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Will occur as soon as possible. he didn't give us a deadline. but i think that the current rules of engagement, as least as our troops have felt they've been interpreted, have hurt morale here among american military, and so i hope he changes those rules or clarifies them as quickly as possible. >> reporter: those changes in claire -- and clarifications could come in a matter of days. they may not be an entire rewriting of the rules of engagement but give more interpretive room for the leading patrols in dealing with ambushes and sniper attacks, jon. jon: what about the scheduled withdrawal of...

This country. he and sarah palin has spent the last year building an army with a tea party movement that has started turning violent. friday before the health care bill was signed he predicted that there was going to be civil unrest on his television show on fox. and, of course, you know, and the same segment said that democrats were evildoers. we've all seen the result. we practically had a riot in front of the capitol. we've had my former boss, louise slaughter, has been the subject of violence in her office. you know, threats of sniper attacks. this is serious stuff, ed. he's a serious thre...

More than 30 members including nancy pelosi are there. defense secretary robert gates and service leaders also paying tribute to the former vietnam veteran. the 77-year-old congressman died last week following complications from gallbladder surgery. he served 19 terms. and u.s. marines are encountering sniper attacks and heavy gunfire from taliban insurgents on day four of that major offensive in southern afghanistan. so far 15 civilians have been killed in the fighting. richard engel, nbc news chief foreign correspondent, is in n london. richard, what's the latest? >> reporter: there are tw...

General stanley mcchrystal had decided some time ago he wanted to broadcast the news that this operation was unfolding, to say to the taliban it's inevitable, ear going to lose, you need to go away, we will provide security, we are going to take this area. whether that strategy works and what price we have with our young lives on the line, in terms of ied attacks, sniper attacks, that sort of thing, remains to be seen. >> clearly there's very much a prop ganta aspects to this mission? >> absolutely. they like to call it information operation, messages, they hope this pressure, this public pres...

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