oppose the war in afghanistan, making the occupation potentially the most unpopular in u.s. history. the poll by cnn and orc international found just 17% of american support the work, a steep drop from 52% five years ago. cnn reports the disapproval numbers are higher than comparable data for both iraq and vietnam. only a quarter of americans want u.s. troops to remain on the ground beyond 2014. but the obama administration is currently pressuring afghanistan's to accept a deal to keep u.s. troops behind -- john that deadline. a new u.s. intelligence report predicted u.s. gains from the 12 year conflict will be eroded within three years without a large military presence. a new report by the committee to protect journalists says at least 70 journalists died on the job in 2013. at least 29 journalists died covering the civil war in syria. another 10 were killed in iraq. egypt was the third most violent country for journalists with six killed for their work last year. the report comes as four al jazeera journalist were interrogated by egyptian prosecutors following their arrest sunday eveni

voter approved ban. >>> 2014 is set to be a monumental year for people of afghanistan. afghans will head to the polls to choose a new leader. one of the biggest issues facing afghan's new leader is the economy and unemployment. al jazeera america's jane ferguson has more from kabul. >> reporter: uncertainty and poverty on their minds every day in kabul thousands of men leave hungry families at home to stand on the street to look for daily work hope be someone needing labor will drive by. >> if these people cannot find jobs they will become thieves or join the taliban and alqaida. >> reporter: afghans living in taliban-controlled areas say they have to join either side of the fighting to be guaranteed a reliable paycheck. as the country braces for foreign troops to leave, it's people like this who are at risk for economic down turn. they're looking for any work to support their families here in kabul. some lost jobs that they previously had with the international community. others are trying to survive what could be one of >> i haven't been able to pay the rent for two months. every

where police showed up dressed as if they were literally headed to war in afghanistan wearing full camouflage outfit combat boots to police protests that consisted of mainly women and children and we should all ask ourselves why are police being. forced to dress like this is this an effort to intimidate and i believe after what i witnessed on the street it definitely is absolutely a social scene in a response to women and children and there's really no direct threat to these police so why are they armed like they already are engaged in a riot and close that riot gear i mean it just amazing that they use those methods on peaceful protesters here amber. you featured dozens of activists throughout the book which i thought was a really interesting facet of it what was the inspiration between covering these specific people but i felt that some of the people were really taking the lead in these protests and that they were also showing a lack of here i enjoyed that even though we saw a lot of police just like this. to police the protests these activists still stood strong in this photo ri

afghanistan and suspected allies of afghanistan. many refused to take them for fear of chinese retaliation. >>> the global weapons agency responsible for getting rid of the syria nuclear have caused problems. syria has promised to abandon their chemical weapons by nest june. >>> vladimir puteib is promising -- putin is promising to annialate any terrorists. amy kellogg has an update tonight from london. >> reporter: they should be celebrating new years and russian orthodox christmas which is next week, instead back to back suicide attacks believed to be carried out by islamists. >> we were born here this woman said, grew up here and there has never been anything like this. vladimir putin silent until now, vowed in his new year's address to hit back hard. >> we will confidently, fiercely and consistently continue to fight against terrorists until their complete annihilation. >> reporter: he and the olympic committee vow sochi is safe but have their doubts. >> we've had three terrorists attacks in volgograd, in such close proximity to sochi, suggest there are holes in the securit

p.t.s.d. from fighting in afghanistan and iraq since two thousand and one so researchers are thinking that the vaccine would be great to give to soldiers so they won't develop p.t.s.d. after you know blowing people's heads off the way the vaccine works is by messing around with a hormone produced in the stomach called grow and get a shot and then for a year that shot with lower your growing levels while they were conducting experiments researchers noticed that when they blocked the receptors for growl and the fear was reduced so the vaccine blocks rohan and that would in turn block the vaccinated person susceptibility to develop p.t.s.d. when they experienced trauma but here's the thing your stomach produces grounded for a reason it acts as a neural modulator that stimulates appetite i'd also enhance those aspects of cognitive function according to the director of the neuro endocrinology lab at rockefeller university blocking growl and could make people an r.x. sick and also mess up a person's physiology and lots of other ways so the vaccine might be. the believe block you fr

