2008 period. the taliban has come back in like the tide. nato troops are fraction of what they were. .atty: thank you for coming in it is primary day in new york. two of the presidential candidates were busy voting for themselves, or at least we assume that they were. hillary clinton and her husband cast their ballots early. shortly after, it was donald trump's turn. he is hoping to get his campaign back on track with a win tonight. he has tapped into the fears and frustrations of his supporters. in the city that witness 9/11 and the financial crash of 2008, it is a message that resonates. nick bryant has more

we are fighting the taliban and isis and isis and the taliban are also fighting each other.olitical system in this country. this is what our presidential candidates would be clobbering each other right now. this is what they would be clamoring to beat each up politically. 23 voters would be holding them accountable for whether or not they were going to be able to fix this because this for us, this means a political solution. i am no expert. neither are you, but a solution that has not worked in 15 straight years of trying is one that is probably fought going to work if 16 years either or 17 or 18. nothing starts to work in year 16. and with we're going to get a few approach here, it's going to have to come from congress. ha, as if, or it's going to have to come from one of these nice folks. as long as the war is seen as a foreign story, something that only affects military families, and as long as the fate and the work of 10,000 american troops is not seen. is something american politicians have to work about. it's seen as an international news story, then a part is solution

>> well, it's different because the taliban does a lot. it administers justice in areas that it controls, it taxes the local population.n. it has a political structure, almost a political state apparatus in areas that it controls. it does not have that in cities like kabul. what it has is really a military and intelligence infrastructure, but it wants the political architecture to go with that. so this is part of a longer-term campaign. >> woodruff: what does this say, send -- seth jones, aboutu the standing of afghan security forces, which we know the u.s. has been trying to build up for years now?rs >> look, there are plenty of challenges with the afghan national security forces. the higher-end forces that responded to this today, the intelligence forces, the afghan commandos, some of the higher-end army forces are pretty good, but the general state of the police and a lot of the army are mixed quality. i think the problem we're seeing is they're not very proactive in pushing out against the taliban in rural areas. and so the fight is no

pakistan is in fighting at the moment that taliban are having with other taliban saying hey, join us,u. that's how they claim to be part of isis. most people we spoke to suggest it isn't pakistani foreign, most prevalent in the east in early parts of last year to fwet more territory and the air strikes pushed them back. some u.s. officials say they may have lost ground in one key province but are popping up again as well. you heard the radio station emerging after bombed off the air recently. deep concern they found some kind of route, they are mobile. the idea hasn't caught on but a massive distraction for the issue of fighting the taliban. security forces struggling in the fight against isis which is urgent and needs tackling and the longer term insurgency. >> nick in afghanistan, thank you very much. >>> ahead, new intelligence on north korea. concerning four u.s. officials. there are signs they maybe plan an unprecedented ballistic launch. a live report from the pentagon is next. (announcer) need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 100 of the web's leadi

this should represent a significant shift for the taliban that said it would mott negotiate, would note to the table unless all western forces have left afghanistan. they also have said it would not negotiate with what they call a puppet government, this letter contradicts that, it says that it represents a new shift, a new strategy by the taliban, it says that any divide in leadership, was because of miss understandings over the last few months. and poor ports to put forward this whole new system. we don't know if this is a guidance moving forward not only talking about negotiating with the united states, and also the afghan government but also reinstating it's military reorganizing it's military systems. a whole new set of 12 points of really a different organizational way of moving forward the real question is here does sit the backing of the taliban leadership. particularly the successor, masoor, now he had pronounced his allegiance, just in the last couple of months. and just over the last week or so, two members of mull la omar's family, his brother and son, were brought into the

the taliban feels emboldened. they feel they have the capability to challenge the afghan government. that obviously plays into the question as to the possibility of some sort of reconciliation between the afghani government -- the ghani government and the taliban. but we also work extremely closely through the defense department particularly and afghan security forces in devising better ways to fight against the taliban and to protect the government of national unity in afghanistan. i think we see this fighting season as being a difficult one for the afghan government -- charlie: how difficult? david: i think it is going to be certainly as difficult as last year's was. charlie: they continued steadily gaining. if they continue steadily gaining, they are going to overthrow the government. david: they have been making some inroads and getting pushback. kunduz, for instance. the taliban took kunduz briefly, then the afghan forces pushed back. there is fighting now further south in afghanistan. what the taliban has do

