Taliban forces, as the militant group sees a resurgence across the region. Our National Security analyst peter bergen is here and joins us by phone from washington, and in beirut, cnn Nick Paton Walsh who has reported extensively from afghanistan. Welcome to both of you. Good morning. First i want to start with you, Nick Paton Walsh and talk about the resurgence of taliban in afghanistan. The reason this tragic event happened is because Coalition Forces it trying to drive away taliban forces. How strong are they in afghanistan today . Reporter well, certainly if you leave what people call kind of the city of kabul, the walled area where many people used to say the president of afghanistan was only president of that particular area, theyre increasingly strong. They were on their back foot when the u. S. Flooded in troops as part of their surge. Now theyre pulling them out. We just heard barack obama pulling them out extraordinary fast, almost down to zero in 2016. The taliban are gaining ground again. Afghan forces simply arent up to the job. They dont have the logistical backup or equipment to be able to fight the taliban who have been at this war, many of them, almost 30er yaos given they were fighting the soviets, too, when they invaded as well. An extraordinary motivated force, local support and many say they have been waiting for the u. S. To remove their footprint and move down. Situations like this, friendly fire incident, if thats what occurred, can be extraordinarily difficult for troops on the ground, in these situations, were hearing that they came under rocket fire at about 9 00, it was already dark. Presumably called in trying to suppress the rocket fire. We dont know what happened here, but in the past, troops have sometimes mistakenly given their own position as an error. Two people trying to provide support by rocket fire. We dont know if that happened here. Many things put in place to prevent that from happening but the ins takes happen in the heat of the moment and, of course, another sign of how we still have american troops on the Ground Fighting here. They were fighting alongside afghans, as they have been for month, almost years now, but another sign of how dangerous it is for american troops still on the ground there. 30,000 still actually in that country, carol. Absolutely. Peter, Many Americans are wondering if the taliban is even more energized because of the bergdahl swap. Do you think thats true . Well, you know me. I think nicks assessment is correct. This is not a huge force, by the way, and were looking at 30,000 to 40,000 according to u. S. Officials. Taliban sort of foot soldiers. Dmar to the size of the Afghan National army and police, which is around 350,000. Thats probably not a sustainable level, but the Afghan National army actually performed better than expectations. I think a lot of people, nick outlined the problems they do have, but they are losing significant numbers of men indicating they are engaging in real combat. And it hasnt been sort of the disaster that a lot of people progress no progress nos tasized. No offensive by the taliban when u. S. Forces pull out in 2016, if that is indeed what happens. They certainly control before this incident happened, in the province, one of the most remote, rural provinces in the country, and thats the kind of area where these groups thrive, but theyre not, you know were not seeing them marching on kabul any time soon. We should mention the violence is escalating because theres an election saturday to elect a new president. Well keep you posted. Many thanks to both of you. More breaki ining news out iraq. Chaos in the streets, controlling key parts of the Northern City of mosul. The insurgents freed some 1,000 inmates from the central prison. Authorities are having iraqs par innocent to declare a state of mmp and calling on them to fight the militants. Cnn correspondent Nic Robertson is following that story for us. Good morning, nic. Good morning, carol. Seems the Islamic State of the of iraq and syria, an offshoot from al qaeda, have taken control of much of the west of the city, including the airport and hospitals. This is, of course, the second largest city in iraq. The main highway linking the capital in the south to turkey in the north runs right through the area of these militants, now believed to control. There are reports police fled their posts, that the army deserted their posts. This offensive began in earnest on friday. The fact is, they have held sway over the whole of the province pretty much, where most was located in the north of iraq, for many, many months now, essentially bleeding oes ining influence from areas they now control inside syria. They also control parts of, and parts of cities in the west of iraq. So their influence has been gray. The indication is that this group, this splinter from al qaeda is going from strength to strength. And why the government, the Prime Minister malachy wanl lac calling to take them on, the government is losing ground to this al qaeda offshoot, carol. Nic robertson reporting live for us this morning. Thank you. Happening now in the newsroom highway to vegas, baby. Breaking this morning. Brand new details about the las vegas cop killers. I feel sorry for any federal agents that want to come in here and try to push us around. This is jerad and Amanda Miller. A selfbranded revolution backed by swastikas and hate. Pictures from facebook shows the affection for the joker from the batman series. A scapegoat. Startling new claims. Im very concerned about how many people knew about this. Reporter the bergdahl exchange front and center this hour on capitol hill. Can he feel his legs . 