meeting in concord. on tuesday, tuesday, general john campbell testified before the senate armed services committee. he answered questions about the accidental strike. and issues dealing with the afghan security forces. the taliban, and isis. this is two hours and 30 minutes. >> good morning. as the committee convenes i want to make it clear that i will not tolerate a disruption of the workings of this committee. i will say that anyone who does will be arrested. not ejected, but arrested. i want to make that very clear. we will not tolerate disruption of the workings of this committee. they are too important. the senate armed services committee meets this morning to receive information on the situation in afghanistan. we thank you for appearing and grateful for your many years of distinguished services and your leadership of the united states and coalition forces in afghanistan at this critical time. we ask that you convey the gratitude and appreciation to all the brave men and women in uniform under your command. under the sanctuary under the taliban regime al qaeda planned and conducted

professional as we assess what our position is going to be an afghanistan? general campbell: for the police, the number one issue i stress with them is getting the right leadership. the police have several thousand that are untrained, eventual police chiefs. they are doing that to get them out on a checkpoint, get them into the fight. but they've got to get them into the right training to make sure they have that. i think the afghan local police have taken a lot of casualties because they have beard outside what they were designed to do. designed -- they were not equipped, they were not trained for that. but they have miss utilized them by putting them on those checkpoints. again, i believe training is the key for the afghan police. at i think what we need to say here cases areice in many doing the same thing as the army. they are fighting very, very tough like the army. they are not manned. they are not equipped. senator fischer: if the president were to decide to keep our forces in afghanistan longer, what do you believe and the the reaction partners. to our nato would they be able to con

on c-span3 and www.c-span.org. next on c-span, the afghanistan commander general john campbell testifies of the u.s. air strike a doctors without borders clinic. then, we will move on to the white house. first ohio governor john kasich at the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce. then marco rubio at a campaign's top in new york city. -- at a campaign stop in new york city. tomorrow british prime minister speaks in acameron party conference in manchester. stephanie rawlings blake at the national press club outlines her baltimore compact. watch live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. saturday a u.s. airstrike hit a doctors without borders clinic afghanistan, killing 22 people. general john campbell testified before the senate armed services committee. he answered questions about the accidental strike, the current plan for u.s. troops, and issues dealing with the afghan security forces, the taliban, and isis. this is two hours and 35 minutes. >> good morning. as the committee convenes i want to make it clear that i will not tolerate a disruption of the workings of this committee. i wil

. >> coming up tonight, afghanistan commander general john campbell testifies of the u.s. strike that hit a doctors without borders clinic in afghanistan. we join the candidates on the road, john kasich been his day in washington where he met with the hispanic chamber of commerce. that is followed by marco rubio talking about the economy and innovation in new york city. saturday a u.s. airstrike hit a doctors without borders clinic in afghanistan, killing 22 people. general john campbell testified before the senate armed services committee. he answered questions about the accidental strike. and issues dealing with the afghan security forces. the taliban, and isis. this is two hours and 30 minutes. >> good morning. as the committee convenes i want to make it clear that i will not tolerate a disruption of the workings of this committee. i will say that anyone who does will be arrested. not ejected, the arrested. i want to make that very clear. we will not tolerate disruption of the workings of this committee. they are too important. this enough armed services committee meets this mornin

campbell. thanks forpbell: taking the time to be here. i have a prepared statement i would like to read through. take this opportunity to address a tragic circumstance of the airstrike that occurred on october 3. i offer my deepest condolences to the innocent civilians who were killed on saturday. i echo the work that doctors without borders conduct in afghanistan throughout the world. they have provided invaluable assistance to those most in need in afghanistan. duz onliban attacked kun september 28. forces have been fighting to remove the insurgents ever since. the taliban have decided to fight from within, putting civilians at significant risk of harm. our forces were in the air to provide assistance to the afghan forces. while personnel are not engaged in the fighting, they are providing valuable support the afghans. afghanistan remains an area of active hostilities. they retained inherent right of self-defense. we have learned that on october advised theyces were taking fire from enemy positions and ask for your support. a strike was called to eliminate the taliban threat and

