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Undermines important operational activities of the group. nbc news first reported hamza bin laden's death back in july but it's unclear when exactly he was killed. courtney kube and brett mcgurk are back with us now. courtney, what can you tell us about today's announcement? >> it's the first time we've had anyone in the information on the record now confirming what we broke in july, that hamza bin laden is believed to be dead. they didn't provide much more detail other than the fact it's a counterterrorism operation. we should be careful not to characterize that as a u.s. military counterterr...

Ranging from drugs to human smuggling. national correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer, what else can you tell us about today's arrest? >> reporter: that's right. the marine corps announced 16 marines were arrested during a battle formation at camp pe pendlet pendleton. eight other marines from the first marine division were taken in for questioning on their involvement in alleged drug offenses unrelated to today's arrest. information gained from a human smuggling investigation precipitated the arrests, we're told. none of the marines arrested served in support of the...

Victims including three under the age of 17. if convicted, he could face up to 70 years in prison. i want to get straight to cnn sara sidner also at the courthouse where r. kelly is set to appear. sara, what can you tell us about today's hearing? >> reporter: we just saw steve greenberg, the attorney for r. kelly walk into the courtroom. we also saw attorney michael avenatti who says he represents six people involved in this case. he is in there now. we also saw something that a lot of folks weren't expecting to seal, and that was we saw at least one of the families of one of the girls, the fa...

Koreans. >> sandra: senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in seoul, south korea. what can you tell us about today's statement? >> on a snowy night in seoul we can tell you that folks here are seeing it as some kind of a breakthrough in relations between north and south korea but experts on the ground here tell us there are dangers, too. this all came after 11 hours of talks in the dmz. the first official talks in two years. the two sides agreed to military talks to avoid accidents, negotiations to avoid problems and another military hotline and the main topic on the agenda, ...

James co-the investigation in to russia's lelgts election meddling may send sooner, butvo head. let's go to pamela brown. tell us about today's testimony. >> reporter: the now acting director of the fbi testified today that james comey's firing will have no impact on the probe that he called highly significant and he said comey had the full backing of the fbi rank and file directly contradicting the white house. tonight the acting director for the fbi andrew mccabe assuring that the russian investigation has not and will not be hindered by the firing of former director james comey. >> there ha...