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Well. the u.n. has estimated 10,000 civilians still in that small area. building by building, block by block, as its being liberated, they are fleeing, but theyre fleeing in a city thats a wreck. very little fuel, resources, electricity. its gonna take a while to bring this city back even when the horrendous terrorists are gone. >> melissa: greg palcott, thank you. new information ab a soldier killed in afghanistan. private first class hampton kirkpatrick was shot. the 19-year-old soldier died i...

Busy day over at the pentagon. chris, this apology comes from high up in the chain of command. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, jim. this is coming from the commander of all nato forces in afghanistan, general joseph dunford. officials are telling us that basically this four-star general quickly called president hamid karzai to apologize for this drone strike and potential civilian casualties and promised a very quick investigation into what took place. but hamid karzai is driving a very har...

Corps, the sky dragons. weve got the legendary all-american 82nd airborne division. >> weve got americas quiet professions, our special operations forces. from pope field weve got air force. and i do believe weve got some navy and marine corps mere too. and though they are not here with us today, we send our thoughts and prayers to general helmut, and all the folks from the 18th airborne and bragg who are bringing our troops back

General helmut said they know that the last tactical road march out of iraq will be a symbol and theyre going to be a part of history. as your commander-in-chief, i can tell you that it will indeed be a part of history. those last american troops will move south on desert sands. and then they will cross the border out of iraq with their heads held high. one of the most extraordinary chapters in the history of the american military will come to an end. iraqs future will be in the hands of its peo...

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General ben hodges who is the head of the regional southern command. and everybody is paying so much attention to this part of afghanistan right now, because everybody wants to know if what general hodges is trying to do will work. whether or not he can take helmut province and kandahar province, the spiritual home of the taliban, and if he can make counterinsurgency doctrine work here? if they can do governance and security here in a twha effectively squeezes out the insurgents. can it be done ...

His 18-wheeler has virginia plates. anyone with information should call 911. a taliban strong hold is under siege tonight. 15,000 u.s., nato and afghan troops today took the fight to the southern province of helmut. a u.s. marine and british soldier were killed in the fighting. two massive waves swept dozens of people off the seawall in california today. at least seven people received broken bones, others were treated for bumps and bruises. the huge wave bushed all the way from the beach to th...

15,000 u.s., nato and afghan troops today took the fight to the southern province of helmut. a u.s. marine and british soldier were killed in the fighting. two massive waves swept dozens of people off the seawall in california today. totting them into a beach, into a stage and into several booths. at least seven people received broken bones, others were treated for bumps and bruises. witnesses say the huge wave pushed all way from the beach to the stage. the luge track which claimed the life i...