brief biography. they hire as their attorney this person by the name of john campbell. who is a john campbell? michael: john campbell, i often call the people genius of the 14th amendment. john campbell is a former u.s. supreme court justice in the majority in the dred scott decision but he's from alabama. 20 civil war breaks out, he resigned to join the confederacy where he becomes jefferson davis'assistant secretary of war. he says the number of things that do not hold up well and when robert e. lee at the end of the war are proposing the confederacy employed black troops, campbell is completely against it. he is arrested after the lincoln assassination because they think he has a part in it and he is held in jail for months and he comes out very embittered and will make his legal career in new orleans after radical reconstruction begins fighting the reconstruction government. everything he is doing is being done to fort -- thwart the biracial reconstruction of louisiana most that he says things like we have africans in a place all around us and every day, they are bargaining away

loomis employee, kelly campbell. she tells ghantt they will hide out together in mexico. each will bring their share of the cash, which could total more than $10 million. they will quietly spend the rest of their lives in love, living off the stolen money. what ghantt doesn't know is kelly campbell is lying. >> kelly started at loomis fargo in 1996. she was attractive, had dirty blonde hair, and an attitude that drew him to her. she and david got to know each other when he asked to have a cigarette. he went up to her one day and kind of said in a flirty way, "if you let me have a cigarette i'll let you be my friend." kelly said, "i don't need any more friends, but yeah, you can have a cigarette." he liked that attitude. >> after she leaves her job at loomis fargo, they kept in touch. >> kelly would talk with david after she left loomis fargo and it was during these phone conversations that the idea was planted in david's mind. the idea had been planted in kelly's mind through conversations with steve chambers the previous summer. >> steve chambers is a high school friend of kelly's

target? we have to be weeks or months away from you putting those plans in place. general campbell: yes, sir. sir, it becomes a matter of physics. how quickly do you have to start? if the president does not make any decision, how soon do we see our troops drawdown to an embassy presence in kabul? general campbell: every day de-sscope -- every day we cope our theater. senator tillis: so -- i apologize for being short. of got a couple questions. you are already taking steps to than 9800.r less we just know know what the number is? yes, butampbell: sir, the course of action i recommended, if we get a decision -- senator tillis: i think the administration needs to be crystal on this. this is not something that should take long and anyone who situationed this knows the president is going down a perilous path. you mention some things i have not heard you talk about. , the other funding streams that are at risk that are also an important part of the gains we made in protecting those gains, can you tell me about any progress or concerns you have with that? sir, this is al: critical year for 201

they hire as their attorney this person by the name of john campbell. who is john campbell, briefly? >> john campbell, i often call the evil genius of the 14th amendment. john campbell is a former united states supreme court justice who was in the majority in the dred scott decision. he's from alabama. when the civil war breaks out, he resigns to join the confederacy, where he becomes jefferson davis' assistant secretary of war. in that role, he says a number of things that do not hold up well in the 21st century. at the end of the war, when robert e. lee and others in the desperate moments are proposing the confederacy employ black troops, campbell is against it. it defies everything on which the confederacy is based. he's arrested after the lincoln assassination because they think he's a part of it. he comes out of jail em biter - enbittered and will make his career fighting the government. everything he's doing, every case he's litigating is being done to thwart the reconstruction, the biracial reconstruction government of louisiana. he says things like, we have africans in a pla

campbell guilty on six counts of involuntary manslaughter as he was taken out of the courtroom he could be seen mouthing the words stay strong to his family. he will be sentenced sometime in january. now, a jury rejected the third degree murder charges that were sought by the prosecution which would have have been a mandatory live sentence for him. campbell was the demolition contractor who defense attorney argued was following the guidance and direction of the architect overseeing the demolition of the building on market street when the brick wall collapsed. six people buried in the debris died. about a dozen others were hurt including a woman found alive be 19 the bricks hours later but her legs had to be amputated. prosecutors say the campbell controlled the work site and that he was given several warnings by co-workers, architects including sal vague army architects. campbell's attorney was asked why he put his client and the victim's families through a trial especially after a subcontractor had taken a plea and testified against campbell? >> understand mr. campbell was not stoned.

deadly air strike on a doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan. general john campbell faces some hard questions today. mike viqueira is live in washington. mike, general campbell, addressed this head on in his testimony. >> reporter: you are absolutely right, and the shifting explanations over the course of the last 72 hours since that tragedy in northern afghanistan in the battle for kunduz, the hospital being struck by a gunship, killing 22 individuals, including 12 patients, 12 staff and 10 patients, including three children in northern afghanistan. this testimony was originally intended to talk about the draw-down in u.s. forces and president obama's time line. taken on new urgency in the wake of that tragedy. and general campbell clarified some of the statements. he said the afghans requested the air support during this battle but that has to go through a rigorous chain of command, and this is campbell's way of saying the u.s. is taking on more responsibility, more than he has lead on in the last couple of days. >> to be clear, the decision to provide fire was a u.s. de

