military in afghanistan. thank you for that service and in countering corruption in the defense and security sector i know is a big job. so we thank you all for being here. we think this is a very distinguished panel. if you could keep your comments to around five minutes, without objection, your written testimony will be entered

forces in afghanistan. i'd also like to join senator mccain in welcoming your family, noreen, thank you, and carolyn, and also your father, jack, thank you, sir, for your service and your uncle jim, thank you for your distinguished service in many capacities. as chairman pointed out, lieutenant general nicholson is uniquely qualified to assume these responsibilities having spent much of the last ten years foe focused on the mission in afghanistan including approximately 3.5 years deployed country and having held a number of relevant u.s. and nato command positions, your experience is not only impressive but will be extremely useful as you assume this new responsibility. i recently traveled to afghanistan and it is evident the past year has been one of significant political and security transition for the country. the transfer of security responsibilities from the coalition to the afghan national security forces are ansf, hasn't been without its challenges as evidenced by the temporary seize yours of kunduz

forces afghanistan. i think president obama, secretary carter, general dunford, general dunford, general millie for their support for my nomination. i also wish to thank my friend, general john campbell, for, for his outstanding leadership in afghanistan and for his long service and if confirmed it would be a tremendous honor to follow him in this critical position. as he mentions her i would like to introduce my wife and her ring, my daughter caroline, my other family members, my uncle jim, my dad, my stepmother for their presence here today for their love and support of me throughout my career. >> welcome to the family members, i know this this is a part-time. >> think user. my father and uncle are vietnam veterans. their service has been an inspiration to me and my generation and our family for years. so much so that three my cousins and my daughter are all in the family business in the service of our country. most are partly, i would like to thank the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines with whom i've

forces in afghanistan. last year was a political transition under the president connie, like all progress in afghanistan it has been challenging. however however the national has held together preventing the breakdown of governance which provides an opportunity for some ambitious reform agendas, proposals including governance and anticorruption which should be courage by all. the afghan also has to work hard with about their economy which is not performing well at all. also the loss of human capital as a many young people leave the country. these are a few of the challenges that you will face, i am extremely confident that you have the ability, dedication, and experience to meet these challenges. thank you. >> thank you. general nicholson, before we proceed there's a series a series of standard questions which we ask for all nominees and we appreciate your answer yes or no. in order to exercise the legislative and oversight responsibilities it is important that this committee and other appropriate committee

afghanistan. some of the british you aged 11 to 18. members represent their views before government officials and meet every year to debate issues facing young people in united kingdom. >> the youth parliament will look at our last morning session. make public transport cheaper, better, and accessible for all. to move the motion, i call from the northwest of england, rose warburton. [applause] rose: a 14-year-old is made to pay an adult rate to school everyday. requires weekly doctors appointments, but can no longer afford these journeys. given the chance, would you help these young people? because righty now you have that chance. four years ago, the committee carried out a report on transport. for 80,000 young people but that we campaign on this issue once again. is an illness that we diagnosed four years ago. would you start treatment today? let us use the evidence from the report to create a reformed, refresh, and reinvented campaign. to us and for reforms discount travels for young people, sim

in afghanistan, iraq and elsewhere. but even as the united states winds down its wars, these workers remain critical to american facilities around the world. >> the problem doesn't go away, because we're still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for bases in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. >> the top of the world - the arctic circle. an environment that is at the same time hostile and fragile. warming temperatures are warming ice at historic rates... adding to its distress, man's unquenchable desire for fossil fuel. the quest to retrieve arctic oil is underway, but how prepared is the world to handle a catastrophic spi

forces afghanistan. i think president obama, secretary carter, and general merely for their support in my nomination. i wish to thank my friend general john campbell for his outstanding leadership in afghanistan and long service ended confirmed would be a tremendous honor to follow him in this critical position. as you mentioned i would like to introduce my wife maureen, my daughter and my other family members, my dad, my stepmother for their presence today and their love and support of me throughout my career. >> this is the proud time. >> their service has been an inspiration to the family for years so much so three of my cousins and my daughter, in the family business in service of the country. most importantly i would like to thank soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines with whom i had the honor to serve lose their selfless service to the country and each other is a testament to the strength of our military and the nation. i wish to honor the sacrifice of service members who died in this noble effort and

