juliet: michael steele, fending offer calls for resignation from members of his own party, a firestorm erupting after he was captured on camera, at a fund-raiser saying the u.s. was on the wrong side of history in the conflict with afghanistan. and the head of the republican national committee also saying the war was president obama s choosing, molly henneberg reporting live from our washington bureau, they are calling for him, huh? reporter: michael steele sent out an e-mail to some republican supporters and in part because he says it is important to, quote, clarify his remarks, about afghanistan. but, bill kristol, a conservative, and the editor of the weekly standard, has said steele should resign. and, now, liz cheney, daughter of the former vice president, and chairman of keep america safe said the chairman of the republican party must be unwavering in his support for american victory in the war on terror. a victory that cannot be accomplished if we do not prevail in afghani
heats up as spring turns to summer. juliet. connor powell in afghanistan, thank you. a 7.4 earthquake rocks indonesia, damaging homes, causing power outages, indonesia and the pacific tsunami warning center in hawaii issuing a tsunami watch for the area, but experts say there s no wyatt spread threat of tsunami and indonesia rests on a fault line making it one of the worst earthquake prone people: explosions tearing through russians largest underground mine killing nearly a dozen people and trapping 84 more workers in western siberia. the first blast thought to be caused by a buildup of methane gas hit late saturday night and a second more powerful explosion went off four hours later trapping rescuers, all research and recovery missions put on hold and gas levels remain
this is a very difficult part of afghanistan. it makes any search an search ae very, very difficult. the military is trying to walk a fine line between searching for the individuals and at the same time protecting the groups on the ground that are looking for them. the military is yet to offer an explanation as to what the sue sailors were doing away from their base in kabul. they have not yet said if they were on a official mission or out sightseeing. the military said there was really no reason for them to have been in logar. over the next 24 hours the military is going to search for the new individuals. the military is very concerned, the more time and hours pass by it makes it more difficult to find these individuals. juliet. reporter: connor powell in afghanistan, thank you, connor. bill: day 98 now, it continues
this follows steele s comments at a private connecticut fund-raiser that we re captured on camera and he said the war in afghanistan was, quote, a war of obama s choosing. and, that everyone who tried to win a land war in afghanistan, over the past 1,000 years, has, quote, failed. now, in the statement and in that e-mail to supporters, steele says, quote, as we have learned throughout history, winning a war in afghanistan is a difficult task. we must also remember that after the tragedy of september 11th, 2001 it is also a necessary one. the stakes are too high for us to assess anything but success in afghanistan. but some say to quiet his critics steele may need to do more and say it more visibly. take a listen: he s going to have to take the public stage and tick his lickin there and say, basically, that he misspoke, it was not a war of our choosing, it was a war of the al qaeda and taliban s choosing when they came to our shores, when al qaeda came to our shores on 9/11 and launc