campbell charged with murder for the market street dpla collapse 2013. >> on the stand for hours and the testimony in the last half hour. doug shimell has been in the courtroom all day. he stepped out and joins us on the phone. >> reporter: you know the story griffin campbell is telling the jury is that he had no normal training in demolition or construction or being a contractor. he never finished high school, he had a random series of jobs, ran a food truck where he made some money and started buying rehabbing abandoned homes. but he only demolished two small row homes prior to working on the now infamous mark streit demolition and found out about that project by meeting the demolition architect who has been given immunity by the prosecutors and he says that he handled everything from bids and paperwork and funnel work to campbell. campbell would give $5,000 back to expedite paperwork and his attorney said did you think anything wrong and he said, i don't know any better. he agreed to demolish the complex but didn't have a general contractor license and he said, plato took him over, pa

marathon bombings. crystal campbell was one three people killed at the finish line in april of 2013. along lyn saw lui and martin richard tonight we live at the site where they have memorial garden honoring victims. jim? >> well crystal campbell peace garden may not look like much now. but it will be transformed. strrj one will be larger fountian that will there memberialize could be stand quest for world peace. >> on brick after noorngs snow literally in the air, they came. some on two human feet some on none. >> coming to these things and being with my new extended family helps. >> that extended family survivors of the boston marathon bomb hog came to med ford today to honor victim who did not make it crystal campbell. today celebration of life the celebration the ground breaking and dedication for the crystal campbell peace garden to be constructed in front of med ford senior see center. originally were going put single park bench on the spot in hon for crystal. until we started thinking about how -- hundreds came to the ground breaking. clutching sun flowers that made of plastic

." three scientists including one japanese have won the nobel prize for physiology or medicine. campbell and tu share the award. >> the 2015 nobel prize in physiology and medicine with one-half jointed to william c. campbell and mura for their discoveries concerning therapy againstnfections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria. >> omura and campbell discovered a new drug. its derivatives radically lower the ips dense of river blindness and lymphatic. it is also effective against a growing number of other parasitic diseases. two discovered a drug called artimicenin. it lowers mortality rates for malaria sufferers. omura is the 23rd nobel prize winner born in japan and the third japanese to win in the category of physiology or medicine after yamuraka won in 2012. >>> top officials are going down to the wire on a major trade deal. gene otani joins us with more and a wrap-up of the business headlines. gene. >> james, thanks. ministers from 12 countries including japan are negotiating to create one of the world's

draw down troop levels there may have to be changed. general john campbell telling the senate armed services committee, isis and al qaeda are getting stronger in afghanistan. he says that has forced him to recommend changes to the existing plans that would cut u.s. troop strength by 90%. campbell did not say what troop levels he is proposing. campbell added a nuance to his explanation for an airstrike on a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz that killed 22 people. after earlier statements, came to a response to a request by afghan forces, he told the senate panel a u.s. decision made within the u.s. chain of command. cnn's dig robertson -- owe nic robertson is live in kabul. you have been talking to villagers who say they want help from the u.s.ges they don't want civilians to be hurt anymore. >> reporter: yeah, they really feel the afghan army can't stand up to the taliban. they say without the help of the u.s. military and others, the taliban could overrun more places, so they say, yes, we won our support. one man told me, if you are going to hit hospitals, we don't need yo

commander in afghanistan john campbell is testifying before the pentagon about that bombing which he says was a mistake. he says it is the u.s.'s decision to go ahead with the air strike of a doctors without borders hospital where 12 aide workers were kill and three children. general campbell testified that afghan forces called in air support, because they were taking fire from enemy positions. >> to be clear, the decision to take the on aero fires was made within the u.s. chain of command. the hospital was mistakingly struck. we would never intentionally target a medically protected faci facility. i must allow the investigation to take its course and i cannot discuss further specifics at this time, but i assure you that it will be thorough and transparent. >> and he went on the say that the special operations team was in the vicinity of the area to help direct the u.s. fighter on taliban positions. we go to barbara starr, our pentagon correspondent, and the general said that he ordered the retraining for all u.s. forces in afghanistan on the rules of engagement in that country, and what

found contractor griffin campbell, guilty of 20 criminal counts. including, six of the involuntary manslaughter. >> i hope that it does provide some semblance of closure and something as horrible, and overwhelming, as this kind of tragedy. >> reporter: jurors found campbell not guilty of the higher charge of third degree murder, which, upon multiple convictions, could have put him behind bars for life, without parole, hopefully today's verdict will help put this sad chapter behind for all philadelphians. >> my heart hearts every single day that this happened for them and my hearties hurting for us, because he is a good guy. >> reporter: sean benschop the drug impaired crane operator working for campbell previously pled guilty on involuntary manslaughter and other charges. family members of the victims, including this man who lost his wife with their attorneys, said that campbell's conviction is a step in the right direction towards justice, and healing. >> i had a sense of joy, and jurors of their statement today. >> reporter: you feel there was in that courtroom today, justice. >>