, using afghanistan as a battlefield and this is what is driving the people of afghanistan out of afghanistan. i want to thank you for your sacrifices, ms. vaughan. i work with the people, every single tribe in afghanistan. my grandfather ruled afghanistan, 36 wives, 62 children and i'm related to every tribe so when i say this my question is why is the united states not doing more to stop pakistan and to -- from interfering in afghanistan. >> i'm going to take one more question since the first was more of a comment. in the front this gentleman. >> thank you. thank you, my name is peter gluck. as i listen to everybody's comments i they wantkying to myself what you're saying about afghanistan in terms of political corruption, dysfunctional government, economic underdevelopment lack of security, lack of local buy in, you could be saying the same thing about iraq. so my question is this, what does that tell us in the united states about the very limited capacity of an outside government to affect meaningful change in these societies? >> vanda, do you want to begin with the pakistan question and

in afghanistan. certainly in terms of a tragedy that we all would have liked to see avoided and that was caused by mistakes made by the u.s. military and afghan security forces and we'll discuss that issue as well. vanda and i are very honored to have our colleague with us here. he is an active duty marine corps officer with considerable experience in the broader middle east conflict found in previous assignment area -- assignments. we are pleased to have him in brookings. he draws on this great repository in his mind on various issues that get to the heart of what happened. usebasic question of how to military power in as safe away as possible in a difficult combat environment. he has experienced, not only as a pilot but also as an individual who helped coordinate unmanned aerial situations with a background as well in foreign area operations. he has a sophisticated understanding of the way in which military operations affect populations in which they take place. vanda is the author of the aspiratio

afghanistan. afghanistan. she has done a great deal of field research in a brave and forward leaning way in afghanistan another countries and therefore has wrestled with the question of human security as well as the broader issue of the trends in government and armed operations,operations, politics. i will just say one more brief word of introduction. the order we will proceed in , she will try to give us the lay of the land. they are in the fall within extensive visit in different parts of the country. i had a much shorter visit in december and will try to guide the conversation and occasionally interject, but we will start with her and go to someone with a broad concerned about the well-being of the afghan people and what mercy corps has been doing to address concerns. jason will speak about whatever topics he wishes to. the tragedy will be paramount on his mind, as it should be for all of us. trey bolton will react to that as well as get a broader interpretation of where things stand. one final

in afghanistan, iraq and elsewhere. but even as the united states winds down its wars, these workers remain critical to american facilities around the world. >> the problem doesn't go away, because we're still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for bases in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. >> i'm stephanie sy, and this is a special edition of talk to al jazeera, we're lookingback at 2015. >> to push as hard as i can to make it as far as i can in the ballet world so that they will have an easier path. >> in the last year, we've spoken to best-selling authors and global leaders. you've heard from actors, composers& ♪ i am a man who will fight for your honor ♪ >> &and musicians including one of the most recognizable singers

>> i'm from afghanistan. amy: where in afghanistan? >> nuristan, but i grew up in kabul. amy: and why did you leave afghanistan? >> because of war. because of americans' politics. because of the england politics. because they come to my country, use the bombs, the weapons. in my country, we don't have any weapons. so these weapons is using in afghanistan, if the terrorists using, if the americans using, if anyone using, just use it in my country. so there is war in my country, and i am here. amy: we just saw a protest about a death of a young man named joseph, a sudanese man who was killed on the highway, on the overpass above. do you know about that? >> yeah, i know. amy: what happened? >> it's happened every day. it's not just this one time, you know? it's happened every day, every week. and one month before -- in one month, nine people died here in calais. amy: why are you willing to risk all of this? >> because if the people like me, they have problems in their countries, like me. if i have a problem in my country, i have to go forward, you know? i don't have to go ba

afghanistan. soviet troops invade an islamic nation. a call for jihad against the infidels sounds throughout the muslim world. a call raised by men like abdullah azzam, a palestinian cleric, charismatic and deeply spiritual. he is the man who would mentor and shape osama bin laden throughout much of the 1980s. >> my name is hutaifah azzam. i've been living with bin laden for more than eight years continuously you could say. >> reporter: hutaifa is abdullah azzam's son. this is his first interview for western television. >> my father was leading islamic and arabic studies and osama bin laden was studying engineering at that time. >> reporter: bin laden was drawn to the influential cleric, seen here in afghanistan. he was the ideological force behind the call for jihad and he implored the young and impressionable osama to follow him. >> at the end of 1984 in the summer my father told him, you have to leave with me. i'm leaving to pakistan and afghanistan. >> reporter: bin laden responded. he made the move from saudi arabia to pakistan. >>

