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americans have been killed or wounded but the enemy sure made it presence felt in the afghan capital today. the u.s. embassy in kabul-- perhaps the most heavily fortified compound in the country-- came under a day-long attack as a small unit of taliban insurgents rained down grenades and machine gun fire from a nearby tower. the military headquarters of nato was also in range and under fire. mandy clark has been covering the battle. >> reporter: afghan forces wildly sprayed bullets at ...

anything to do with irans presidents planned visit here to new york later this month for the u.n. general assembly? >> its got to be a factor craig. this plays in his mind. well weve been following the president around hes been trying very hard to portray a different image of himself. a softer image. he wants to come to the general assembly to address the worlds stage. hes going to have a big audience there, so he wants to come across as magnanimous, and this is a perfect way to do it....

the big board over there and show you who is on today. jillian michaels, you remember here from the big loser. shes the hot and the heated trainer that gets people in shape. now shes on the new show "the doctors" shes joining dr. travis and theyll be here. >> senator rick santorum will be here. he had a great debate last night, hes very strong and hell be joining us live telling us where he goes from here and also talking about former giants defensive back, running defensive back, jord...

nearly two-ton car, risking their lives to save a stranger. good evening. we begin with homeland security and the power of your outrage. we have all seen the videos of young children being subjected to personal pat-downs by tsa agents. well, tonight, officials have heard the public outcry thaha enough is enough and they are rolling out new security rules for children under 12. abcs sharyn alfonsi tells us about the changes. >> reporter: it was viral videos like this -- >> i dont want...

bystanders rushed in, lifting the two-ton car just high enough to free him. remarkable rescue today, tuesday, september 13, 2011. r captions paid for by nbc-universal television this is matt lauer and ann curry. good morning, welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. im matt lauer. >> good morning. m savannah guthrie, ann is on assignment where overnight she spoke exclusively with irans president mahmoud ahmadinejad thats making headlines. >> josh fatale and shane bauer, two americans...

debate last night in florida, and it quickly became about our daughters. texas governor rick perry got in this race late as you may know. he was instantly the front-runner. that makes him a big target for the other candidates. last night they came after him for an executive order he issued, calling for preteen girls in texas to be inoculated against the hpv virus that can lead to cervical cancer in sexually active girls. some of the other candidates, notably the only woman in the debat...

loss of 500 jobs in his state. power company, saying air pollution rules are forcing it to close 2 1/2 of its coal fired plans. house republicans planning an all-out assault -- [ unintelligible ] welcome im neil cavuto. no one knows how hard it is dealing with this government red tape better tan the worlds fastest speed reader who for nearly a day has%[óay bn trying to absorb 25,000 pages of mind-n -- mind-numbing regulations. howard berg joins me now for part of our special series, s...

we begin with homeland security and the power of your outrage. we have all seen the videos of young children being subjected to personal pat-downs by tsa agents. well, tonight, officials have heard the public outcry thaha enough is enough and they are rolling out new security rules for children under 12. abcs sharyn alfonsi tells us about the changes. >> reporter: it was viral videos like this -- >> i dont want to -- >> reporter: a 6-year-old getting patted down, that made legions of p...

youre not committed. if you implemented this in your state, youre not committed. im committed to repealing omabacare. >> and to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong. what im saying is that its wrong for a drug company, because the governors former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist, for this drug company, the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor, and ...

political analysts suggesting bachmanns performance at last nights tea partyebate put her right back on top after mitt romney and rick perry had stolen the headlines in recent days. here she is taking swipes at rivals. >> we are never going to get rid of it unless we have a president kpheupt dollars to getting rid of it and if you believe that states can have it and its constitutional, youre not committed. if you implemented this in your state, youre not committed. im committed to repe...