neither did the taliban spokesperson. so still very murky. if true, it would represent a real turn-around by the taliban and maybe a step further towards peace talks. >>> to iraq now. residents in the isil h-held ci of fallujah are making food from grass because of food shortage. they haven't got aid supplies into the city since december of last year. the supply routes have been cut off leaving residents stranded and stavring. it's difficult to get information from residents stuck in the city as the islamic state of iraq and levant has banned the use of mobile phones and the intern internet. >>> one of libya's rival administrations backtracked on the decision to step down. it left those inside and outside the country confused. so who is in charge now? we break it down. >> reporter: since the fall of long-time leader moammar gaffdy in libya, many have tried to fill the political vietnam couple. in the capital of tripoli is a self-declared government. it's supported by powerful militias. the justice department said this government is it steppin

and urged the taliban to lay down their weapons. >> we call on the taliban to enter into a peace process. a legitimate process. a real process. that provides equal rights, protection for all afghans. >> despite years of bloodshed and violence, u.s. has stopped short of labelling the taliban a terror organization in hopes of one day negotiating a peace agreement with the group. 15 years on, that's looking less and less likely. brett? >> connor powell, thank you. >>> a syrian opposition coalition is blaming president bashar al assad for airstrikes on rebel-held towns that killed 44 civilians today. the coalition says the attacks justify its decision, to suspend participation in the geneva peace negotiations. russia says extremists have taken control of the opposition and hijacked the talks. president obama talked with russian leader vladimir putin monday about syria. president obama said he told putin their two countries need to be in sync about maintaining the current partial cease-fire. while negotiations continue. the white house read-out of the conversation did not mention recent haras

what the taliban has done over the last year or so is taking districts, taking outposts. they hav-- they haven't taken mr population centers. we expect this fighting season is more the same of small-scale gains by the taliban, but the afghan forces, assuming they precede as effectively as possible being able to hold back the taliban. >> rose: one last question, north korea. >> uh-huh. >> rose: what worries you? well, what worries me is north korea has nuclear weapons. >> rose: yes. that north korea has missile technology. they've perfected their short range missile technology. >> rose: do they have the capacity to launch a nuclear intercontinental -- >> so they have never -- >> rose: -- ballistic missile with a nuclear war head? >> they've never tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. they have done space launches which they did earlier this year which is technology quite similar to intercontinental ballistic missile but they've never tested an intercontinental ballistic missile and they've never tested with a dummy warhead to see if they could have a reentry vehicl

violencesaying taliban is not acceptable. they are also undermining the peace process. they are not interested in talks. they think they are winning, they think they are in a much stronger position. unfortunately for afghanistan, it looks likely that it will be a bloody and violent year. that. thank you for next now to the united states, where voting has opened in the presidential primary in new york. republicans and democrats are both expecting a pivotal day. our correspondent has details. senatore big apple, a from new york in eight years, favors to take the state primary , in the final hours before tuesday's vote. hillary clinton: i am so proud of new york. lady liberty stands in our harbor. we are a city of immigrants, a state of immigrants, and a nation of immigrants. >> if clinton loses in new york, it would be a devastating political blow. but if she clinches new york, hurricane manager said it would be time for rival bernie sanders to step out of the race. stake, heelegates at needs to win 68% of delegates across all the remaining states until the july conventio

is they left the table, the taliban. have they come back or do you know? does anybody know here? >> they have left -- the taliban have left the table. recently, i think in the last couple days, one of the folks has indicated that he is willing to participate in in the afghan peace process. i think it's still on-again/off-again. but the question is really are there some anxieties -- >> sure there are. of course. >> there is a lot of anxiety, especially among women through peace process. and if you look at the whole picture, the long-term picture, if you have a peace council that was created years ago, when you have 70 men and 5 women or 6 women, how do you arrive at peace? because those five or six women that were selected, they also cater to whatever that 65 or 70 men are saying. so women are in minority. and women are scared. >> of course they are. >> they're in anxiety. again, they're fighting this in every way they can, and they are. so they don't get sacrificed, you know, during the peace process. so they, like, duri