third, the development progress in afghanistan, the resources we put into afghanistan, certainly been a question. thethe economy is not performing anywhere near the level acceptable for sustainability and progress. yesterday the new york times article thursday question as to whether the taliban is the key to usaid projects. as to what is the short-term long-term gains and whether our investments are really being beneficial to afghans future. lastly, the anticorruption efforts. we know the president made very strong commitments to anticorruption and has made virtually no progress in dealing with the corruption issues. what i hope will do comeau what has gone right comeau we have done a lot of good things. this is not the country it was 2,001 just positive. things have gone wrong. an effective policy for afghan future. i would forward to hearing from our witnesses. >> thank you. we will now turn our witnesses. two administration witnesses represent the state department and usaid portfolio. our 2nd panel includes three informed experts. special representative for afghanistan pakistan. an

as it relates to afghanistan. and i'm quoting from your testimony, the test will be whether pakistan takes concrete actions not only to support reconciliation but to reduce the ability of the taliban in the haqqani network to plan and launch operations from pakistan which greatly diminishes the prospects for real negotiations. to understate it we have a complicated relationship with pakistan. what can the united states do in its bilateral with pakistan to further the prospects for reconciliation and peace in afghanistan? >> well, senator, congratulations for putting your finger on exactly the most vexing question that immediately comes to the fore when you're talking about how to bring an end to the conflict. and this is something that now that i'm out of government that i want to use my current position with the atlantic council to see if we can develop some fresh thinking about. as somebody who sat in kabul for 3 1/2 years knowing that every day that i was there somebody from pakistan was trying to kill the peop

military role in afghanistan to an end. there's been a series of reversals of changes to the draw down plan from afghanistan. and now as my colleague and i report today, u.s. military or decades long ly talking presence in afghanistan. they think that's what will be required to help the afghan forces be able to fend off the taliban and this lengering al qaeda presence that continue to threaten not just afghanistan but american national security. >> not set in stone. they're war gaming this or planning for the future with a number of different possible scenarios. >> that's right. it will be up to the next president to make final decisions about future troop plans. but from a military perspective, their judgment is that the afghan forces are nowhere near ready to take care of defending their country on their own. and, you know, they require billions of dollars of a year in outside funding. they require the presence of perhaps thousands of foreign troops a year for the foreseeable future. and really, it's just not just to prot

role in afghanistan, an american green baret killed in afghanistan. >> to help the afghan military not to be involved in direct combat and al jazeera jamie mcintyre has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: officially u.s. special operation forces are only training, advising and assisting afghan forces not fighting alongside them as they battle to retake territory from the taliban in afghanistan's southern helman providence as they explained it to al jazeera in an e-mail they travel with the afghan special operations forces up to what we usually refer to as the last covered and concealed position or an over watch position but he wrote our forces do not go on the objective with the aftghans and in the case of the combat death this week a 30-year-old staff sergeant mcclintock and two barets back to safety it pus u.s. forces directly in the line of fire advising on a clearing operation where taliban forces attacked pinning down u.s. and afghan troupes in a force 20-hour fire fight. >> they are in harm's way that is clear. >> harm's way you used several times. >> sure. >> the u.s. military

justin roulac, bbc news, afghanistan. war, theyer years of find that they have islamic state fighters on their doorstep. today, there was increased security around cairo as egypt marks the fifth anniversary of the protests which toppled the former president. dozens of policemen were deployed in the square. a warning from the new regime that demonstrations will not be tolerated against the current president, abdul. critics say that the president is an autocrat who has betrayed the hopes of those who took to the streets five years ago. we have a report. into here square, a show devotion to egypt's latest strong man. the president. the turnout was low. the security forces were there in numbers to prevent any new -- stirrings of unrest in the birthplace of the revolution. a familiar face of a police state on display. while the authorities have done their utmost to ensure that only supporters of the president are here today, in the past two weeks, they have rated about five houses in central cairo. looking for anyone who might

troops under attack in southern afghanistan. one american servicemember is killed in the fight to push back the taliban. offering hopes that vision can be restored by the thousands. ♪ laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in an emotional speech that brought him to tears president obama announced he is taking executive action to tighten gun control in the u.s. he said he was using his presidential powers because congress failed to act. his critics say he is overstepping his authority and promise a challenge. jon sopel has our coverage. jon: his nickname is no drama obama. not today, not on the issue of gun control, as frustration over failure to act turned to route emotion as he talked about the young children that died in the new town school shooting. president obama: first graders. neververy family who imagined their loved one would be taken from our lives by a -- every timegun i think about those kids it gets me mad. on theway, it happens streets of chicago every day. jon: the st

