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Much more on the record ahead. but first let's put our new york news room, mary ann is standing by with the other headlines. >> thanks. coalition forces launching a massive offensive on the biggest taliban-held town in southern afghanistan. helicopter boerne u.s. marines and afghan troops swooping down on the town before dawn saturday. it's being called the biggest joint afghan international offensive of the war. it's also the largest combat operation since president obama ordered 30,000 additional troops to afghanistan last december. snow canceling more than 1700 flights at airports in the ...

Swarmed in, in the town of majevi. it is under big for the taliban. the troops had to go through mine trips and booby traps it is's test of the nato strategy that is supposed to focus on protecting the civilians . breaking the taliban hold. this is the 50 major combat operation since president obama ordered 30,000 extra u.s. troop to afghanistan. once that is over, nato will rush to restore public services. if they do that, they expect civilians will look less to the taliban for support. three u.s. service members were killed in southerp afghanistan that is not connected to the offensive. back...

Enemy lines. the coordinated effort with afghan forces is to latest attempt to break the taliban's grip on a key area in the southern region. joining us now, tom aspell in london. >> good morning. there are 15,000 american, british, canadian and afghan troops taking part in the operation to drive the taliban out of majah. now resistance from the taliban is reported to be light although they have mine, roads and bridges on the outskirts of town. this is the first major combat operation since president obama ordered an extra 30,000 reenforcements to turn the tide against the taliban. more than 1...

The latest attempt to break the taliban's grip on a key area of the southern region, and we're also getting word from the associated press right now, two nato troops have been killed in this coalition offensive there in southern afghanistan. up until now we've had no reports of deaths related to this particular military offensive. joining us right now, nbc's tom aspell in london. good morning to you and the sobering report the two nato troops, what is the latest there in terms of gauging the success of this operation? >> well, alex, there are 15,000 american british, canadian and afghan troo...

Volatile one, and to put it in perspective, the u.s. intelligence gathering operations out of niger are covering an area the size of the continental u.s. so this is a large operation mostly focused on intelligence and reconnaissance, and in this case those soldiers were in harm's way. >> and so, david, has there been any expressed concern about how many of these operations will have to change or be modified? >> well, there isn't been any real sense from the pentagon of modifying that. certainly, they'll be looking at their processes and like any situation like this, when you've got deaths with...