year gets underway. 2014 will likely be a monumental year for the people of afghanistan. and one of the four most issues will be the economy and unemployment. al jazeera's jane ferguson has more now. >> uncertainty on their minds thousands of men leave hungry families at home to stand on the street looking for daily work. hoping someone will drive by. >> if these people cannot find jobs, they will become thieves. orr join the taliban and al quaida. >> afghans living in taliban controlled areas say they have to join either side of the fighting to be guaranteed a reliable paycheck. as the country bases for foreign troops, the economy is already shrinking. >> it is people like this who most at risk for any downturn. they are just trying to find any daily work to support their families here. some have lost jobs that they previously had with the international community here. others are simply frying to survive, what could be one of their toughest years yet. >> many have come from rural areas joining this desperate crowd. he took us from his home where his wife and two small children wait for

afghanistan and what legacy has the u.s. that invasion some call it occupation left in the country. i mean because a very quick to deny what happened the other day when the national intelligence estimate from the united states was released saying that the taliban will basically take over and there was no point in any u.s. action in afghanistan post nine eleven because by two thousand and seventeen it will be run by it's a laugh it's i think karzai has a point the national diligence estimate does get it wrong as it did just before the fall of the berlin wall i think things are changing a great deal if you look at iran connections for instance with afghanistan and afghanistan connecting up with russia and china and india so actually what's happening here is a great game involving the future superpower plus what we are seeing which the united states and nato powers have been sponsoring which has been salafi al-qaeda linked just love these will be the difficulties that cause i will have to contend with but i think at the moment no sign of him confirming the security pact that would allow u.s.

in afghanistan. so this isn't something they're new to. the worrying thing for me ills the way the threat has transformed since the development of the ussr in 1991. historically the conflict has been about the independence of chechneya, separating from russian federation. what is now happening is there's a jihad spreading in the reason, and since 2007, the previous president of the groups looking for separation from russia, has now declared the caucasian emirate which operates under sow zaria law. it's starting to mat tess teate size. >> vladimir putin is a tough guy. some would say ruthlessful. he said he wail anilate the terrorist but that's easier said than done. >> absolutely right. as we look to the previous decade of fighting, you look to north africa, look at the incentury general sis in the middle east -- insurgencies in the middle east, and the bombs and suicide bombings, it's an incredibly hard thing to defend against. we have shown we're still fighting the taliban even with over 100,000 coalition troupes in the country. so vowing to anilate terroristed will be very diffi

previously and reported civilian deaths in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts and shocking accounts of american soldiers seemingly willing to shoot anything that moves the cyber community more into we mustn't forget this the loss of one of its biggest innovators and activists spokesman a couple of times on this channel was he hanged himself so sadly such a young start of the year best known of course for working on the reddit social news site he was facing up to thirty five years in prison for downloading academic articles in bolt from a university database of sorts with his family tonight of course as they had into in years well well before his suicide swartz developed software called secure drop which allows whistleblowers to speak to journalists anonymously without leaving any trace whatsoever ray mcgovern a former cia analyst let's get his thoughts he joins us live tonight on the line of great thanks for being with us this new year's happy new year to you first off do you think the future of whistleblowers the future of them their work will be discouraged from all that we've seen t

students in afghanistan to take bribes to two to reach its executive director of afghanistan's into corruption network believes the common people should stand up to the anti corruption . groups using the great east of the land has increased slightly from eighteen thousand one hundred and fourteen twenty twelve to twenty thousand two hundred in twenty thirteen according to the jewish agency for israel. the increase came despite jewish and its main stakes dropping from three thousand and seventy two thousandsix hundred and eighteen point one twenty seven percent from the united kingdom the numbers from strongest jump sixty three percent to three thousand one hundred and twenty in twenty thirteen pitcher beat it to widespread reports of anti semitism in the country there was also fifty seven percent increase in jewish migration from the netherlands to israel and the role that was thirty five percent rise in migration from western europe into israel. much of the elliott came from full mostly be its tight stifling some seven thousand five hundred and twenty in twenty thirteen a figure ro