. >> campbell's "star wars" soups. >> how about you be chewbacca >> made for real, real life. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: now you may have noticed-- it was pretty good. pret i good. well made. you may have noticed, that commercial featured a non-traditional marriage. i'm talking of course. of the union between campbell's soup and "star wars." may the forced product integration be with you! but you may have also noticed that the family had two dads. it's no surprise. it is no surprise that campbell's supports all types of marriages since it just helps them sell more cans. ( laughter ) but here's the thing-- this is "star wars," and this is soup so, naturally, some people are angry. in this case, the mother-based activist group one million moms. they promote fundamentalist christian values by, as far as i can tell, getting mad at t.v. commercials. they claim "campbell's soup is glorifying this unnatural marriage," and "this gay-inclusive commercial is attempting to desensitize viewers." it's true. this soup ad that normalizes gay relationships could have profound effects on youn

, miami dolphins. two weeks old. that's when dan campbell took over. elevated from tight end coach to head coach. >> you know, they hit the reset button. >> whatever they change is working. they are playing at an extremely high level. >> the dolphins have scored 82 points and won both games under dan campbell. those wins were against the titans and texans, two teams with a combined three wins. still, a 41-0 halftime lead over >> when they are out there playing -- they are just having everything is more fluent. moving the ball a lot better. >> now dan campbell goes up against bill belichick. a man with three times as many as campbell has games coached. >> i don't look at it as me versus him. this is the dolphins versus the patriots. 6-0 patriots against the 2-0 dan campbell dolphins. >> wcvb, sports center 5. >> thank you very much. as you probably heard and suspected, most of this week has been spent by the patriots watching film and walking through different formations and different looks that they may get from the dolphins. it's not your average national football league practice wee

afghanistan, generally john campbell. and he is already saying the strike was carried out after a request by afghan forces who were being threatened by the taliban. a nay toe has launched a full investigation. earlier tad nay toe's secretary general expressed condolences to the families of the victims. >> i'm deeply saddened by the tragic incident involving the doctors without borders hospital in kunduz. my thoughts are with all those affected. a full investigation has been launched. the security situation in afghanistan remains challenging. but afghan forces are rising to the challenge. and we continue to support them. >> doctors without borders is accusing the u.s. of a war crime and calling for an independent probe. let's bring in cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara star with more. >> good morning. general campbell set to testify on capitol hill about 30 minutes from now. the hearing was scheduled in advance of this latest event to talk to campbell about the security situation in afghanistan and potential plans for drawing down for reducing the number of u.s. forces from its c

discovered in five years. aljazeera.com for more on all of that. ♪ >>> general john am -- campbell is being questioned. >>> corruption at the united nations. fraud charges against several officials. >>> south carolina has new problems, dams may still break, and damage is estimated in the billions. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. the commander of u.s. forces on capitol hill today revealing more on a deadly air strike on a doctors without borders in afghanistan. general john campbell called the air strike that left 22 people dead a mistake, but also clarified just who authorized it. mike viqueira is live in washington. mike, general campbell addressed this question head on. is there any question, however, about u.s. responsibility? >> reporter: it comes after a series of changing explanations to the u.s. military, to the infuration of doctors without borders. the strike from a gunship, the attack killing 22 individuals, including 12 staff members, 10 patients including three children. a contrite offering of condolences from general campb

convicted griffin campbell of six counts of involuntary manslaughter. >> it was for the six victims who died when a wall collapsed on top of a salvation army thrift shop in 2013. campbell was guilty of murder argued the prosecution. >> doug shimell was in the courtroom for that verdict. >> reporter: prosecutors say had they gotten that murder conviction it would have meant a life sentence but griffin campbell may spend the rest of his life in jail just because of the sheer volume of other convictions. three hours of deliberations the jury asked to see video of the demolition next to the salvation army thrift store and they took one more look at the septa bus video before rendering six guilty versd on involuntary manslaughter for griffin campbell. >> unusual, complicated and lengthy case. we felt the jury gave this case its every attention and we're very satisfied. we think justice was done on this case with this verdict. from you're going to take a building down you got to do it the right way. you can't take short cuts. you can't ignore through. you have to look out for the safety of ev

