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To respond in kind. so even though every officer doesn't have a rifle over his or her shoulder, they are sometimes in the trunk, they are available in cars that are especially equipped to come into the area quickly so that you can-- you can get in the range of these individuals. a rifle can fire accurately out to several hundred yards and a side arm is only accurate to, you know, 20 or 30 feet. so there's a real discrepancy in what you're facing when you get to a scene like this and it's extremely dangerous. we don't want to send officers on suicide missions. >> no, we don't. as you're speakin...

Oversees the nato advisory mission in southern afghanistan and is now recovering from that gunshot wound. ryan brown joins me now from the pentagon. what do we know about his condition and how this happened? >> we're being told he is recovering from that gunshot wound. he's still in command there in southern afghanistan, but he is in recovery. and again, he was one of two americans wounded in this attack in kandahar last week that took the lives of two senior afghan officials. now, the nature of him being there, he was one of several high-profile military commanders present in this meeting, in...

Present and it became so dangerous that the leader of all u.s. forces in afghanistan was forced to draw his side arm. >> all right. ryan brown, thanks so much. keep us posted. all right. now, very separately, now another story that is getting a lot of attention, and it concerns this season's super bowl. two "a"-list celebrities saying no to separate roles in the super bowl over the league's national anthem policy. pop star, rihanna, reportedly turned down an offer to perform at this season's halftime show in support of former nfl player colin kaepernick who kneeled during the national anthem...

Southern afghanistan. it just gives you a picture of how senior this meeting was that this attack occurred shortly after this high level meeting between general smiley, the general scott miller, the commander of all u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan was present. general miller, the most senior general drew his side arm. a very heated moment for senior leaders. >> the taliban says he was the target but as you mention another u.s. general, general scott miller pulled his side arm. he didn't fire, however. what does all of this say about the security situation there right now. >> reporter: the ...

Why? you know what i'm saying? if you can put people on the moon and turn algae into energy and a wind mill, why can't you take coal and figure out? i think we should take care of stuff and the environment. i have kids, and i want to take care of the earth. >> you're the second person i've met here who's talking a lot of hippy talk. >> yeah. >> hippy with a sidearm. >> yeah. ultra-precise lines made easy. master precise all day eyeliner from maybelline new york. precision tip. easy grip. applies with ease. waterproof.