that well as i was the taliban. go ahead michael john i'm not suggesting they're going to set i'm not going to i'm not suggesting they can send troops and they will send trainers in to work with the existing with with what they have right now and then incorporate perhaps the taliban into the afghan security forces whether it's a police or a situation that means as volatile and as bad as it is now and if it's even deteriorates in future i don't think that the advisers alone whatever that would be from the united states are from neighboring countries like china or india can can't carry out their mission properly might well it's essentially the same pattern is that the route let's go to beirut go ahead mike so i was just i would actually agree with akbar there and add another and that pakistan is a nice internal problems on its own without having to deal with problems in afghanistan as well so i mean i think a scenario of the regional powers stepping in to fill a vacuum in any sense is is really optimistic in many ways

it was a question about their reconciliation with the taliban. or the government you know is part of the withdrawal of western forces because the taliban are staying western forces are leaving ok those are the two knowns the talks yes the talks with the taliban is nothing new indeed the united states has tried negotiations with the taliban over the past three years but it has had no results so far and it has a government has tried it very aggressively since two thousand and three but the taliban response has only been increased violence and also there they have refused to cut ties with al qaeda and even come to sit. on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government they did to mit system in the country so now that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of their foot soldiers and also their mid-level commanders who are

so i don't see the taliban coming. we have a lot of work to do. s have to step up and take responsibility and take ownership of this democracy that we have, the economy, market economy. it is very foreign to afghans. that is why it is not quite working. and the responsibility -- how do you give it back to them? they are not taking responsibility for this. democracy is a process. objections will hold their own democracy and it will last and they will make sure nobody can take it away from them. it just came in a beautiful box and it is there. we have no idea what to do with it. and in this market economy, the market economy looking for afghanistan because they don't understand it. even in new york there are all sorts of regulations. you have to protect your own production. we don't have that -- we have become a dumping ground for all the neighbors. we have a lot of work to do. afghans have to realize where to start and what to do and seeing the civilians leaving, advisers to the ministers leaving, it will help because they have to do it themselves b

secondly, extremists like the taliban are nobody's friend. anita. >>> thank you, derek. you were talking about tweaking the weather forecast. we thought you would leave it alone. >>> i thought i could too, actually. it is still sunny. that's the good news, we'll get to the change in a minute. first things first. a live look outside. we have clear skies, high temperature was 71, dead on the average. cold front pushed through this evening. winds are changed out of the northwest at 13. we're going to have a breezy evening and a cooler evening. temperatures in the 50s already, 58 downtown and 51 -- 41 is the dew point, pressure beginning to rise. temperatures 53 in rockville, 52 in bethesda, 50 in gaitersburg. you'll need a jacket at the bus stop. pretty much full sun tomorrow. great for the nats game, but you'll also need a jacket at the game. either 4:00 started or a 5:00 start if the tigers win, it is a 5:00 -- no, if the tigers win, it is 4:00 start, tiger lose, 5:00 start. overnight, clear, breezy and chilly. 38 to 48. winds west-northwest, 10 to 15. you will need a jack

. >> ifill: outrage in pakistan, after an outspoken 14-year-old was shot by the taliban for promoting education for girls. >> woodruff: and we examine new evidence that lance armstrong was at the center of a sophisticated professional doping program, including testimony from his former teammates. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the supreme court heard arguments today in one of the most closely watched cases of the term. it marked a return to the decades-long legal debate over affirmative action. the scene outside the supreme court building made clear just how anticipated this case has been. for the first time in nearly a decade, the justices are considering whether it's constitutional for universities to use race in deciding who they admit. the suit was brought by abigail fisher

that was banned under the taliban. better health care and new clinics have boosted life expectancies by as much as 22 years. but those gains could temporary. if the villagers in shakar dhara are right and the afghan government can't hold the country together, the taliban will fight their way back, undefeated by a super power. and the cost of all of this, brian, about $600 billion. and the meter is still running. >> richard engel, who covered the duration of this war, part of our team in kabul tonight. richard, thanks. now we switch over to the 18-month-long conflict in syria. a full-blown civil war, with hundreds dying every week. more than the u.s. lost in vietnam at the height of that war, and it's getting worse. nbc's ann curry managed to get safely in and out of syria. she joins us tonight from the safety of the nearby turkish border. ann, good evening. >> brian, good evening to you. this war, that has already killed an estimated 30,000 people in the last 18 months is intensifying with stepped-up attacks by both sid

