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Train efforts in marja. a gunship was sent to fly cover for the u.s. troops while they were trapped in that compound. martha: how long were they trapped there? >> a number of hours. by the afternoon the pentagon press secretary could not confirm the americans had been evacuated. >> there is fighting on the ground as we speak. everything is being done to secure the safety of those forces and the afghan forces they were coupled. >> they took shelter in an area surrounded by a sea of taliban compounds. martha: we have questions about what u.s. troops were doing in

We have breaking news out of southern afghanistan involving u.s. troops. let's get right to cnn's chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto. what are you learning? >> the deadly fire fight involving u.s. special operations forces, a joint operation with afghan commandos, this was in marja, during that fire fight i was told one u.s. soldier was killed in that action. other casualties as well. after the fire fight a u.s. medevac helicopter landed at the site. while it was on the ground, it was hit by mortar fire, mortar shells nearby. there was concern it damaged the rotors, but it was ...

Several weeks ago when the capital lashkar gar was in danger of falling. they also stepped up some air strikes, u.s. air strikes. the u.s., of course, they're automobile to justify this by saying it's part of the overall rules of engagement, false in the rules of engagement because it's afghans who are threatened and the u.s. and nato coalition have both the responsibility and the right to help defend them. but when you talk to u.s. defense officials and military officials there in afghanistan, had he deny that those u.s. special operations forces are actually on the frontlines despite the fac...

the grass is the right color for this time of year. you know, kind of a brownish greenish sort of thing. it just feels right. >> the trees are the right height. congratulations, michigan. you have just suffered the most inexplicable parent compliment any major party presidential nominee has ever paid to any individual state. i come back here, the trees are the right height. and maybe it is just michigan. maybe michigan brings this out in presidential candidates. michigan is where michael dukakis in 1988 agreed to put on world's worst choice for a helmet as he rode around in a tank at...