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about what led up to the worst loss of life since the war in afghanistan began. the mission the navy s.e.a.l.'s had just completed. world markets are reacting to the downgrading of the u.s. credit rating and in just a few hours we will see how wall street reacts, who will pay the price politically? we begin by how a man taser by prince william county police ended up dead. thanks for joining us. i'm will thomas. the department is saying 29- year-old debro wilkerson was combative with paramedics, officers stepped in and tasered him. neighbors in manassas where this happened raise q...

board. most of them navy s.e.a.l.s when the taliban apparently shot it down. let's go to pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. >> in the worst single incident of war in operation, 25 special forces members lost their lives many were from the unit that conducted the raid against osama bin laden, though none of the s.e.a.l.s on that mission were on this latest raid. a u.s. military source confirms the s.e.a.l.s were rapidly called in to assist another unit that had been pinned down in a fire fight in eastern afghanistan. the s.e.a.l.s came in on a chinook helicopter when they went dow...

the downgrade still hit. s&p one of the three major rating agencies took down america's credit rating for the first time in history. why? not just because there wasn't enough cut from the deficit. but the answer involved a committee. a favorite cop-out in the capitol. seal a deal when no other compromise can be caught. what does it mean? look at first world markets trading in the mideast tumble on the first day of business, including in israel, which includes many tech stocks popular with american investors. no wonder there might be a global shake-out. bumping town the u.s. to a notc...

they are still investigating. now, we're learning more tonight about the members of the team and what this could mean in the war. drew levenson starts our team coverage tonight. >> reporter: the u.s. military believes the twin rotor chinook helicopter, like this one, was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade. sources from the u.s. military say the giant nato chopper was called to the action as a backup. a team conducting a night raid on taliban fighters was in trouble. the chopper went down as it arrived to help. cbs news has learned more than 20 u.s. special operations forces, mos...

military, and their families. afghan president hamid karzai offered his condolences to the president and the soldiers' families. cbs news confirms the s.e.a.l.s who died were from the same unit involved in the raid that killed osama bin laden, but none of them took part in that mission. this is the worst single-day loss of life for the u.s.-led forces in afghanistan. since the war began nearly a decade ago. during a bike race in massachusetts, senator john kerry said these things are going to happen as the u.s. reduces its troops in the region. >> it's very sad. the faster we can tra...