afghanistan. as we get ready to wind down the longest of our nation's wars in 2014, he and his fellows from task force guardian got together to wish all of you the best. >> hey, dad. want to say hi to you and everybody else back home. i love you and miss you all. >> my tame is lieutenant colonel rich martin. on behalf of all the soldiers around families of 601st aviation battalion, forward-deployed afghanistan, we want to wish everyone back home, happy new year. jon: same to you guys. and ladies. arthel: you're so proud. so proud of all the men and women out there, but i could see you beaming especially because of your son. jon: sure. absolutely. he is doing good work over there. arthel: thanks for sharing that. jon: well, thank him. arthel: major developments in the case of a teenage girl declared brain-dead after tonsill surgery. a live report on her family's fight to keep her alive just ahead. >>> plus we, just a few hours to go until the start of the new year. crucial midterm elections are just around the corner. what the botched obamacare rollout means for democrats and republican

can show you the drone. this was actually flown in afghanistan. it's the use of drones behind other applications that's really behind this faa announcement. in the high-flying world of aviation technology very few projects have taken off as quickly as drones. battle-tested in conflicts overseas drones are going domestic. the faa has already approved limited use for unmanned aircraft over american soil helping customs and border patrol agents on the u.s./mexico border. and giving local police departments a better view. but drones also have significant commercial applications. >> we're talking about delivery here? >> we're talking about delivery. so there's an item going into the vehicle. >> reporter: something charlie rose discovered when he visited amazon headquarters for "60 minutes." in response for the faa on drones, the faa has said it has chosen six sites around the country for testing including university of alaska texas a&m university and a former air force base in new york. at each location drone performance will be studied across a wide spectrum of conditions. cold in alask

staff sergeant u.s. army. afghanistan. from his citation, he unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his safety, picked up the grenade and threw it away from his fellow rangers. as he was releasing it it detonated amputating his left wrist. it saved his fellow ranger from being severely wounded or killed. ty m. carter, specialist, u.s. army afghanistan. at the risk of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, specialist carter awakened to an attack of an estimated 300 enemy fighters and in spite of his own wounds, he ran through a hail of enemy rocket propelled grenade and machine gunfire to rescue a critically wounded soldier. salvatore a.junta. staff sergeant, u.s. army, afghanistan. specialist exposed himself to withering enemy fire. before throwing a grenade. he engaged the enemy before prepping and throwing grenades. he observed two insurgents carrying away an american soldier. he immediately engaged the enemy, killing one and wounding the other. jack jacobs, first lieutenant, u.s. army, republic of vietnam. despite profuse bleeding from his head wounds which impaired

temptation here. as an american i'd like to know what's going to go on and afghanistan from here on i am tired of this cloudy picture of where my money is going you know where our efforts have gone for the last twelve years what our veterans have fought for died for have been injured i want to know and i think that the obama administration has sort of dropped the ball in two thousand and thirteen and it's about time for them to step up and make this and make our foreign policy in this area a priority go ok but do you can i guess what yours might be your wish international convention ending the use of drones is it close to your wish that sounds great peter and i would add on to that since we last year ended with a strike in yemen and a wedding party there and we also have obama apologizing to the innocent people that we've killed and saying that he will not allow drone strikes to be used again how are you what is your wish for two thousand and fourteen when you get i mean to have ok let's you know this is you know we're just a few days into the year so no one can say we're wrong go ahe

americans do in afghanistan, it's that bad a situation. they certainly feel that they have -- that they have had this problem bottled up in the eastern caucusas, which is quite some distance from sochi. volgograd is a sharp alarm that people could take this fight out of that region and into russia proper. >> we hope the games go safely and there's no more incidents there or anywhere. will, we appreciate it here on msnbc. >>> let's turn back to the united states here for a second. officials are urging residents of a north dakota town to evacuate after a fiery train derailment yesterday. the mile-long train carrying crude oil went off the tracks and collided with an oncoming train near castleton, north dakota. authorities are advising residents to leave their homes in case the wind shifts and sends hazardous smoke their way. >>> coming up, doma struck down. the government shut down. anthony weiner melted down. we'll take you through the top moments from the past year in politics. >>> plus republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. we'll show you where they are focusing thei

think much of it. host: speaking of foreign policy , afghanistan is on the front page of the "wall street the picture they have. children staying in the snow outside of the shelter in kabul. the headline on the story is massachusetts, republican caller, high, brian. caller: mine is snowden. can't believe that the government is snooping on everybody like that. it is just ridiculous. i thought we were a free country. that is not a free country. that, a show on c-span2 about a week ago on trade, it said that china wants to buy 200 planes from boeing but they are going to start making the planes there. all our companies want to get into china because they're buying up everything. they're willing to sell this country down the tubes. company wantll his to sell stuff area to make it here. dorothy in pine bluff, arkansas. caller: i think the worst thing that happened to us was a government shutdown because when i look at the number of families , real american families that are already struggling and being they were shut down and inconvenience for 16 days, i don't see how any american can e