contractor involved in the deadly building collapse in center city back in 2013. griffin campbell is charged with murder for the collapse along market street that killed six people. prosecutors say campbell valued money more than life. nbc 10's doug shimell takes us inside the courtroom with a look at the defense's counterarguments. >> when they went from demolition by hand to heavy equipment on market street in june 2013, defendant griffin campbell's defense attorney claims the contractor was not consulted. he faces murder charges with a wall collapse that killed six people in the salvation army thrift store and the defense's first expert witness contends campbell was left out of the loop on everything from bidding, to the danger of the unsupported wall. they were alleging the demolition architect, who has been given immunity by prosecutors, controlled the entire process and ignored structural and safety issues, but the prosecution says willing ignorance or incompetence by griffin campbell won't work. more defense witnesses expected wednesday at the criminal justice center, i'm doug

, including new lighting. >>> the memory of marathon bombing victim krystle campbell is being honored forever in medford. a memorial garden is being built in her name. there our jim morelli has more on the emotional groundbreaking ceremony. >> reporter: on a brisk afternoon snow literally in the air, they came, some on two human feet some on none. >> coming to these things and being with my new extended family helped. >> reporter: that extended family survivors of the boston marathon bombing who came to medford today to honor a victim who didn't make it krystle campbell. >> today is a celebration of life. >> reporter: the celebration the ground breaking and dedication for the krystle campbell peace garden to be constructed in front of the medford senior center. >> originally we were going to put a single park bone this spot in honor of thinking about how we're going to honor her. >> reporter: hundreds came to the groundbreaking, clutching sunflowers, that made of plastic never die. they were krystle campbell's favorite flower. >> it just lifted me up a lot. it really did that

. >> the griffin campbell defense launched this morning with architect trying bowl stert case that's demolition contractor sake made a scapegoat for wealthy property owners and provtional architect pressuring campbell to get condemned building 2 and market down in the spring of 20136789 this catastrophe has campbell on trial six count of murder six died that day on the rubble that fell next door. 13 injured. prosecute rz say gamble broke safety modifications he switched to using a 36,000 pound excavate to knock a four story wall down instead of all done by hand in order to sea those who hired him. more defense sxrerts expected to testify today. and members of the 51-year-old campbell's family. >> mike griffin campbell is to take the witness stand in his own defense tomorrow. live in center city rhyme vernon odom, channel 6 "action news". >> change you the search is on for three suspects who shot and killed a man and threatened his wife in gunpoint southwest philadelphia after 11:00 last night 1100 block of south ruby street and investigators say the homeowner was shot three times in

tonight. tomorrow they'll be at oktoberfest in campbell. and it is super bowl 50. it seems just like yesterday when the green bay packers took on the kansas city chiefs in super bowl 1 back in january 1967, won by the green bay packers, vince lombardi at the hem, bart starr the mvp. you can see not that trophy but our super bowl trophies. they are right here. they are in campbell tomorrow. juliette, i have to tell you, the clouds are gathering in the sky. the question everyone has been asking me, is it going to rain? and we're going to have that answer a few minutes from now. it is so loud out here, i can't hear you, but if i think if you were to say anything to me, it would be, brian what a nice job you did handling a sports assignment. >> absolutely. >>> still to come, how sailing school is helping to prepare these kids for careers of the future. >>> el nino is bringing more than just rain to california. highly venomous sea snakes are now washing ashore. a surfer spotted this one. the yellow bellied sea snake is not normally found in california but scientists say the warm water is

sound like a joke, and, dennis campbell, the defendant, insists that it was. but the judges taking this very seriously. dennis campbell boarded united airlines flight 439 from boston to chicago wednesday night and after the wrong word. who, you know, worst-case scenario, unfortunately used airplane. unfortunate that common sense >> reporter: employer will argue he was making light of the heavily packed overhead bins, telling the flight attendant, when we land, that bad could come flying out of there like a bomb. but, that word is all anyone on board needed to hear to call police. campbell was arrested because he didn't have a bomb, he's been charged with making a false bomb threat. >> be very, very clear, he had absolutely zero intentions of doing anything wrong. >> reporter: the defense tried to plead with the judge to be realistic, saying that the case would not be indicted. the judge did not take kindly to that saying this is a serious offense and ordered campbell to stay away from all flights until the case is closed. you saw dennis campbell walking out of court in the video because