afghanistan is putting billions of its own money to build up pipeline to afghanistan. that is the type of situation that makes an immense difference afghanistan offers examples of how from the depths of poverty that the collapsing soviet system lifted them. we need to appreciate and have the clarity of purpose to be able to learn from real examples and again the key is to engage the citizens in an inclusive dialogue. i am engaging continuously in town hall meetings across the provinces of afghanistan what i have learned in a single town hall meeting in a province is hundreds of meetings in kabul. government has to be taken out to the public page we need to take risks. if we hide ourselves behind walls people will say -- the same way is to open the government. i think in this regard capacity and i would like to make one other point. capacity is not an abstraction so a lot of the capacity of programs have been wrongheaded because they focus on not on what exists, they focus on an abstract analysis. if we mobilize, instead of coming with plans that are made for norway we

you just reported what is happening in afghanistan today. he doesn't seem to have a fierce urgency when it comes to defeating the taliban. his own former secretary of defense robert gates said he didn't believe in his own strategy. >> what about he says the majority of americans agree with him. i mean, he is pointing to the polls as justification. >> on guns, yes. he does say that. but the truth is, that's not quite right there. was an abc news poll that came out that showed 63% of americans say that the reason for these mass shootings is the lack of treatment for mental health. and only 23% say it's lack of gun laws. so that's not the case. you know what? 64% of americans think he doesn't have a fierce urgency of now when it comes to fighting icy, including 59% of democrats. so americans get. this americans realize is that when it comes to fierce urgency, his fierce urgency is to withdraw. it's not to win. >> marc, thank you. >> thanks, megyn. >>> well, a new netflix documentary is generating millions of views online. but the show "making a

so they wound up working together in afghanistan fixing broken ak-47s. and the reason they're not working on american weapons was the american guns were not breaking as often, often enough to keep looking busy et cetera actually deployed to go up the afghan national army. they worked on weapons out of been turned in from militia members and then repurposed. really unusual to work on an ak-47 if you're an american weapons mechanic but that's what they were doing. and while they were doing that, desma in the first deployment had a desk job. so she was keeping track of all the work that all the maintenance teams were doing and ordering spare parts for vehicles or ordering more nightvision goggles, things like that, really different in the work that desma wound up doing when she was in iraq out on the highways intersect the deployment. but they come back from the first deployment, even though all three have not seen what anybody would call combat, he had a moment where it's a struggle to transition back home here and i'll read from this point in the book. pa

forces in afghanistan." inspector general sopko: who made the decision? why did we purchase an aircraft that is un-airworthy and was never going to be used? sharyl: but you wouldn't have even known about these planes if you hadn't stumbled across it at the airport? inspector general sopko: absolutely. that's approximately $600 work, never worked, couldn't be used, were pooy maintained, and were eventually turned into scrap. sharyl: the inspector general says the criminal investigation into the g-222 program is ongoing. we'll keep you posted. ahead on "full measure," a story of horrific cruelty and a charitable rescues. sharyl: in the fall, sheriff's deputies arrived at a so-called horse "rescue" farm in virginia to find nearly 100 emaciated horses. dozens were near death, some already dead, and in the course of trying to save the living, several more had to be euthanized. as horrific as this one story seems, we found it's not uncommon. one problem may be the offer more safeguards, like maryland, and states that some virginia. chris papst, from our affilia

now a new phenomenon is taking place in afghanistan. the government has little resources to overcome this new challenge. the afghan security forces are heavily relying on the u.s. and allies to gather intelligence and more importantly, air powers from the from the united states and u.s. drones have been very effective in going after taliban members and al-qaeda members. at this time, daish has also become a target of u.s. drones in afghanistan. >> let me ask you about the taliban. monday, we understand that representatives from afghanistan, pakistan, the u.s. as well as china all meeting in china to agree on a roadmap forward for peace with the taliban. what he said your assessment of what will happen with that? >> i believe it's time for all parties to come together and resolve this issue be, because the taliban have also threatened by isil in afghanistan, as well as the afghan government, it's time for the afghan and pakistani territories to come together and try to set up a a mechanism in order to bring taliban on the peace negotiati

