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And you have covered afghanistan a lot -- you're in the region. you're our senior international correspondent. what do you make of this new offensive that is being launched now in helmand province to try to get rid of the taliban stronghold there and the drugs, the heroin and poppy and all of that? >> reporter: well, it's clearly been planned very, very carefully. already, we're hearing from commanders, british ministry of defense briefing just a few hours ago that they're happy with the way the operations are going. there's been some sporadic fire, nothing to threaten the operation. key objec...

I can probably tell you that no one here expected that. this was a big, big wave, a perfect wave for surfing conditions but not for a group of spectators. that's california's famed maverick surf bay. two massive rogue waves, we're told, swept dozens of people off a sea wall, as you can see, tossing them into the beach and into the stage and several booths. we're saying that at least several people received broken bones and others were injured. i'm going to go now. if you can come to us here, i'm going to go to our assignment editor on the national desk. nick, you're on with the ceo? >> i'm on ...

Before u.s. marines deployed for this operation, they were briefed by jeffrey dressler. he is a research analyst with the institute for the study of war and an expert on afghanistan. he's the author of a major report on helmand province. thank you, sir, for joining us. mr. dressler, you're tonight in washington. i want to ask you this. how important is this operation in winning the overall war? >> well, it's very important but especially for southern afghanistan where the taliban have really had a strong hold over the past few years. the thing about marjah that's really important is that a lot...

Cancelled by delta and more with other airlines. what's going on today? >> there are still some flights being cancelled today. right now we have about 5,900 planes in the air. this is a lot more than what we had yesterday in the previous days with snowmageddon number two. we've had delays in san francisco because of clouds, but that's about it. air travel is going on. >> what is this, trouble? >> these are my fun facts of the day. >> what is it? >> this is the snow cover across the united states. if you take a close look, every single state in the lower 48 has some snow somewhere in that state...

Husband changed a lot. he became more religious. he started going to the mosque constantly. he started doing all his daily prayers enthusiastically in the mosque, and he started memorizing the koran again. >> reporter: her husband was on a fast track to jihad. do you think that your husband set out intentionally to trick the cia and jordanian intelligence? >> translator: of course, that may be. i guess he used them. my husband was a very smart person. i guess with his smartness and submission to god, he was successful in tricking them. >> reporter: as we talked, a crowd gathers, and a plainclo...