anything about the charges? leaving court after his release dennis campbell had no comment on his arrest for making a bomb threat on board a flight -- >> there was a bomb. >> reporter: he pleads not guilty in east boston district court where prosecutors say he told a flight attendant he had a bomb in his carrion luggage. >> he has absolutely no ties to any type of terrorist or -- this is somebody who maybe miss stated a word. >> reporter: but campbell says after jamming his cary on into the overhead he warned the flight attendants the luggage was going to fall out like a bomb. >> in a worst indication scenario he used a word that begins with b. on an airport. that is unfortunate common sense didn't prevail. >> reporter: the judge called the charge serious. passengers say even if campbell was joking there is no place for words like that on a plane. >> there is no room for even joking because everybody takes every threat seriously. >> some people don't know what jokes are and what is appropriate, what is not appropriate. it's a shame. >> reporter: campbell posted the $250 cash bail

afghanistan, general john campbell told members of congress the assault on the medical facility was a mistake, and he advised an aerial account of bombings, saying the u.s. called it in, not afghan forces. general campbell's testimony came after doctors without borders demanded on international investigation into what the organization calls a war crime. the general told the senate armed services committee that the situation in afghanistan changed and the u.s. should keep thousands of troops in the country beyond 2016. the white house says president obama is considering that option. meanwhile, the u.n. says all international aid agencies left kunduz, leaving those inside the embattled city without proper medical care. mike viqueira has more from washington. >> after four days of shifting explanations, the top military commander in afghanistan put it plainly. the u.s. military is at fault for the attack on the doctors without borders in northern afghanistan. general john campbell is making headlines by openly promoting before congress in his testimony today, on tuesday, a change in the

the situation in afghanistan. army general john campbell will have to explain the mistake in bombing the hospital in kunduz. the general's appearance was planned for a long time, but it's likely he'll have to explain airstrikes which killed 22 patients and staff. >> plenty more ahead on this news hour on al jazeera. nigeria's food exporters face the challenge of making sure their produce is safe to eat. >> this lab where one of this year's nobel prize winners has been working. we're going to find out on what later on. >> the man who could be the next liverpool football manager speaks out about the move. the details in sport. >> turkey's deputy prime minister has warned that russian airstrikes in syria could create a million refugees. he predicts a massive influx of syrians into turkey because russian military intervention shifted the balance of power in regions. so far, there are no signs of refugee buildup along the syrian, turkey border. >> it doesn't look like an accident, that is what nato's secretary general who rejected rush's explanation of what it was doing in turkish

morning the u.s. commander there, general john campbell, will get another chance to explain what happened when he testifies at the senate. that gets under way this morning. what are we expecting at this hearing today? >> reporter: this hearing for general john campbell, the top commander in afghanistan, was originally called to examine the obama administration's man to withdraw all american forces from afghanistan by the end of 2016 and a military proposal to keep at least 5,000 or more in afghanistan beyond that time frame. but kunduz got in the way and the afghans were forced to flee that city, the largest city in northern afghanistan and then of course there was the confusion over the bombing of the doctors without border medical facility that killed 22. first the military claimed that the soldiers that were in the area were under direct fire from the afghanistan -- from afghan taliban, but yesterday general campbell revealed for the first time that the afghans were actually the ones who called in the air strike. and officials from doctors without border are now pointing the finger at

hospital in afghanistan. the top commander in the country calling it a mistake. john campbell spoke at the armed services committee about the strike that killed 22 people and the current american strategy in afghanistan. aljazeera's white house correspondent, mike viqueira joins us from washington d.c. with more. and so what information came out of this hearing if >> reporter: well, after 72 hours of shifting explanations from the u.s. military, campbell, the head of nato forces in afghanistan stepped up and took the blame. this, as he openly suggested that the president's stated policy of removing all american forces and a training and advisory role and a counter terrorism role by 2016 was not a good idea. >> a hospital was mistakenly struck >> reporter: it was a stark admission by the top commander in afghanistan, who gave no doubt who gave the green light about the attack that killed 22. >> to be clear, the decision to provide u.s. arrow fires was a u.s. decision, made within the u.s. chain of command. >> reporter: even before accepting the blame before a senate panel, john campbell