campbell talked and discussed during our trips to afghanistan, there is a dangerous part of afghanistan that is dangerous and hellemond province is one of those places. and the u.s. forces there are doing what they can to provide support, training, advice, assistance to the afghan forces as they take the lead in this fight, as they continued to take the lead in this fight. they've shown resilience and in hellemond province. bob, this is an ongoing fight. and the hours have highlighted that. the risks that the afghan forces take every day and of course the u.s. forces assisting taking as well. yes. >> couple questions just to clarify. was this mission that the afghan special operation forces on, was that a combat or a counterterrorism mission? because i thought under the rules of the road put forth by the white house that active duty combat forces could only engage in counterterrorism missions? peter: nick, this is some of the detail about exactly who they were engaged with, what their original target, these are some of the things we're trying to get all the details. i don't want to jump

afghanistan, wider afghanistan. so the significance of this air area to the taliban is huge. you take away the ability for the farmers to grow the opium, effectively you take away the financing of the taliban. that's why we're seeing and have been seeing a resurgence of taliban activity in helmand province and specifically around sangin where many battles have occurred with the taliban over the years. now that we've seen that withdraw and more of the onus put on the afghan national army an afghan national police who have been trained and mentored by the brits and the americans, the taliban are now taking advantage of those perceived weaknesses and they're really making an effort to try and secure some of this ground again in order to protect their vested interests and revenues. >> talk to me about the taliban because there have been peace processes under way in the last couple of years to try and include the taliban into negotiations with the afghan government. the united states has been supportive of that in other

forces in afghanistan." inspector general sopko: who made the decision? why did we purchase an aircraft that is un-airworthy and was never going to be used? sharyl: but you wouldn't have even known about these planes if you hadn't stumbled across it at the airport? inspector general sopko: absolutely. that's approximately $600 million for 20 planes that don't work, never worked, couldn't be used, were pooy maintained, scrap. sharyl: the inspector general says the criminal investigation into the g-222 program is ongoing. we'll keep you posted. ahead on "full measure," a story of horrific cruelty and a warning about allegedly >> welcome back with our guest, alan dershowitz, and you must go out and get his book. tell us about your book. >> it is about the bible figure of abraham the father of all three big relidge owes, jew i, and christian and islam and how he argued with god, the first lawyer, period and it is a way of exploring the history of lawyers, lawyers in the sifts movement, -- lawyerses would have fought against government abuse and lawyers who is

and afghanistan, unfortunately, for the people of afghanistan, has been there quite a while in this intersection between fragility and competition. what have you learned? what are the things you will tell us about the security outlook from here and into the near future? >> thank you. well, the first thing is we need to understand that we are dealing with medium-term challenges, not short-term challenges. because if the challenge is not defined in the correct term, we cannot put together strategies for containment for overcoming. second, terrorism morally reprehensible has become a psychological system. we need to understand it as an ecology where there's both competition and cooperation. third, it has a distinctive pathology. and it is directed towards theater. the attack on paris, istanbul, the rest what's the purpose? to prevent us from freedom of travel, to make us suspicious of our neighbors, to call into question the very bond between the state where the state protects the citizens. and lastly, it has a morphology. it changes very fast. it learns the techniques are transferable. in this env

forces in afghanistan." inspector general sopko: who made the decision? why did we purchase an aircraft that is un-airworthy and was never going to be used? sharyl: but you wouldn't have even known about these planes if you hadn't stumbled across it at the airport? inspector general sopko: absolutely. that's approximately $600 million for 20 planes that don't work, never worked, couldn't be used, were pooy maintained, and were eventually turned into sharyl: the inspector general says the criminal investigation into the g-222 program is ongoing. we'll keep you posted. ahead on "full measure," a story of horrific cruelty and a warning about allegedly dangerous horse farms posing as charitable rescues. signing up for health insurance was very easy... my premium is 22 dollars a month. it only took a few minutes, and i got exactly the kind of coverage i wanted at the price i wanted... it was a comforting feeling to know that our family is secure and that we have health insurance... financial help to make coverage more affordable, lowering their monthly premium

