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martha: its a big deal and the congressman saysly testify in his own defense. molly henneberg joins us from washington. molly, tell us exactly what is charlie rangel accused of doing in this case? >> reporter: good morning, martha, rick. its not clear whats in the investigative committees report yet but the members have apparently determined theres some evidence of some wrongdoing on rangels part. hes been accused of violating house rules and local new york laws in renting four apartme...

Hakimullah mast adwas killed in a u.s. missile strike last month, mast ads death would be a huge blow to the taliban, but the taliban is fiercely denying those claims, saying their leader is alive. >> reporter: the very latest is today, this countrys enter minister confirmed that hakimullah masoud is dead, that is coming from a government official but also someone whos going on with the record to say hakimullah masoud is dead. he stopped short of telling us how he died, but intelligence official...

Going around for the last couple of weeks. this is definitive, coming from the government, saying he is in fact dead. if we look ahead, with the taliban, theyre saying no, hes alive, but we saw six months ago when his pred saidor was killed in a drone strike, it took time to make the announcement mainly because there was jockeying within the org as to who the next leader will be. thats probably what were seeing now. there are rumors of who might be named as hakimullahs successor. this is not goi...

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