afghanistan, general john campbell, told the senate armed services committee today that the disastrous bombing of the hospital in kunduz was a mistake. >> even though the after ghans request that support it has to go through a rigorous u.s. procedure. we had a special operations unit that was in close vicinity that was talking to the aircraft that delivered those fires. >> general campbell said he was called for more training to prevent similar incidents from taking place. nbc's jim miklaszewski joins me from the pentagon. that doesn't begin to really respond to the questions about how this could have happened. >> reporter: that's right. and that sound bite you played from general campbell is so telling, because again, he said look, no matter who called in the strike, it was afghans that actually asked the americans to launch an air strike against a target. don't even know if it was the hospital that was the target that the afghans wanted struck, but he said even though that happened, it is up to the u.s. military on the ground and in the air to conduct a rigorous review so it's obviou

airstrike on the hospital in the city of kunduz was a mistake. here is general campbell where he explained the circumstances leading to the strike. general campbell: we were engaged in a fight with the taliban. our forces divided air support to afghan forces at their request. the decision to provide aerial fires was a u.s. decision made within the u.s. chain of command. the hospital was mistakenly struck. we would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. i must allow the investigation to take its course and did not at liberty to discuss specifics. laura: for more on his comments i spoke with the bbc's nick bryant. the u.s. account of what led to the strike on the hospital has been evolving and changing. it is now a mistake. nick: the story changed. it was u.s.aid forces that came under fire, then they changed it to afghan forces. the language has changed dramatically. originally they used the cold dehumanizing military jargon "collateral damage" to describe the 22 civilians killed. then they said it was a tragic incident. yesterday general campbell said if errors

or even a joke about having a bomb. dennis campbell arraigned in east boston district court today . he was released by state police last night on $250 cash bail. state police say while on a united airlines plane yesterday, police did not find any type of the explosive on that plane. campbell' s attorney painted this as a misunderstanding. campbell' s lawyer claims that he flight attendant made a comment to the man that she was surprised he was able to get a bag into the overhead compartment. >> he went and sat back in his seat. he apologized and said, i should not have said that. reporter: after court we try to get campbell to talk about what happened. the judge continued -- he is barred from going to logan or any other airport. he has to check in with the probation department before leaving the state. he returns to court on december 4. erika: thank you. take a look at this car flattened by a tree in milton. brought down during last night' s high wind and heavy rain. that system has moved out. some warm weather is moving in. cindy: downpours. wind gust that in some places 50 to si

dennis campbell of uxbridge. he' s expected to face a judge later today. police say campbell was on a united airlines flight from boston to chicago last night. just before take-off, he allegedly made a comment about having a bomb in his bag. state police were called, and quickly removed him from the plane. they didn' t find a bomb. the flight took off without campbell about an hour later. frank: campbell was held on $250 bail, his arraignment later today in east boston. live in boston, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: sentencing will be handed down today for the former new hampshire prep school student whose rape trial made national headlines. owen labrie was cleared of the most serious charges, but was convicted of using a computer to lure a 15-year-old girl to a sexual encounter. he' s hoping for probation but faces up to 11 years. his trial exposed a campus sex competition culture between male students at saint paul' s in concord. >> we are running for someone has convinced you attacking me is going to help you. randy: trading barbs and trying to gain ground. jeb bush and

justice hasn't been done. >>> cut rate contractor griffin campbell ac equipmented on six murder charges today in the june 2013 building collapse at 22nd and market but he was convicted of all involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges. his lawyers argued it was a scapegoat for an architect and wealthy land owner who pushed him to use heavy mechanical gear to knock down an unsupported wall that crashed into the salvation army store. >> i think they made a decision about what his mind-set was, when he was acting this recklessly and thought that it was appropriate for involuntary manslaughter. >> if griffin campbell was sentenced to third degree it would be an automatic life sentence. at least with the involuntary we can work on a sentencing structure, again, you know, it's going to be a tough sentencing. >> reporter: griffin campbell's mother spoke after the verdict. >> we are so sorry about all the families, the victims and the ones that managed to get out alive. my heart hurts every day that this happened for them. >> reporter: the civil lawyers are gearing up for a mult

following what he was saying. how does what general john campbell say, compared to what we heard the afghans say. >> reporter: it really comes down to the specificity of language. general john campbell confirmed on monday that it was the afghan national security forces who requested the air strikes. requested. however, in testimony just a few minutes ago, before the senate armed services committee, general campbell said there was a u.s. special operations unit in the area, talking with the crew of that ac 130 gun ship, which certainly sounds to my ears as if they were the ones who actually called in the air strikes, actually provided the targeting for that ac-130 gunship. so it really comes down to the language kamal. it sounds as if it were the u.s. that did call in this information, but of course if this is in fact what did happen, and there are investigations underway, the organization. doctors without borders is convinced that some sort of war crime was committed, because the hospital that had been in that location since 2011 was hit, and 22 people, including 12 of the staffers w