taking to crack down on terrorism. the long road ahead for afghanistan, what the new year could mean for that country. and important new guidelines for heavy smokers even if you kicked the habit and what doctors can do you can do to catch lung cancer early. ♪ ♪ you're looking at a live picture of time square as preparations are finalized for tonight's new year's eve celebration and welcome back to al jazeera and i'm stephanie sy and the top stories, 13-year-old mcmath will get another week of life support at a california hospital and declared brain dead weeks ago after complications for having her tonsils and are trying to get the hospital not to take her off the ventilator. inmates were released from israeli prison part of a u.s. brokered deal to restart peace negotiations between the two sides and while palestinians were celebrating there was anger in israel among victims' families. in the russia terror attacks, two suicide bombs in the weekend at a bus and train station left 33 people dead and no one claimed responsibility the separatists say this is before the olympics. and this

should know, our star correspondent from afghanistan and pakistan here for the rest of the week with us, at least we know that much. >> i think bosses figured if i could dodge bullets in afghanistan and pakistan i could survive new year's eve in times square. >> we have no choice but to spend new year's eve with each other but if there was anybody else you could spend new year's eve with who would it be? >> i made a mistake and said i would want to spend it with snoop who is snoop dogg and i should have said if there was one person it would be my wife. and if i couldn't spend it with my wife -- snoop -- well, as long as prince harry shows up. >> prince harry. he is a good time. gets naked, likes to drink. hey, i'm in. >> i just chose snoop for the paraphernalia. he would bring. >> he is always fun when he has paraphernalia with him. >>> let's get started. good morning to you, as well. we begin with the brutally cold weather blanketing half of the country from the great lakes to new england. >> as far south as virginia. two cold fronts are coming together, putting the new year's holid

organization. and the war in afghanistan is arguably the most unpopular in history. just 17% 17% say that the support the 12 yer long war and that is a record low and that nding comes as a new national intelligence estimate may be lost at 2017. and the taliban becomes increasingly influential in the country. and secretary of state john kerry will return on wednesday. advancing the israeli peace talks. releasing more than two don palestinian prisoners since july. in my first guest tonight has talked about where suicide bombers have been making threats. there are re warnings. lieutenant ralph peters has more. what is your take on these bombings? >> the islamist extremists are trying to embarrass international travelers and i will tell you right now that as bad as the bombing is over the last few days, watch tomorrow night. in russia, the bi celebration of the year isn't christmas at all since the ssian revolution. but it is new year'sve. and terrorists a going to try to hit those celebrations that will be a good idea as to terrorists and if they can block anything, there is hope that t

, including gunmen and three policemen. the government of afghanistan is rejecting a u.s. intelligence finding that many of the gains there could be lost by 2017. in kabul today, a spokesman for president hamid karzai called the assessment baseless. the national intelligence estimate is the work of 16 u.s. agencies. it also says afghanistan could descend into outright chaos if there's no agreement to keep some u.s. troops beyond 2014. the latest attempt to reach a russian ship trapped in antarctic ice was called off today, in the face of a blizzard. an australian icebreaker had been sent in to rescue 74 people who've been stuck on board the russian vessel for a week. the icebreaker was ordered to turn back due to poor visibility. the icebreaker plans to resume its mission as soon as the weather improves. the teen-ager who attacked a denver-area high school meant to claim many more victims than he did. authorities gave that assessment of 18-year-old karl pierson at a news conference today. pierson opened fire at arapahoe county high school on december 13. he shot one student, who later

afghanistan war logs and they said you know the wars are over now we're finding there that the government's been spying on our phone records our e-mail our social media browsing and they're saying this is a little bit more personal personal and it's making me uncomfortable in washington also what's your favorite story of this year what moved you what do you think changed the world. two stories that i think have been incredibly important this year have been malala yousafzai and the delhi rape victim though both of those women were actually attacked in two thousand and twelve their stories continue to gain traction this year malala addressed the u.n. published a book the early rapists were convicted and i think that these cases have drawn attention to violence against women and girls and started to really change the conversation more women are speaking out starting to reclaim the word feminism and stopping their long silence on some continuing inequities i think that this conversation is finally changing in tone and hopefully is the beginning of a fourth wave of feminism ok that's very intere