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When you think about it, isnt that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love . Happening right now, behind closed doors on capitol hill, pentagon officials are briefing the Senate Armed Services committee on the Bowe Bergdahl swap. Last night after members of the full house were briefed many eerpg inned even more angry over the white houses secret deal. We heard nothing except continued excuses about why they didnt come to congress. I didnt get any good answer as to why five taliban highranking taliban, were traded and why that was a good deal and so i think people probably are leaving even more disappointed then than they walked in. Reporter i expect you are . I expected something, but i got nothing. Americans at large have doubts. 56 of americans say the price was toos high, in a poll. Veterans, 65 visdisapproved. And three in four americans say president obama should have notified congress before the decision was made. With me, democratic congressman adam schiff of california. Good morning, congressman. Good morning. How are you . Did you get answers why the Obama Administration didnt consult with congress . We did get answers but im not sure they were completely satisfying. Clearly, in my view, anyway, the president had the authority to do what he did as commander in chiefened you are article 2, but at the same time, the other branches, and clearly what congress wanted and intended, this administration should have advised the leadership in congress. There was really no reason no the to. They have advised our leadership of our very sensitive matters before they took place. We understand the risks of disclosure. So that notification really should have been made. Representative mckeon is reallyup set, hes accusing the administration are trying to pass the buck for this swap. Apparently defense secretary chuck hague order chuck hagel ordered the swap. Is the administration trying to pass the buck for this . I dont think thats the case. Im not sure that we have the full story on that. You know, what i would expect is, that the president ultimately made the decision to go forward with the frayed, but that it may have fallen to the secretary of defense to make sure that all the logistics were in place his troops could be safe in making the exchange, that when it became operational, it was his call to make that the logistics were correct in that it could take place, but i have to think the president made the decision to make the trade and that it was more likely that the secretary only made the decision and put it into implementation. Its curious we didnt know of chuck hagels intimate involvement before this hearing . You know, im really not sure how much to read into that answer that we got yesterday. Again, it may have been more the logistical decision of when to pull the trigger was made by the secretary, but i have to think that the president would have approved this deal. So im not sure that anything that we heard yesterday necessarily contradicts that. And well probably learn more tomorrow when chuck hagel appears before lawmakers to answer some questions. Another note. Republican representative peter king is also upset saying, a e probably the most distressing thing or disturbing thing i heard at least 80 to 90 people in the administration were aware of this proposed deal, yet they couldnt notify anyone in congress. Does that disturb you . You know it does. I think, again, i think it was a mistake of the administration not to have notified congress. The leaks traditionally have not come from the congress. The leaks have come from the administration itself, and the fact that the administration often leaks information is not a reason not to share that with congress. I can fully appreciate the sensitivity of the matter and not wanting the deal to fall apart, or concerns over mr. Bergdahls safety and security, but i dont think that was the justification for not informing certainly the leadership of congress, even if they didnt fully inform all of congress. Congressman adam schiff of california, thanks for being with me this morning. You bet. Thank you. Theyve plotted, planned, even talked openly about carrying out an attack. Now friends and neighbors of the two las vegas cop killers say they regret in the saying something sooner. Jerad miller and his wife amanda made their disdain for the government known on rants on social media and facebook. No one took them seriously