she is a 14-year-old girl shot in the head by the taliban. her crime was to campaign for girls like herself to have an education. the attack has been condemned across the globe. our journalist was the first to report from her home town. >> prayers across pakistan have been dedicated to malala. the 14-year-old remains in critical condition, three days after a taliban assassin shot her in the head. just two weeks ago the girl that has become the focus of worldwide attention was filmed at home, helping her younger brother with his work. it is for her own writings she became famous. the school flag flies at half mast. the students do not know when she will return here to her desk. everywhere there is evidence of the accolades she won defining the taliban and campaigning for girls' education. the biology told us of the horror of the attack, showing us the school band she was traveling on when the gunmen climbed on board and targeted her. the blood stain. but she was not the only girl who was injured. this girl, whose face was concealed by the safet

ordinary pakistanis uniting to denounce the taliban. even the country's christians, themselves a small minority, are now praying for her. >> everybody feeling the same way. right, left, and center. people, whatever their political ideologies are. >> reporter: now the hope is her attack is a turning point. turning the entire country against the taliban once and for all. muhammad lila, abc news, islamabad. >> extraordinary little girl. >>> in other news this morning, the meningitis outbreak continues to spread, turning up for the first time in new hampshire. 205 people have now been sickened so far. the death toll stands at 15 in 14 states. tennessee being the hardest hit. the fungal meningitis cases, which are not contagious, have been linked to steroid shots for back pain from a pharmacy in massachusetts. >>> and a peanut butter recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella is expanding. it now includes dozens of raw peanut products sold under more than 20 brand names. 35 people in 19 states have been sickened. we'll have much more coming u

military has acknowledged that only about a quarter of these attacks are linked to the taliban. instead the very troops the u.s. has been training to take over after the withdrawal have now become the greatest threat to u.s. soldiers so how is this all going to play out well folks history repeats itself and we just have to look at the last time an occupying nation withdrew from afghanistan the soviet union pulled out their troops in one thousand nine hundred nine there was a six year power struggle in which the u.s. helped the mujahideen now the taliban out of power funny how it all comes full circle hole right or war is always been about two things resources and control alongside the supposed surprise discovery of afghanistan's one trillion dollar wealth of untapped minerals the strategic position of occupied afghanistan is crucial for us to gemini gemini in the region also is it really a coincidence that before the us invasion the taliban and the un had a radical that the opium crop and now ninety percent of the world's heroin comes from the country and now we're fighting the s

the places the taliban were seeking to take over. the places most at risk to insurgent gains and potentially a takeover of that country. instead, we wound up sending the first wave of new forces to a part of the country will relatively few people, and i discovered the answer was simply, tribal rivalries. not in afghanistan but in the pentagon. the first wave of troops were u.s. marines and they wanted to bring their own helicopters, their own logistics units and didn't want to work with u.s. army soldiers in the areas in and around the city of kandahar, and here was this tale of our own services fighting with each other instead of fighting in common purpose against the enemy. and the stories go on. there was internal fighting within the state department, within the u.s. agency for international development. in one other tale i recount in the book, we had some real serious infighting between president obama's own national security team and senior people at the state department over the whole question of, was it wise to try to broach po

the taliban has justified the attack, saying malala was pro- western. some tribal leaders said this was against their -- against islamic practice. >> there are less than four weeks to go until american voters cast their ballots. the presidential candidates are fighting for votes. nevada has the highest rates. residents want help. the candidates are promising to do more, but can they fix america's housing crisis? last week, i went to las vegas, where life is in short supply -- where luck is in short supply. know where have they partied harder -- nowhere have they partied harder. they didn't just gamble with chips. they risked the future, too. >> i was one of the ones to over-extended and spend beyond their means -- ones who over- extended and spent beyond their means. >> she walked away from her house, left it to the bank, and lost her life savings. >> it was my dream home. it was around a golf course. a gorgeous view. green, lush. a beautiful community. >> at 9 out of 10 houses on the market in las vegas today are in a similar position, where the owner

that was banned under the taliban. better health care and new clinics have boosted life expectancy by as much as 22 years, but those gains could be temporary if the villagers here are right and the afghan government can't hold the country together, the taliban will fight their way back, undefeated by a superpower. >> that was nbc's richard engel reporting for us. "the new york times" reporting the u.s. ais bandening hopes of a peace deal with the taliban right on the front page today. the report says that goal has been scrapped in favor of a less ambitious plan that would have the after ghans work out a deal among themselves once u.s. combat troops withdraw. >>> now members of boeing will return to the bargaining table this afternoon after the union overwhelmingly rejected the company's most recent contract offer. the union's current contract expires on saturday. let's get the latest from karen chao. she's live for us in london. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, willie. there are early alarm bells ringing