the bbc visits the afghan army as it launches a new defensive against the taliban.he global high is on for this man in the hat. the belgian authorities hope this will help find the missing suspect in the brussels bombing. ♪ we're off to meet the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz ♪ >> in may seem like a bad movie at times, and maybe there is a reason. we look at each candidate's favorite film. why at least one likes to act it out. >> nothing better, except for a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato salad. >> welcome to world news america. afghan forces have begun the new offensive against taliban militants in the province of helmand where allied forces suffered more casualties in more than a decade of fighting in afghanistan. government troops have had a tough time since nato forces ended the combat mission in 2014. we visited the former british base from where he sent this report. >> i flying to what is left of am camp bastion, the main british base in afghanistan. very few journalists have been here since the british withdrew. so this is what remains of that vast comp

this white flag is the talibans.lose, defending one of the last government hold outs in the province. it use tod to be nato that shot from these positions. hundreds of americans and britons died. many in the town where these pictures show the afghan army recently in heavy clashes. but now afghanistan is quite quickly watching. the taliban are winning partly because of men like these. this is a rare window into the afghanistan government's worst nightmare. soldiers from the afghan army who say they've defected and joined the taliban. they never dreamed they'd change sides. >> i did 18 months of army training and took and oath to serve this country, but the situation changed. the army let us down, so we had to come to the taliban who treat us like guests. >> reporter: i should say afghan and u.s. officials reject the idea that the city is so much under threat. the acting defense minister said he would quit if it fell to the taliban, but this is occurring even more what is known as the summer fighting season, warmer tem

how critical is the fight against taliban? >> great point.ere in peace talks with the afghan government for a while and then they left because they thought they could withhold their forces and announcement of withdrawal of u.s. forces came about. now they're standing by because they're standing by. isis is pulling fighters way. they're trying to survive as well and there's no requirement to come back to the people. >> we have this new report here that the obama administrations to send 250 additional troops to syria as well. what would their role be, and do you agree it's necessary at this point? >> i do. these are special operations forces. sos and you have to differentiate between the special forces. these are the counterterrorism forces that will continue to fight for intelligence and continue the further defeat of isis in syria. >> when you talk about who they're going to be partnering with, these moderate syrian forces who are fighting isis, how accountable are these forces because syria itself is in such disarein terms of government. how

security is getting bad, the taliban are on the move and all the rest. i think we don't often appreciate how far the country has come. you started to talk of the bit about that. to gcl a bit more about what has really been accomplished in the last 14 years or so? >> like i said earlier we have accomplished a lot. 15 years ago we didn't have girls going to school. we didn't have clinics for women. we didn't have them -- women ministers. we didn't have women in parliament. parliament. so i can go on and on, especially businesswomen, women advocates. the first year when i was there, let me explain it to you this way. when i first went there, i was looking for women that are doing the handicraft in a carpet weaving and all that. i was looking for them all over the place. you couldn't find them, even on the streets. so i ran into one and i said i want to see 10 or 15 women that i could work with and i could talk to and maybe i could teach them something. for economic empowerment purposes. he said okay. why don't you come on a friday and i will go ahead and sh

this is a letter who is a key member in the new taliban leadership.had been a key member here in afghanistan until 2001. now first it all, it -- it shows that they are saying that they are willing to talk to the united states. the letter says that it is a system to, quote, end the occupation, and establish the islamic system in afghanistan. but it does seem to represent a big turn around by the taliban who previously said they wouldn't engage in talks. we thought there was going to be another round of peace talks last month, and then we heard that they had heard nothing of the talks. so this seems to be a step forward towards negotiations and a huge turn around. we don't know whether others have endorsed this letter, but the man who wrote the letter has expressed his support and is in line with this movement. >> why now? >> reporter: there has been a lot of pressure and behind the scenes talks. the afghan government says it has been trying to work -- we saw another turn around by a former leader also saying that a u.s. withdraw, a nato withdraw from a

this white flag is the talibans.e of the last held. it used to be nato that shot from these positions near the vulnerable city. hundreds of americans and britains died many in the town where the pictures show the afghan army recently in heavy clashes. now afghanistan is quite quickly watching. the taliban are winning partly because of men like these. soldiers from the afghan army who america spent billions training who say they have defected and joined the taliban. >> translator: i did 18 months army training and took an oath to serve this country but the situation changed. the army let us down so we had to come to the taliban. >> reporter: they carried uniforms, i.d.s and bank cards used to get old army wages. these pictures were more recently filmed and both use training and experience to train the taliban. >> translator: i decided to leave the army when my dead and injured conrads lay in our base but nobody took them to the hospital. my army training is useful now as i'm training taliban fighters with the same kno