never seen before were discovered. >> aljazeera.com for a great deal more. >> general jon campbell answering questions about that afghan hospital bombing. giving his opinions about troop withdrawal. corruption and fraud charges now against several top officials. t rains have stopped but south carolina has new problems. dams can break in the damage now estimated to be in the billions this is al jazeera america, the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan is on capitol hill today and we are learning more about that deadly air strike. general jon campbell facing tough questions from the senate arm ad services committee, he called the air strike that left 22 dead a mistake. but he also clarified just who called in that strike. am al jazeera is in washington for us. the general addressing this testimony head on it is interesting because the president, general campbell, many others of the last several days say they want to wait for the results of this invest face from the pentagon the department of defense before they lay blame on this, and we do understand that the preliminary results w

panel. general john campbell says a pentagon investigation is going board, with preliminary findings expected in 30 days. that was cold comfort for doctors without borders. the group that operated the hospital. >> in the latest in a series of scathing statements the president wrote: the hospital attack game during a battle for control of kunduz, and the taliban advance raises troubling questions. in 2014, president obama vowed to complete the draw down of u.s. traps by the end of next year. >> we have to recognise afghanistan will not be a perfect place. and it is not america's responsibility to make it one. >> but tuesday, campbell told congress the afghan army can't secure the country without u.s. help, and openly called for u.s. troops to stay behind the president's deadline. >> i believe we have to have a counterterrorism capability and you need a certain amount of forces. >> the top afghan leader wants the military to remain, african forces are reversing taliban games. at the same time the need for maintaining support, sustaining support for afghan forces is more evident. >> the

agricultural economy. security is equally important. general john campbell is leading the new nato transition mission in afghanistan with coalition forces as u.s. troops are leaving. the four-star general in charge of resolute support told me that afghanistan is fighting hard to build an effective security force to protect is own people. >> this last fighting season, summer of '14, were almost all on their own. they had to lead for security, and they're quite proud of that. >> the goal is to continue training, advising, and assisting afghanistan security forces, and when they die, their memories are honored here at the base every week. [ bugle playing "taps" ] >> the people of afghanistan give thanks for your help and support... >> as you saw, we had a member from the afghan army out there, and he thanked the coalition, something you didn't hear a lot with underneath president karzai. but underneath this new national unity government, they've embraced the international community. >> general campbell understands the importance of improving the economy and has followed the work of roots of peac

afternoon jury convicted contractor griffin campbell on six counts of involuntary manslaughter. nbc 10's doug shimell was in the courtroom for that verdict. >> reporter: today's guilty verdict starts a process where in two central figures were not charged in the criminal case will wind up in court on a civil suit. in their barely three hours of deliberation the jury asked to see video of the demolition next to the salvation army thrift store and they took one more look at the septa bus video of the collapse before rendering six guilty verdicts on involuntary manslaughter for contractor griffin campbell. >> unusual and complicated and lengthy case. we felt the jury gave this case its every attention and we're very satisfied, we think justice was done on this case with this verdict. >> if you're going take a building down you got to do it the right way. you take short cuts. you can't ignore through. you have to look out for the safety of everybody when you do a project like this. >> reporter: you happy with today's verdict? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: why? >> i saw the judgment today. >> re

: campbell has come and gone from the courthouse after posting that $250 cash bail. he hack ordered by the judge not to fly, stay away from all airports and not to leave this state until case has been resolved. we are live from east boston this afternoon, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: the house of representatives vote on the new speaker of the house this morning. paul ryan received the majority of the votes. chris clackum has the details. >> the speaker-elect, paul ryan of the state of wisconsin! >> reporter: wisconsin congressman paul ryan has been elected speaker of the house. but a less than unanimous vote from fellow republicans helped lay out his early agenda. >> the speaker of the house, congressman, and an honorable paul ryan. >> reporter: ryan takes over less than two weeks after saying he wasn't interested. and after getting assurance from the g.o.p. members who wanted john boehner replaced that they would be more willing to work with him. >> let's be frank. the house is broken. we are not solving problems. we are adding to them. i am not interested in laying blame. we a