our veteran nbc news producer schwel uddin is on the scene and joins us by phone tonight and so schel, those that travelled there this is a familiar land mark. many of us have stayed there. what can you tell us about the situation right now? >> yes, brian. two black hawk helicopters, apparently, fired on three of the suicide bombers. as you know, three have already detonated their vests. the hotel is on fire and we can see that it's on fire. three other suicide bombers exploded their vests earlier causing carnage and mayhem in the hotel. and we know that the hotel was full of provincial governors who are here for a meeting in kabul, which is due to take place tomorrow, so far, with reports of ten people who have died and further reports that we're still waiting for. that's it from here, brian. >> schel, thanks. we should no more by day break. schel uddin on the scene there and we'll talk later. >>> news tonight about breast cancer on two fronts. first, the fight over what is become the number one selling cancer drug, it's called avastin. it's in a tug-of-war the federal government say