not chosen hillary clinton, we haven't chosen anyone. >>> the warren afghanistan might be the most unpopular in u.s. history. 17% said they backed the war. that is down from 52%. at the same time 82% opposed it. >>> the efforts to remove wednesday from serious hit a challenge -- chemical weapons from syria hit a snag. the organization says it is ready at the first opportunity get the weapons on to ships to take them to a american ship to be destroyed. the state department says it is not bothered by the missed deadline and considers it progress. >>> the affordable care act is about to change what you see in the break room. the new information that is going up on vending machines and why the government hopes it will change the way you eat. >> now b.a.r.t. workers are eligible for a bonus. why $500 checks are up for grabs. >> net flex users are about to miss out, the reason dozens of movies are being purged. >>> netflix is planning to purge dozens of movies this week. more than 80 shows will expire wednesday for the 40 million streaming subscribers. the company retunely adds and delet

. intelligence estimate warns afghanistan will likely descend into chaos unless the two sides can sign a long-term agreement to maintain american troops. hasan president karzai delayed ratification of a security pact that would keep u.s. forces in afghanistan after 2014. the national intelligence estimate says u.s. gains will be eroded within three years without a large military presence to fight the taliban. thousands of people have rallied on the japanese island of okinawa in protest of plans to relocate a u.s. military base. local officials sign on to a deal last week that will move the base from a densely populated urban area to a more remote location. but a movement of okinawa residents has opposed the base altogether and pushed for ousting u.s. forces off the island, citing environmental concerns and sexual assaults by your soldiers on local residents. peopleay, thousands of surrounded a government building and staged a sit in inside. new investigation challenges right-wing claims around the deadly attack on u.s. consulate him and got the that was in libya last year. "the ne

new low for the war in afghanistan. 12 years into the conflict, is this now the most unpopular war in u.s. history? and president obama is obviously a busy man but he still finds time to catch up with some of the country's most popular shows. we will tell you the shows that he says are his favorites, ahead. and you're talking to your rheumatologist about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new o

afghanistan obviously the risks are a whole different kind of risk there are you going to continue your work to try to keep revealing the truth. i think this is our responsibility as journalists to reveal what's happening behind the scenes within the government and the regional level as well as international level so i have been working as a journalist since two thousand and six in afghanistan. the risks to be a journalist in afghanistan is so high it sends to you since early since early two thousand and thirteen there have been sixteen cases against. journalists violation of violence and many other cases against journalists in afghanistan so that there are there is a high risk to be a journalist in afghanistan but this is our responsibility not to give up and continue our work as a journalist edward snowden should use the media and not wiki leaks to channel his revelations don't you think that's a good sign but he was able to do it through the media. well i think it's quite sad actually it would snowden didn't. in fact the media he went to someone that's closely associated with us and speci

new cnn/orc poll, support of the war in afghanistan has plummeted to 17% who currently support the effort and 82% oppose it. that's more than ever opposed the war in vietnam. it's also down from 52% approval for the war effort back in december of 2008, a month before the president first took office. so what happened over those five years to change america's mind and what does it mean for the future of the conflict? let's bring in our political panel to talk about it. cnn political commentator and washington correspondent for the new yorker magazine, ryan lizza. senior vice president for american values and new communities at the center for american progress, daniela gibbs and former spokesman for speaker of the house john boehner, terry holt. bin laden's dead, yet 60% of americans think we're losing this war and you saw this unbelievable lack of support for it. what happened? why? >> i'm not really surprised. we've been at war now for basically 12 years and i think the american people are just tired of being in armed conflict. so despite the fact that the president said we are goin

brought to us. somewhat with a grain of salt they saw the iraq war logs and the afghan afghanistan war logs and they said you know the wars are over now we're finding there's that the government's been spying on our phone records our e-mail our social media browsing and they're saying this is a little bit more personal personal and it's making me uncomfortable in washington and also what's your favorite story of this year what moved you what do you think changed the world. two stories that i think have been incredibly important this year have been malala yousafzai and the delhi rape victim the both of those women were actually attacked in two thousand and twelve their stories continue to gain traction this year malala addressed the u.n. published a book the rapists were convicted and i think that these cases have drawn attention to violence against women and girls and started to really change the conversation more women are speaking out starting to reclaim the word feminism and stopping their long silence on some continuing inequities i think that this conversation is finally chang

