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Province where america ceded control to the afghan army the taliban is gaining a foothold. british and american forces struggled for years taking heavy casualties for a modest security bubble. those gains have started to vap wait this year. its also symbolic coming one year and two days after the consulate attack in benghazi that left four americans dead. this morning the head of al qaeda called for attacks in the united states to, quote, bleed america economically. in the 72-minute audio messag...

Earlier about stealing his lunch money but this puts putin on the hook. hes the guy that has the most significant leverage with bashar al-assad. russias credibility is now invested in syria as well as american credibility. ; ts client state syria that reflects badly on putin and that works to the presidents favor because he can argue that, look, putin didnt deliver so my plan for military force is the only viable one on the table. >> trace: former assistant secretary of state, pj crawley. good t...

Which insisted its not an evacuation although it certainly looked like one. security is very tight in yemens capitol. today we got word of a drone strike, perhaps two, that killed a handful of militants. weve gotten word of a number of bad guys filtering into yemen from elsewhere. this is all connected to the terrorists threats from last week. these are the 19 u.s. embassies across the middle east and much of africa remain closed for the rest of this week. tomorrow, by the way, is the 15th anniv...

Refocus the economy. here is the president out on a bit of a campaign trail trying to do that this week. listen. >> with this endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals, washington has taken its eye off the ball. and im here to say this needs to stop. our focus has to be on the basic economic issues that matter most to you. the people we represent. the point is, with an endless distraction of political posturing and phony scandals and, lord knows what, washington k...

Why havent the perpetrators been caught yet. you have what did we do to help those people who were under attack for several hours, not just a few minutes, but for seven or eight hours on the night of september 11th. so thats the part that republicans have had the most trouble finding out about. that is the part theyre going to keep pressing in sent. martha: byron, my mind bows back to the order to stand down and how none of this may have happened if that order to stand down had not been given an...

Bill: it is raining in deserts. when it rains in the desert this is what you get. a soggy weekend followed by a downpour that dropped three inches of rain. forcing drivers to either brave the floods which is not recommended or simply sit there and wait. forecasters said the area near phoenix should see a break in the heavy rain today or tomorrow. for them we certainly hope so. another alert now. watch the hill at noontime. new pressure on house republicans to bring a vote on legislation that w...

Believes there have been and continue to be legitimate questions asked. he is very concerned about the need to put an architecture in place that governs counterterrorism policy for now and into the future. >> reporter: drone strikes are actually down that sharply fromr peak many 2010, and the presidents policy directive is expected to shift control more to the military. the presidents also expected to address the war on terror generally saying that al-qaedas weakened but that there are other dan...

Worked in secret, unrecorded and untranscribed interviews with witnesses. republicans remaining focused on getting their hands on more information into what happened that night, such as video surveillance and the gap between the consulate attack and the white house talking points email released just last week. shannon, back to you. >> thank you very much. the obama administration is juggling three major flashpoints, the irs targeting conservative groups. new details about how the administration ...

Capitol hill on thursday. >> there are people with firsthand knowledge, i dont mean congressmen or ambassadors. there were people in benghazi that know what happened. >> the senior democrat is cummings issuing his own statement. the subpoena is an example of extreme overreach and politization of this tragedy. republicans remain focused on getting more information explaining what happened. they wanted to use surveillance and fill in the gaps between the consulate attack and the emails that were r...

In benghazi and know exactly what happened with respect to all three raunches. >> the committee senior democrat issuing his own statement. quote, the subpoena is a stock example of republican overreach and the shameful politicalization of this tragedy. republicans remain focused on getting more information, explaining what happened that night. they want to review video surveillance and fill in the gap between the consulate attack and the white house talking points e-mail release which occurred t...