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inside, they study english, something the taliban oppose. a powerful act of defiance, one they know could get them killed. even in the relative safety of kabul, we found young girls fighting for an education. this 14-year-old family fled their village when the taliban shut down their school. what kind of future would you have if you couldn't go to school? >> i think a dark future. a bad future. >> reporter: now, she attends a regular school with hope for the future. the same hope malala yousafzai is fighting for. >> unbelievable. malala is getting an outpouring of prayers and support from across the globe. her family is expected to join her in england very soon. >>> and a stunning sight to show you in san francisco's bay. as an $8 million sailboat flips over on a training run for the america's cup. the 72-foot catamaran broke apart. and many of the pieces were carried past the golden gate bridge and out to sea. some crew members were thrown into the water. thankfully, everyone's okay. can't say so much for the boat. it was one of two being te

they would have had to stay at home if the taliban was still in power. safe inside the school walls, they're like children anywhere. curious about me and keen to talk. but outside they still face many restrictions and uncertainty about their future after nato forces pull out. this is just one example of the progress there's been in getting girls into school over the last 10 years. but this is kabul, and the rural and less secure area, there are still millions of girls who are not getting any kind of education, and they're under pressure to get married while they're still of school age. it's still tough being a girl in afghanistan. but they're making a much bigger mark. andrew north, "bbc news," kabul. >> now, he will be remembered as one of the scientists who created dolly the sheep. one of the fathers of dolly has died at the age of 58. he undertook his cloning work in scotland in the 1990's, leading to the birth of dolly in 1996. she was a scientific sensation but only lived until the age of six. now, our top story this hour has been that sensational re

the taliban with their sanctuaries in pakistan still have not been defeated. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> jeff: coming up, a stunning knockout. a young boxer defies the medical odds. >> jeff: finally tonight for most boxers the fighter in the opposite corn sero upon ent enough but tony guida has the story of a young man who had so much more to overcome. >> danny jacobs is fortunate to be alive. >> he wasn't supposed to be here in a brooklyn boxing ring. he was supposed to be dead. but neither cancer nor partial paralysis could stay this fighter from the swift completion of his appointed rounds. just 73 seconds into the first round of his first fight in a year and a half -- >> danny jacobs punched his way into the next chapter of his remarkable young life. >> to be able to take control of your destiny, is priceless. and i did that tonight. they told me i could never box. they told me i wouldn't walk proper but guess what i did. >> reporter: jacobs started fighting in high school, learned fast, advanced quickly. he won 20 fights, 19 by knockout, losin

the taliban, will pose girls attending school, have said they carried out the attack. for more on this story we can speak to the bbc's aleem maqbool ashais on his way to push war. >> we are just outside the combined military office, which is where she is being treated. we have spoken to one of her cousins who says that she is stable. a few hours after the attack on yesterday the situation became very critical and there were very worried. but there was an operation overnight and the bullet was removed. for the time being it does appear she is stable. doctors have been warning that she is not get out of danger. >> i have been reading there's been lots of condemnation of what took place. do you think this will have a wider effect on the way in which people view the taliban, on the way people view islamic extremism? >> there has been occasion where that has happened, where a particular case has galvanized people's feelings toward the taliban. we remember the shocking video a few years ago. a lot of people don't have faith that this outrage will turn into anything concrete.

terror first came to this town with the taliban six years ago. they forced women to stay home, blew up girls schools, and carried out executions and floggings. then in 2008, the pakistani army moved in and forced the taliban out. since then, life has slowly returned to normal. just look at the crowd that turned out for the first post-taliban cricket match. sports fan said can't believe it. if they had done this during taliban time, would they have been killed? >> yeah, of course. >> reporter: pleasure and public confidence returned in part because malala yousafzai led the way in denouncing taliban repression. she's recovering from terrible injuries thousands of miles away, while her school friends muster their courage to carry on her fight. there has been a ground swell of support for malala across pakistan. but the rallies and demonstrations are small by the standards of such things in this country, and pakistan still has a deep ambivalence about girls education. the world bank estimates that as few as 22% of girls in rural areas complete primary

troop surge succeeded in taking back big chunks of territory from the taliban. but with the last of those 33,000 troops gone, it's largely down to afghan security forces to hold on. lieutenant colonel leroy barker showed us an area past this check point where taliban fighters persist. >> there's been operation after operation to kind of clear that area but it's not as easy as it looks. >> this used to be a u.s. base. now it's a chick pointmanned by afghan police protecting a vital road that is under constant threat from the taliban. but it's still receives plenty of hands-on u.s. support. >> this is what military officials call mentoring. training afghan security forces to stand alone while still providing military backup. that includes teaching them to find homemade bombs, the biggest threat here. >> ak-47 or a remote device with wires on it, preserve that evidence. >> reporter: rick poor formally of the georgia bureau of investigations trains police on how to secure a crime scene. sort of a csi kandahar. and there has been progress. afghan forces now take the l