it's very successful now afghanistan. in fact, when i was working i thought about and call one of the guys in the company and got them on the phone in the end mark. what are you doing in the end mark? well comeau we are setting up here. so this is a public diplomacy effort by the us state department that there is a for-profit company that did exactly will be asked to do and is now hungry for more. and going to places that also needed. that was a very successful effort. it was more popular platform that facebook in afghanistan by a long shot. it became the jobs market. it also became the willing hearts face of up to the base of operations. the change society and some interesting ways. another -- i mean, i think bringing sesame street afghanistan was powerful that only because it teaches abc's the little kids but it teaches the mothers and fathers as well. and i thought it was a great contribution to the afghan future. we did come as i mentioned, doubled fulbright scholarships and a lot of things. we also fell our faces a n

it's wonderful to see you here, to focus on afghanistan, where so much u.s. domestic attention, political attention is devoted to other areas. but afghanistan remains a crucial country, one in which we have made a commitment, and where we also raise tremendous hopes among the afghan people. so it is very important not to forget that war. and we are still at war. the afghan people are increasingly at a more intense war that has many indicators that it will become even more intense in 2016. i was enormously pleased to hear the comments on president obama's top ten foreign policy priorities to include afghanistan. ten priorities are many, of course, but russia was mentioned among them. so focusing and highlighting afghanistan and resurrecting some very serious international and u.s. thinking about where the country is heading is very important. so thank you all very much for coming. you know, when i was in afghanistan, mike, in september and october, i was asking the afghan people what makes you happy, what makes you happiest, what is the good story? and one of

the second largest group, around 11%, were from afghanistan. joining us now is the regional director for refugee council. for three decades afghanistan was the world's largest producer of refugees but it has been over taken by syria. does it mean that afghan refugees are being forgotten about? >> well, afghan refugees, the crisis has been going on for over three decades now. we are seeing a situation where there is a number of people who are now leaving the country. i think the issue is that it is now becoming largely a forgotten crisis because of the huge emphasis in syria and other areas, the situation in afghanistan is not seeing the same kind of attention that it should >>> the afghan government said it not only wants the afghans to stay but for those who have fled to return. can they? are the conditions right in the country for people to return? what are people facing right now? why are they still fleeing today? >> i think the conditions are continuing to be very difficult. the economic situation, the security situation, and there is a sen

troops currently in afghanistan. the top u.s. commander there said he hopes all 9800 will stay as long as possible. quote every time i've gone to the president and said i need x, i've been very, very fortunate that he's provided that. so he's been very flexible. former obama administration officials predict afghanistan will reemerge as a major national security issue for the white house this year. >> the taliban have made major gains over the last year. general campbell already last week said we need upwards of 10,000 troops which is double the number the president is currently looking at. >> a senior u.s. defense official tells fox that the team of special operators, the injured americans and the downed helicopter crew have been holed up in that compound for hours. describing a harrowing scene. an ac-130 was called in for cover until another rescue can be mounted when day breaks. brett? >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. we'll head back for breaking details. >>> meantime, president obama is pushing forward, gun control me

i think in 1996 you said you were going to afghanistan. you did a profile in 2000 that became a national geographic documentary. more recently embedded himself on and off for a year in the valley in afghanistan with the 173rd combat team. embedded along with the hetheringtonst tim who was killed in libya in 2011. he used some of the material from that reporting and for the documentary called restrepo. it won the 2010 grand jury prize at sundance. he has an interest in dangerous jobs for a long time. one of his early jobs was the guy who climbs the trees and cut the branches off the trees. he has been doing this sort of thing for a while. he is also the author of "death in belmont." you say you have sworn off reporting. i want to ask you about that. he has interesting things to say about the safety of foreign correspondents. laura logan, you know her. she is the chief foreign affairs correspondent at "60 minutes" at cbs news. she is originally from south africa. she reported from all over the world, from the middle east, and zimbabwe, repor

they were able to draw us both into afghanistan and iraq." /map/now, experts say *other* terror groups have drawn the u.s into several hotspots nigeria, egypt, syria, jordan, djibouti, iraq and afghanistan. /vo/with isis s contntuing *it's* bloody campaigns and boko haram, whwh recently killed at least 50-people in nigeria military experts say it's ill-timed that an old adversary *al qaeda* is re-emergingi'm jeff barnd reporting. 3 other terror groups like al shabaab attacked a bus in kenya last month killing 2 people but dr. braniff says organization has weakened because of poor leadership. 3 3 3 taking a live look out norfolk tonight on our square tire skywatch camera... 3 some snow is falling across northwest iowa and northeast nebraska tonight...chad'll tell us how much accumulation we can expect coming up after 3 "first alert weather with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell." 3 3 3 3 larry, diana and chad talk about today's weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 <