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Today a u.s. black hawk helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan with four u.s. troops aboard. neither the casualties associated with the crash or cause of the crash is clear at this point. its not known if the blackhawk crashed due to weather or mechanical failure or shot down by enemy fire. yesterday, the news from afghanistan was dominated by this revelation from the "las angeles times." a u.s. soldier reportedly a member of the 82nd combat team turned over to the "l.a. times" 18 photos of ...

protests have taken place. as demonstrations enter their fifth week, you cannot deny these simple facts. it is power in numbers. just look at the scenes here playing out all over the country. but f as this continues, protesters are increasingly being ordered out of public parks by city leaders who say they have rules to enforce. but protesters say its a ruse to end their protest. in atlanta, occupy protesters have been camping out in a downtown park for the past week but have been orde...

we all know it is much more than that. along with a new transportation hub and two enormous skyscrapers going up behind me theres also a memorial to the 2,206 people killed here almost ten years ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it...

Meeting. >> meeting is an ancient custom the way communities tackle and resolve local issues. >> step up and say i will be responsible for a canal project or for the roads. >> the captain hopes to motivate the afghans to take control of their own destiny. >> then find people and pay those people that way the money that is paid to those that doing the work stays here in the bizarre and in this village. it is up to you. >> ive come to listen, first. >> 100 miles away, the executive officer of comb...

Meeting. >> meeting is an ancient custom the way communities tackle and resolve local issues. >> step up and say i will be responsible for a canal project or for the roads. >> the captain hopes to motivate the afghans to take control of their own destiny. >> then find people and pay those people that way the money that is paid to those that doing the work stays here in the bizarre and in this village. it is up to you. >> ive come to listen, first. >> 100 miles away, the executive officer of comb...

Meeting. >> meeting is an ancient custom the way communities tackle and resolve local issues. >> step up and say i will be responsible for a canal project or for the roads. >> the captain hopes to motivate the afghans to take control of their own destiny. >> then find people and pay those people that way the money that is paid to those that doing the work stays here in the bizarre and in this village. it is up to you. >> ive come to listen, first. >> 100 miles away, the executive officer of comb...

Meeting. >> meeting is an ancient custom the way communities tackle and resolve local issues. >> step up and say i will be responsible for a canal project or for the roads. >> the captain hopes to motivate the afghans to take control of their own destiny. >> then find people and pay those people that way the money that is paid to those that doing the work stays here in the bizarre and in this village. it is up to you. >> ive come to listen, first. >> 100 miles away, the executive officer of comb...

To welcome home members of the combat team, 155 of you got off the plane in the middle of the night. anything more exciting watching you get off is watching your families getting off. its an honor to be back here. so many of you just got jeep home in the past few weeks so welcome home. i know from experience that your families want more than anything to spend time with you and so every time i show up at a welcome home ceremony im worried about getting in the way. i remember my son came home from...

Member herself, says these two men are pros. the big question is how she managed to get into the water. as for the hero, he credits a tv show, "myth busters" forgiving him the tool in this rescue. >> good to see those stories every now and then as well. something we are seeing in iraq, but there was history made in iraq. take a look. >> the last u.s. combat team formerly handing over the country to iraqi troops. were headed there live. well be back right after this.

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