the taliban defended attempting to shoot and kill a child with another story in the koran.khizar while traveling with the prophet musa killed a child. arguing about the reason for his killing, he said that the parents of this child are pious and in the future the child will cause a bad name for them. religious extremists all make the same mistake. they all fail to understand that all of the foundational holy books of major religions, all of them, have really, really crazy, dangerous stuff in them, stuff that was written by men, men who were not just fallible but men who were wrong, some of them claimed at times to be taking dictation from god, some of them didn't. the craziest stuff in the holy books is always the homicidal stuff. it's always the death penalties. the bible is full of death penalties for not observing the sab balth, for adultery, death penalties for things that not one follower of the holy bible on the earth today would ever, ever dream of trying to enforce. there is not one follower of the holy bible left on earth who believes there should be a death penalt

he said the ern irony, almost poetic, the taliban, they tried to kel her. inso -- they ensured she will never die. thinking abut he ing ing about for her. >>> the northwest pounded by heavy rain. 4 inches in some spot. mild and dry in the middle of the country. >> unusually warm actually in philly, new york city and beantown. chicago, minneapolis, in the low 60s. about average this time of year. denver is 15 degrees warmer than usual. 81. phoenix, the hot spot on the map. coming in at 93. >>> bottoms up. >> indeed. >> might want to savor this one a little bit when you find out how much it is going to set you back. >> one of the top bar terndz on the planet has created what is mre believed the world's most expensive cocktail, $8,800 a glass. mixologist salvador calibrese used oldest, priciest spirits, cognac from 1788, 1770, liqueur, and a 1860 cuarcoa, and bitters. >> tequila. >> impressive. >> that was from the 1900s. >> calibrese mixed it at playboy club in london, liquid history in a class. $8,800. cheers. thank you for mixing it up. >> get us some. >> ov

the government went in and managed to clear out the taliban but obviously they pose a big danger. and they haveaid if she survived, we are going to kill her. even her family is afraid, her father was a principal, one of the last schools to close for girls when the taliban took over in 2007, he held out until the last moment, and they closed the school in 2009. it's close to the afghan border very heavy with militancy and the taliban and nthey managed t push them out and reopen the schools, but we see that it's still not safe, but the girls in her class, the whole region, they say we are going to get educated. they see this outpouring of support. but the taliban says nobody goes against us and survives. >> thank you for that update. >>> right now to this political news here in the u.s., former u.s. senator arlen specter died at the age of 82 this morning. he played key roles in critical nate battles, the senator angered colleagues by switching from republican to democrat. he lost his last bid for re-election. those who knew arlen specter well, senator bob casey joining us now by pho

troop surge succeeded in taking back big chunks of territory from the taliban. t with the last of those 33,000 troops gone it's largely down to afghan security forces to hold on. lieutenant colonel leroy barker showed us an area past this checkpoint where taliban fighters persist. >> there's been operation after operation to kind of clear that area but not as easy as it looks. >> this used to be a u.s. base. now a checkpoint manned by afghan police protecting a vital road that's under constant threat from the taliban but it still receives plenty of hands on u.s. support. this is what military officials call mentoring, training afghan security forces to standalone while still providing military back up. that includes teaching them to find home made bombs, the biggest threat here. >> ak-47 or remote device with wires on it, preserve that evidence. >> reporter: rick poor trains police on how to secure a crime scene. sort of a csi kandahar. there has been progress. afghan forces now take the lead role in defending against attacks like the taliban assault on the u.s.

the taliban ran the medrossas, those are gone now. currently if you walked into southwest afghanistan you would see many marines but you would also see 25,000 kids in school. you would see close to 3,000 girls. there is a teacher's college that has been renovated in the big city and there are aspiring teachers studying at that college. there are women's centers established in two of those districts and there are afghan parents and educators involved in their local schools. and to just pull a thread on what many of our senior leadership has said throughout the couple of days, indeed the u.s. military is a global force for good and we will always seek opportunities to leave every place better than when we arrived. and i appreciate your time, appreciate your attention. thank you. . (applause). >> thank you, nita, following along we're going to have colonel barry newland. >> thanks, lewis. i'd like to thank nina for doing a great job of setting the stage so i don't have to go through and do the same thing. so great job. i do not in these