enough to warn police. A friend theyd been living with just before the deadly rampage says shes forever live with that regret. I got five deaths on my shoulders. I should have called the cops. I mean, a cart full of just ammunition, ammunition, gun, everything. Were they carrying them . Can you describe what they were doing . Carrying them, because they said they were going underground and im so, so, so sorry to everybody that im sorry. A neighbor says they warned her, too, about an attack. She tells a cnn affiliate jerad often dressed as slender man. Dan simon is live in las vegas with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. As you said these people were very overt in expressing their radical beliefs to their neighbors and on their facebook pages but apparently no one thought they would carry out this deadly rampage. Highway to vegas, baby. Reporter they moved here about six months ago from indiana. Documenting their journey from the road. Approaching indianapolis, and it will be our last time going through this awful city. Reporter the couple made lots of videos. A window, perhaps, into their twisted world. I love you so much, baby. Reporter 31yearold jerad miller declaring his love for his 22yearold wife before he was to head to jail. He had a lengthy rap sheet that included a felony for stealing cars. Like, im going to brag about you in jail and tell you about how awesome you are. Reporter nevada would certainly not be a fresh start. They were attracted to the antigovernment, antiLaw Enforcement rhetoric of rancher cliven bundy. Jerad miller appearing on a local news cast. I feel sorry for any federal agents that want to come in here and push us around or anything like that. I really dont want violence towards them, but if theyre going to come, bring violence to us, well, if thats the language they want to speak, well learn it. Reporter apparently the millers were too radical for the group, which included state militia. Ostracized, told to go home according to bundys son. The message was not wellreceived. Jerad miller writing, we sold everything we had to buy supplies and quit our jobs to be there 24 7. Hour dare you ask for help and shun us. Whether this sparked deep anger an fueled him to Kill Police Officers isnt known. Authorities are investigating all of his past. A past amandas father is all too familiar with. In an interview he says, i begged her not to marry him. I begged her not to move to las veg vegas. He was into patriot nation and Conspiracy Theory stuff and the whole world was just against him, and he was just he was just nuts. Here at this las vegas restaurant they carried 0 ut what they called the beginning of the revolution, killing two officers too did not see it coming. The suspects pulled the officers out of the booth and on to the ground, where they placed a gasdan flag, dont tread on me and threw a swastika on top of his body. We dont necessarily believe they are white supremacist or associated with the nazi movement. We believe they equate government and Law Enforcement fascism and those who support it with nazis. And were learning more about that victim who was killed at the walmart. Joseph wilcox was carrying a concealed weapon. He tried to intervene, but what he doesnt realize is in a mill hear a wife. She seize what hes doing and she shoots him before he can take any action. Carol . Dan simon, reporting live this morning. Right now, protesters are facing off against General Motors at the companys annual Shareholder Meeting in detroit. Moments ago Ceo Mary Barra responded to criticism the company mishandzeled a recall over a faulty ignition switch linking to at least 13 deaths. Its not about putting it behind us. Its about using the learnings and the feelings that we had to make sure that we improved the whole Development Process and the culture which were continuing to work on to make sure that we have awardwinning products focused on the customer across the globe. Last week gm dismissed 15 employees after an internal probe called the delay part of a pattern of incompetence and neglect. The automaker admits he knew about the problem as early as 2004 but did not issue a recall until earlier this year. Still to come in the newsroom, Hillary Clinton continues her marathon media tour as her new memoir finally lets to the book stores. Brianna keilar is covering it from washington. Hi. Reporter hi there, carol. Hillary clinton giving her first major interviews of her book rollout, and it seemed less an groundbreaking revelations than about really making a connection with who . Ill tell you, coming up. Interesting. Look at these live pictures. These are pictures from a barnes noble in manhattan. You see all of those people waiting in line . El were, Hillary Clinton is about to have a book signing here. They want her book, and in fact some of these people actually lines up yesterday to be first in line. Tell you more, after a break. [announcer] play closegood and close. Help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile snacks. 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