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Far back as desert storm in the movement of the father, if you will, of the mother of all bombs and there were a lot of things that went into this process. but one of them is the psychological effect of this kind of bomb. when a bomb like this drops, what it does is not only send the direct blast, it affects the people that are within what they call a circular area of probability. but there is also the effect of the blast that comes out from the center of that target area and the after-effects of that, the shock waves, all of that, not only have physical effects but also psychological effects....

Fighters used to move around freely, making it easier to target u.s. advisers and afghan forces in the area. >> reporter: it's blast is supposed to destroy a target area that can spread over thousands of feet. on saturday a u.s. army operations soldier was killed in combat in the same area. >> in order to defeat the group, we must deny them operational space, which we did. >> one reason it was used, the area is so remote the u.s. believes there were no nearby civilians. >> you probably had a very large concentration, and it made perfect sense based othen time of day they were going to attack, ...

A handful of diehard orioles fans gathered outside the gates of camden yards today. orioles outfielder adam jones told yahoo news i wish we had fans to help with the healing. sports brings people together. joining me now, a sports reporter who was just at that game, steve davis. thanks for joining me. i know the score has the o's up by six runs. but clearly there's been no cheering in the stadium. how has baltimore reacted to the decision to have this in an empty stadium? >> hi alex. they'd like to be here, but considering what happened last saturday when we had near riotous conditions down he...

120,000 square miles. and now we hear that the satellite imagery are just south of that narrowed target area. to it seems to fall in line with what the australians said that this is not any confirmation of wreckage. but they would not have come forward with this if they did not have some degree of confidence that what they think they have found is indeed the wreckage from this boeing 777. it's also important to note that as the ships are making their way there -- and i'm getting a message as i'm talking to you right now, from one of the authorities with the u.s. military saying that that p-8 i...

This explosion killed eight and wounded 50. the target was policemen, they tried to kill as many as possible. bystanderssome saw someone running from a car. the explosion created a huge fireball. the number of dead, stands at 8, wounded 50. the numbers are likely to go up through the night. >> shep: is this an area that has been one where syrian rebel z have been hacking out? does it make sense this would be a target area or not so much? >> we're about 50 miles from the syrian border. it's the first major city inside turkey, to gather money and recruits they would be coming to this city. it co...