but there's a taliban expansion in the territory they control here.o potentially splot attacks outside of afghanistan and again find themselves safe havens here. 15 years after the u.s. intervened, trying to catch bin laden. nick paton walsh, cnn, kabul. >> coming up, ted cruz and his family in the spotlight tonight at the cnn town hall. will his wife bring out his softer side? that's right after this. >>> last night at the cnn town hall, donald trump with his entire family on stage showed something of a softer side from his angry tweets. >> i wanted to be a baseball player. i wanted to make movies. i had a lot of different ambitiouses i was as growing up. >> do you write all your own tweets. >> i would say yes. >> he is not the guy that sets you done on his knee and says this is how you do business. you learn by watching. he will let you make the mistake and you will pay for it. >> i have a wonderful family. it's been important to me. i think it's been a stabilizing factor. i don't think i would have the kind of success without my family. >> tonight

i'm glad that we took the taliban out. i'm glad saddam hussein is dead. i'm glad that gaddafi is dead. having said that, we're going to have to understand that when the dictator falls and the taliban are taken down, the hard work begins. sharyl: graham's marshall plan 2.0 envisions a germany-led global effort to pour upwards of $150 billion worth of humanitarian and economic aid into middle -eastern countries that are teetering on the edge. graham: what i would want to do is create a new pot of money, low interest loans, preferential treaty agreements with this fragile states only if they'll change. we're not going to write checks to people who are just throwing folks in jail they don't like. we're not going to write checks to countries where people who run the government rip off their own populations. sharyl: where does the pot of money come from, because other republicans might say, and probably are saying, we're broke. graham: pay now or pay later. you know, we are in debt, but we're not too broke to defend ourselves. and here's what i, i've learned. t

the taliban has been resurgent over the last year. the fighting season is about to start again. and the u.s. government is planning to cut the number of its troops to 5500 from 9800 toward the end of this year. >> sreenivasan: so what happens on that political front come september? does that mean the government dissolves or collapses? >> reporter: well there's a lot of ambiguity about what exactly happens. what keri today said-- and he's the person who brokered the agreement that created the unity government-- from his point of view it doesn't need to end-- or it doesn't end in two years, that there's no specific termination date. what he's essentially and what u.s. officials are really trying to do here is get the afghan politicians, not just ghani and abdull abut the opposition politicians associated with former president karzai to try to work out some kind of an agreement to keep the government going beyond september. that's especially important because in october, aid donors are going to meet in belgium and decide how much aid to give to afghanistan and they're not going to

the white flags are of the taliban. they are that close. city. hundreds of americans and britains died many in the town where these pictures show the afghan army recently in heavy clashes. but now afghanistan is quite quickly washing the city fall.w because of men like these. soldiers from the afghan army who america spent billions training who say they've defected and joined the taliban. they're edgy. >> translator: i did 18 months of army training and took an oath to serve this country, but the situation changed. the army let us down, so we had to come to the taliban, who treat us like guests. >> reporter: their carry their old uniforms, ids, and wallets to get their old army wages. now both use their training and experience to train the taliban. >> translator: i decided to leave the army when my dead and injured comrades lay in our base, but nobody took them to a hospital. my army training is very useful now as i am now training taliban fighters with the same knowledge. >> reporter: men who have seen the tide turn and voted with their fe

it is staggering to see men like these two we interviewed, former taliban.rican air power will hit their villages because their homes have isis living in them and they want the isis fighters dead. that shows you how chaotic the war has been here and isis is a distraction to the afghan forces. it is distracts the resources from the longer term fighting from the taliban who announced today the fighting season has begun. the warm summer months. it could get worse. john. >> so many shifting allegiances there. one of the significant developments is the fighting season as the taliban says has begun. nick, thanks. >>> joining us for an early start on your money is alison kosik. >> it is looking like a rough start to the day. red arrows around the world. asian stocks closed lower. europe markets in the red and u.s. stock futures. stocks kicked off on a bad note. the dow lost 21 points. the s&p and nasdaq closed lower yesterday. you look at how the s&p did yesterday. closing lower. it is back in negative territory for the year. verizon workers planning to strike almo

