Afghanistan. Our peter doocy is live now in d. C. With more details about this. Peter doocy from washington. Right now in afghanistan 10,000 american troops. The plan was to pull out half of them by the end of this erand the end of next year the other half. The new Afghan Government is performing much better than anyone in d. C. Expected. So there are these new discussions about how to aid their success. Our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for the president s security strategy, including possible changes to the timeline for our draw down of u. S. Troops. So, there are three big things the administration is looking at. Leaving americans in afghanistan longer. Adjusting their role and their mission. Maybe even reimagining the process foreclosing u. S. Bases in that country. Right now its just talk. Next month the afghan president is going to meet with president obama in d. C. To see
Violence thats included stabbing attacks on civilians. Is this the beginning of another crisis in the middle east . Ill ask the former president ial envoy expert on the region dennis ross. Capitol drama. House republicans bitterly divided as they try to find a new speaker. A favorite ruled out a bid now reconsidering under enormous pressure as conservative and Establishment Republicans battle it out. How it all will impact everything from your paycheck to your health care. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Critics called it too little too late. Now the pentagon is admitting its program to train and equip moderate Syrian Rebels to fight isis is simply not working with millions of dollars already spent and only a handful of rebels battle ready, the u. S. Military has now decided to suspend the program in a significant setback to u. S. Efforts to fight isis. Were also following a huge setback for irans fight against isis and its effort to support the syrian president Bashar Al
Conference any moment. And police say they have a got an call after 1 00 this morning. Shots fired in a parking lot near one of the campus dormitories. One person killed. The shooter now in police custody. Three others also shot and taken to the hospital. Young men from the Delta Chi Fraternity were involved but again exactly how is unclear so well continue to work to get information and were standing by for that press conference any minute. Earlier on cnn a student described what it was like waking up to news of that deadly shooting on campus. Take a listen. I actually received a text message at like 3 00 in the morning from the university. We have a group like a text message alert system. And it pretty much just stated there was a shooting. Suspect in custody. But it was at 3 00 a. M. After the fact. So i woke up to texts from my family and my brother and the university all at the same time. So it was kind of chaotic. You dont expect that in flagstaff. This is a pretty small town. Pr
2012, this is the daily rundown and i m luke russert in for chuck todd this morning. let s get to the first reads, rick santorum s super pac is finally on the air in michigan, out this morning with this new ad obama s reckless agenda must be stopped and there s only one principled candidate with the courage to do it, rick santorum, father, husband, a champion for life. but nobody s really talking about it. it s dead. instead these comments from his megadonor, the bankroller of his campaign, foster friess that he said to andrea mitchell have gone viral. the contraceptive thing, my gosh, you know, it s so expensive. back in my days they used bayer aspirin for contraception. the gals put it between their knees and it wasn t that costly. excuse me, i m trying to catch my breath from that, mr. friess. last night on the trail santorum was forced to respond i m not responsible for everything that somebody says in my campaign. senator? [ inaudible ] the basic prem
rundown and i m luke russert in for chuck todd this morning. let s get to the first reads, rick santorum s super pac is finally on the air in michigan, out this morning with this new ad obama s reckless agenda must be stopped and there s only one principled candidate with the courage to do it, rick santorum, father, husband, a champion for life. but nobody s really talking about it. it s dead. instead these comments from his megadonor, the bankroller of his campaign, foster friess that he said to andrea mitchell have gone viral. the contraceptive thing, my gosh, you know, it s so expensive. back in my days they used bayer aspirin for contraception. the gals put it between their knees and it wasn t that costly. excuse me, i m trying to catch my breath from that, mr. friess. last night on the trail santorum was forced to respond i m not responsible for everything that somebody says in my campaign. senator? [ inaudible ] the basic premise, it was a joke. it wa