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diagnosed with lung cancer. in a statement, his son scott said, quote, last weekend, my father was diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness. he is currently undergoing treatment and his doctors are optimistic that he will make a full recovery. as everyone can appreciate, this is a deeply personal matter for my parents and we simply ask that his privacy be respected as hi treatment continues. auroo sarah ganham is in state college for us tonight. was there any hint of this at all or is this a complete surprise? >> reporter: well, ...

about the european bailout. the dow lost 276 points. the european crisis took a bit out of the u.s. markets and also took out a former u.s. firm. john corzine's company mf global filed for bankruptcy today after more than $6 billion in bets on europe gone bad. it only went so far, the dow was up the best since 2002. the s&p 500's best gain since december of 1991. stocks were spooked, fitting, because it is halloween. and new jersey governor chris christie told kids to stay home. yeah, he cancelled halloween for people who lost power. all right. the republican candidates seem to be ce...

cropped up. will they derail his meteoric rise. breaking news, stocks fall sharply, spooked by worries about the european bailout. the dow lost 276 points. the european crisis took a bit out of the u.s. markets and also took out a former u.s. firm. john corzine's company mf global filed for bankruptcy today after more than $6 billion in bets on europe gone bad. it only went so far, the dow was up the best since 2002. the s&p 500's best gain since december of 1991. stocks were spooked, fitting, because it is halloween. and new jersey governor chris christie told kids to stay home. y...

So what the u.s. is trying to do is make it -- make it clear to iran that the u.s. is in the middle east to stay. and why? oil. that's a big issue in terms of the u.s. military keeping stability in that part of the world. veronica? >> nbc's jim miklaszewski, we appreciate it, jim. it's worth noting that today also marks the end of the nato mission in libya. three united nations workers were killed in a suicide bombing in kandahar today. the bombing and assault is the second major attack in three days targeting foreigners or nato troops. on saturday the taliban launched a suicide bombing in...

Alex is off today. in afghanistan, 13 americans were killed in a car suicide attack. joining me from washington is general mccafferty. there are a hantdful of women including a woman suicide bomber in all of this. this is prior to the big conference coming up from the taliban. what do you make of this? >> of course, there is a lot of fighting going on in fighting going on. very stiff battles, particularly for military police, both marine and army and special ops. having said that, we put the hakani network and the taliban under huge pressure. i think the larger thing that