this is part of the taliban's preannounced spring offensive?> reporter: that seems like it, a common tactic, jake, for them to penetrate to be the ring of steel that surrounds the government-controlled capital. the attack planned for the morning, actually the first blast there using a suicide bomber in a truck, blowing up in a private parking lot where there were a lot of civilians going their way to work, going to school. that parking lot annexed on to the back of a compound where part of the security services have one of their headquarters. this park, bodyguards effectively responsible for looking after afghan vips, that was the taliban's target. a second assailant, using a blast, having blown a hole in the wall to get in, began attacking inside. it seemed to have taken a number of hours for the second attacker to have been killed. remarkable, 300 injured. worth pausing on that number, 300 lives, changed to some degree today. a blast so powerful, it shook many people blocks away. >> what can you tell us about the individuals killed and wounde

the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack on twitter. >>> back here at home, at least five deaths being blamed on unprecedented rainfall in texas. a state of emergency has been declared in nine counties. three to four inches of water fell in one hour. and it left residents trapped in homes and cars. janet shamlian has more. >> reporter: a flood for the ages. the nation's fourth largest city at a stand still, submerged by 16 inches of rain. >> i was not expecting this. >> reporter: major highways under water. public transit shut down. schools closed for a million students. >> i'm a little bit nervous. >> reporter: on tax day, people urged not to make a run for the post office. >> please stay off the streets. >> reporter: a big rig driver nearly swept away. he disappears under water before being pulled to safety. >> leave the cars, swim. >> reporter: a reporter for station ktrk rescues another trapped driver. all captured live. already more than 1,2 hundred high water rescues. >> i'm just scared. what if you fall? >> reporter: this couple walked to safety through high water w

khan would later find out that the injured man was a member of the taliban. mohammad razeq got out to see what was going on, then they were suddenly surrounded by afghan special forces. >> the brothers were taken to the house of a local doctor where the soldiers were detaining people. >> mohammad khan was detained in the doctor's compound all day. it wasn't until evening that he was allowed to see his brother. the soldiers had asked the doctor who owned the compound to take a look at mohammad razeq. >> i had tried to reach the doctor who tended to mohammad razeq as he took his last breaths, but he refused to talk to me about what had happened. but his son mansoor, who had also been there that day, came to kabul to meet me. >> there he is. >> how come it is not possible for your father to talk to us about it? >> mansoor told me that during the night afghan soldiers came into his house and occupied it. >> the soldiers told mansoor that they would hold people in his family's house for questioning. >> mansoor says he saw mohommad razeq and two other men being bea

the taliban has increased its attacks since announcing the start of their spring offensive last week. >>> in an interview with charlie rose, president obama says he expects to see progress in the fight to retake the iraqi city of mosul from isis. >> as we see the iraqis willing to fight and gaining ground, let's make sure we're providing them more support. we're not doing the fighting ourselves, but when we provide training, when we provide special forces who are backing them up, when we are gaining intelligence working with the coalitions we have, what we've seen is that we can continually tighten the noose. my expectation is that by the end of the year, we will created the conditions whereby mosul will eventually fall. >>> coming up on "cbs morning news," we'll have more of charlie rose's interview with the president, who weighs in on the battle over the 9/11 congressional report. >>> new york holds its presidential primary today. the election has taken on increased importance as the front runners in both parties look to make a point. for the democrats, 247 delegates are on the line

. >> latest violence the taliban is claiming responsibility for. >> san jose trying to tackle the housing crisis. the proper posal city leaders are considering to help out renters. good tuesday morning. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. expecting some cooling? >> we are looking at temperatures l are nice this morning. looking at highs this afternoon, we'll bring it down a few more degrees. 76 in san francisco and low 80s elsewhere. temperatures fall as we go through the rest of the week. i'll detail that in five or six minutes. let's check in with mike. >> got my eyes on hayward. the rest of the bay looking smooth, although there may be a new crash in fremont. just past that 9 interchange around industrial. we have a crash. look like the activity got to the shoulder. there is not a lot of slowing. >>> a deadly shooting at the mall. they found a man shot and lying in the street. >> and police officers, san jose police, just cleared the scene here right near the intersection with quintby. they removed a car that had its back windows shut out. through tears she told me she didn't re

the bloodshed to keep the taliban out of it.are in control of five districts of the province. pressuring the city. we spoke to some afghan army people who deserted the army and joined the taliban saying their fight for the government is fruitless. they said they were not getting the assistance from the army to continue that fight. to the afghan government, pushing back hard they are losing the fight. the acting defense minister going as far as saying he would resign if the key city in helmand would fall. here's what he said. >> it will not fall. >> at all? >> at all. >> if it does, will you resign? >> it will not fall. if it falls, there is no doubt i would resign. it will not fall. >> reporter: a strong statement there about how important it is. we heard from officials saying it is pressured by the taliban. john, this is about the next few months. kabul, you saw explosions near john kerry as he departed here on saturday. we heard of two dead and seven injured targeting the education officials here. helmand deteriorating with a

