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Forces. a sign of increasing violence in afghanistan. one year after the u.s. officially ended the combat operations there. cnns alexandra field has the latest. we know this was a motorcycle suicide attack. this terrorist seeking a group of american and afghan military members. >> reporter: right. a joint patrol that was targeted and resulted in the death of six americans and three other americans were injured. among those killed in the attack, a former new york city police department detective....

Total. this morning, we are learning details about the taliban suicide attack that killed six u.s. service members. it is a sign of violence in afghanistan one year after the u.s. officially ended combat operations there. cnns alexandra field is following developments and joins us now. we understand one was a nypd officer. what else happened? >> reporter: this was carried out by a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle. it was a joint patrol with afghan security forces and nato. three service memb...

U.s. officials tell nbc news that six american service members were killed by a suicide bomber as they walked a routine foot security patrol around the area of the bagram air base in northeast afghanistan. in addition to the six killed, two americans were also wounded apparently along with an interpreter. according to the officials, while they were on this routine foot patrol to provide security in and around the bagram air base area, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle came up alongside that secur...

I thought those operations were finished in afghanistan. >> well, they were supposed to be. remember this from last december? >> weve been in continuous war now for almost 13 years. over 13 years. and next week well be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. >> the taliban attacked kandahar airfield last week. sources tell me a ranger company, part of the 75th ranger regiment is on the ground helping the afghans kill the taliban in helmand and kandahar. u.s. air force conducted air strikes in ...

And i think the problem for the president is that, perhaps, his national security team did not know of any credible threats and that frightens people more because if they didnt know, the question is, why didnt they know, and what can you do about this do-it-yourself jihadis that were seeing right now who are inspired by what they read on the internet or something far, far away who are living currently in this country? people dont see it, and thats the question, thats the question the american pe...

Of 2010 as a response to the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. during that speech he slammed b.p. for what he said was its recklessness. he laid out a plan to clean up the oil and help those affected by that disaster. the presidents second oval office address came just two months later in august of 2010. the president telling the nation about the end of combat operations in iraq. the president generally prefers to give his formal speeches from other areas in the white house, including that statem...

The terror attack and the ongoing war against isis much he is set to talk at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the question is, what will he be focusing on? gun control, defining what islam is and isnt or will it be fighting terror? >> we dont know at this hour. we do know this hasnt happened often. this is only the third time, the first was to respond to the bp oil spill in june of 2010. the next was the end of combat operations in iraq. at least for the time being. that was august of 2010. so for the first t...

The end of u.s. combat operations in iraq, and then following the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. lets goat cnns chris frates in washington at the white house. chris, what do we expect from the president tonight at the oval office? >> i think we expect to see the president try to reassure a nation thats very much on edge. in fact, you can say how they dont think americas been this on edge since the nip lef attacks. the president will give us an update on what has happened into the investigation...

This is an oval office address. only the third time we will have seen this president use the office for the address. he didnt use it when he announced that osama bin laden had been killed. he did use it to talk about the end of u.s. combat operations in iraq and to talk about the bp oil spill. talk me through why it was decided tonight to make this address from the oval office and the steps behind that. >> i think theres a growing sense of potential crisis in governance and that is can the white...

Obama will speak from the oval office. this is a very significant occasion and location. he has only spoken from the oval office twice in his entire presidency, to announce the end of u.s. combat operations in iraq, and then following the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. lets now turn to washington and go to cnns chris frates. he is at the white house now. chris, what can we expect from president tonight, and whats the explanation as to why tonight and why from the oval office? and what might th...