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>> eric: more now north korea. they testfired another ballistic missile. that according to south korean officials. this occurred early sunday morning hours there before dawn. the missile going off in the north providence. not many details at the moment of whether this what kind of missile it was or whether it was successfully launched or if it blew up seconds after it went off. its the latest publication by the regime of kim jung-un. remember the first launch that failed just seconds after takeo...

Martha: the big question this morning, what happens next in afghanistan? a deadly taliban attack this morning in kabul. that happened just 90 minutes after president obama was safely out of the country. thats how we start a brand new hour of "americas"americas newsroom"", good to have you with us, im martha maccallum. bill: im bill hemmer, the president making this trip to afghanistan to sign out an agreement that lace the role in afghanistans future after the troops come home: >> today i signed...

"generally." now critics are hitting him hard for the use of that word, "generally." heres the part of the interview at issue. >> this has been an enormous strain for a decade now on our men and women in uniform, and obviously, what happened this weekend was absolutely tragic and heartbreaking. but when you look at what hundreds of thousands of our military personnel have achieved under enormous strain, you cant help but be proud generally. and i think its important for us just to make sure that...

Animals, there was a bird rescued yesterday in the ocean, covered in brown oil. typically that bird is white. no new animals discovered today and according to the admiral, as of about an hour ago, there were really no new reports of any oil hitting coastal areas in what is very fragile southeastern louisiana wetlands. back to you in new york. >> juliette: things like this keep on changing. well check back next hour. phil, thanks. >> gregg: the u.s. air force getting set to help in the cleanup of...

Military analyst lieutenant general -- look at you. tom, former assistant vice chief of staff for the u.s. air force. i know you like me, but you didnt have to dress up like ha. >> youre special. >> are you off to an event? >> yes, weve got the military order of the caribou, annual walo, an annual event on the defense side, much like the correspondents dinner. et cetera. thats why were getting into my cocktail hour right now. >> i was going to say, youre going to miss if we dont get you out of h...

By having a russian fighter jet buzz a ship in the red sea? is he mocking you and the u.s. military? >> they are not interested in any kind of military confrontation with us understanding that our conventional forces are significantly superior to the russians. we dont need a war. >> joining me now mark jason, the former speech writer to president george w. bush and a fellow at the american institute and the former assistant vice chief of staff of the air a force. gentlemen, welcome to you both. ...