the taliban keen to show they can penetrate the ring of steel.ow fear, show that while they have greater reaching capability in the provinces around kabul, taking territory particularly in helma helmand, the capital is not impregnable to them at all. they can make residents feel deeply concerned. and of course, today a substantial loss of life. many injured and more terrified, wolf. >> as you know, nick, you were just there reporting from kabul in afghanistan. the afghan military, u.s. spent billions and billions of dollars training them, arming them. what is the status of that military right now? they seem to be losing lots of ground to the taliban. >> reporter: there were so many constant assurances, wolf, by u.s. and nato officials when they were there that the afghan military security forces would hold ground and now saying they didn't have the backup of troops there, a desire for air power in there to help them out and one simple fact nobody can avoid. last year, the deadliest on record. 5,500 soldiers, police and other security personnel ki

this comes after the taliban announced a spring offensive next week and the u.s. decrease the number of troops from 10,000 to 5500 by the end of 2016. speaking of american sacrifice on the battlefield in afghanistan, since the war in afghanistan began in 2001, 1,843 u.s. service members have been killed in action. more than 21,000 wounded and the price tag of this war, well over $700 billion. now, the conflict in afghanistan is now the longest in american history. the senior u.s. military commander in afghanistan today said insurgents resort to this type of terrorist attack because they are no match for the afghan forces on the battlefield and a state department spokesman says the u.s. maintains efforts to start peace talks. the taliban has to be willing and no indication right now they are. >> lea, thank you. >> we'll be back with a look back on a day on which the course of music and perhaps driving changed forever. it happened on this day in history. at safelite, we know how busy your life can be. oh no this mom didn't have time to worry about a cracked windshie

they're facing a resurgent taliban. taliban making a lot of ground here. what secretary kerry is trying to do is shore up the government and also talk to the troops, make sure -- thank them for their service and stalk about how the government can move ahead on its plans for reconciliation with the taliban, although ahead of the fighting season, it really remains unclear whether the taliban is even interested in talking, george. >> elise labbot on the phone with us. stand by. the traveling with the u.s. secretary of state. >> i would like to bring in our own nick paton walsh who is live on the ground there in kabul to tell us about this trip. we just heard elise talking about the secretary of state planning to talk to the troops, also to shore up support there. what more do you know on the ground? >> reporter: well, this is a pivotal time for secretary of state's visit. the national unity government, the compromise between the man who is now afghan president ashraf ghani and the man who is the ceo, and they didn't agree on the winner of the last election. t

, fights, terror, everyone knows the relationship between afghanistan and the taliban. >> eventually she decided to apply for refugee status. >> my friend told me about unhcr refugee program, and said it would be easy for me to get approved being a single mother with a child. >> after nearly two and a half years of interviews and background checks, satara made it to the u.s. in 2013. >> it was very hard for me to believe that i was finally going to the u.s. >> in new york she was introduced to women for afghan women, a non-profit organization based in new york and kabul helping afghan women resettle in the u.s. founded in 2001 the organization helped more than 580 afghan women last year. nahid, the group's program director, said that life in afghanistan has improved for women after they were allowed to join politics and schools. >> this is something more than 30 years of war, and it does not take just a few years to build it back into place where it was. >> women helped me with social security, food stamps, i.d. other matters. i used to get scared of traveling, but now i go on my own

distance, the air crew received the grid cordinance of taliban-controlled building. when the air crew planned to plot the coordinates of the building, the system directed which was open field not the location. the air crew attempted to find the target in a nearby area. instead, they found the doctors without borders trauma center, that generally matched the physical description of the he radio.relay'd over t it was initially believed the taliban nter was the control building that was about a quarter mile away. the investigation found that the engagement that followed the ground force commander and the believed istakenly that the air crew and air craft was firing on the intended target. want to emphasize that the trauma center was a protected facility and was on a no-strike list. receive fire not from the trauma center during the incident, nor did the investigation find that insurgents were using it as a base for operations. treated at nts were the trauma center, but hospitals and patients are protected on the battle field. a trauma center was protected facility, but