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>> reporter: this is where the restoration work is happening. can you see the damage from the pollution still today? >> yes, on the surfaces, conservation yin gang told us, he is overseeing an ambitious effort to save the artwork in these ancient buddhist caves. >> reporter: what is it supposed to look like it doesnt look like much right now. >> imagine yin said, stunning and colorful paintings, a complete temple. we can hardly tell what they are now. 1600 years ago sculptures carved the grottoe...

Grover norquist that threat, the caucus if they even think about voting for taxes. i do think the u.s. public has seen the differences between the parties. >> i think a lot of people and certainly a lot of our viewers would agree with you on that. its not necessarily equal blame right now. congresswoman bass, you have a safe trip back over to washington, d.c. and absolutely good luck over there. and if i dont talk to you again before next week, happy new year to you. >> happy new year to you as ...

Activists say helicopters, tanks and heavy artillery slaughtered 57 people. but the regime is also known to deploy the shabiaha, meaning ghost in arabic, armed thugs loyal to president bashar al- assad. this amateur video reportedly shows shabiah beating and torturing an unarmed man. residents say the houla massacre on may 25th that u.n. observers confirmed began with shelling from the u.s. army, but it was shabiha, they say, who plunsdered the town at night, committing most of the murders. vill...

>> reporter: from the air, thick smoke stretches for miles, the largest wildfire in the country, the biggest in the history of new mexico, is tonight on the move in all directions, raging out of control. >> tree coming down! >> reporter: sparked by a lightning strike two weeks ago, now clearly visible from space, the whitewater-baldy fire has consumed more than 200,000 acres. the burn zone is roughly 340 square miles, the size of new york city. >> its going to get hotter and drier and that lower...

People that maybe the taliban is promising they can deliver. theres no question about it that theres a dimension here wholly apart from the military strategy. its political, its engagement with people on the ground and develops trust. thats not easy to do. >> could you defend a loss of a service person over there? im sure weve lost them. in pennsylvania. lost them all over the state. can you defend when you look into the eyes of a parent or a spougs someone killed in afghanistan right now is act...

Taliban-controlled district. and local police commanders say theres no hint of improvement. the major u.s. military offensive in nearby helmand province, they say s killing taliban fighters but the taliban keeps evolving, and finding new ways to wage war. all of which leaves the view from kandahar one of the taliban war machines that shows no signs of slowing. michael ware, cnn, kandahar. >> that was michael ware. i said michael holmes. it was michael ware. pardon me me for that. "ac 360" afghan...

Forth his understanding of more troops. we dont have a good number just yet. an additional amount of troops for afghanistan. they could go for combat or training of the afghan forces. already, the u.s. forces have added an additional 4,000 troops for that particular role. we are expecting possibly here from general mcchrystal, have him make his possible request in the coming weeks. he was supposed to submit this long-awaited assessment of the war some 60 days after he took over the job. so thats...

Raising the afghan flag over the district, a symbol of new governance and change. it was a moment that was likened to iwo jima by larry nicholson. a moment that they hope will symbolize a turn in the war here. this castle was built in the 1700s during the time of the father of afghanistan. for the past several years, this castle in this district was occupied by the taliban. but today the u.s. marines and the coalition forces gave it back to the government and the people of helmand province. for ...

Durani, the father of afghanistan. this castle in this district was occupied by the taliban. but today the u.s. marines and the coalition forces gave it back to the government and the people of helmand province. for the past three years, this was under strict taliban control. now, this district of around 2,000 waits to see what its future holds. some hopeful, but many skeptical. they have seen this all before. coalition forces coming in and quickly leaving. and the taliban always making their wa...