. involve the ground as well as terrorist attacks in the us syria iraq libya afghanistan and other countries organized in the same pattern inspired by the same thinking that. this signal from the minister of foreign affairs has also condemned the dividing terrorists into the wrong kind and the right kind depending on the geo political goals that the person or the entities who are making that judgment are trying to reach a sensually and that is according to their minister of foreign affairs any sort of terrorism is a crime and international leaders are sending their sympathies to those affected by the tragic events in volgograd british prime minister david cameron has sent a letter to vladimir putin offering help in the fight against terrorism or to surf earth has more on the international reaction. well worldwide leaders have expressed condolences and we take a look at some of that international reaction now we've heard from the israeli prime minister netanyahu saying that the attacks serve as a painful reminder of the urgent needs to join forces and the united effort to eradicate

us syria iraq libya afghanistan the jiri and other countries organized in the same part inspired by the same thinking this digger from the ministry of foreign affairs has also condemned the dividing terrorists into the wrong kind and the right kind depending on the geo political goals that the person or the entities who are making their judgment are trying to reach or sensually and that is according to the ministry of foreign affairs any sort of terrorism is a crime. for perspective on this issue we're joined now live by dr jonathan fine from the international institute for counterterrorism sir can you tell us some reports suggest the main suspect in the first bombing was a member of the militant group based out of russia's north caucasus and those groups have links with al qaeda is this is the path that the investigators need to be following at this point. well i figure if you will focus on google a model for example when the famous liberation from sioux falls on the server when he nominated himself as the new emirate of the new mirror of the emirate of chechnya and he had definite

suspected of carrying supplies for 92nd forces in afghanistan. anaya khan has been here every day since the blockade started. >> many a lot of nent people ine have been killed. not stopped by the americans. >> reporter: drone strikes are deeply unpopular in pakistan. it's believed to give its approval to some strikes, whatever the case prime minister noaz sharif does not support the strikes. >>> recently passed a bill which could see pakistan receive more than $1.5 billion in cash but it's linked to the movement of the supply lines and if that stopped so, too, could be the payments. but it's not just the government that's concerned. said khan says, since the blockade started he's barrel been able to keep his business going. >> this road used to be packed with trucks now there are none. if the 92nd block continues i'll have to close my restaurant because i just won't be able to meet my expenses. >> not all supply license are blocked. a route through the province remains open. still this is the busiest and most important passage used to supply 92nd forces and move military hardware out of afg

operates of this new poll said that they support the war in afghanistan. 82% oppose it. back in the vietnam war era, opposition was never above 60% in gallup polls. the new poll also shows more than half of americans want u.s. troops to come home from afghanistan before the deadline. the obama administration's plan is to have most of them out by december 62014. >>> and french government wants the rich to help pay more to help the sagging economy. so it is now passed a millionaire tax. while the france president france's president introduced this idea plans to sign it into law. zain asher is joining us to talk about the latest version of this because this came about first became popular when you had the actor, the french actor gerard day poor due says i don't want to pay this. i'm becoming a russian citizen instead. initially, it was very different, right? 75% tax on income that was over 1 million euros or $1.4 million a year. that's not what we're talking about. >> yeah, so that was the original plan. the original plan was like 75% tax on millionaires. that was ruled illegal. so bas

poll asks questions about the war in afghanistan. it found that support for the war there has dipped below 20%. look at that. just 17% favor right now the war in afghanistan making the effort there arguably the most popular, unpopular war, the most unpopular war we've ever seen. that's a very low number, ron. does that surprise you? >> yes. not entirely. time is a goon. this is the longest war and the history of our wars over time. you see the effects already. the entire syria debate was enormously colored by the backlash really in the american public about afghanistan and iraq, the feeling that the use of american force has not produced the results we expected and i think this is going to be a lasting effect in the same way that vietnam was through the '70s that you are going to see a great deal of skepticism in the public about committing american forces to tray to change the dynamics of middle eastern countries. this simply has not worked out the way the public it shall the planners, for that matter, had hoped. >> ron brown, thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. happy

. syria iraq libya afghanistan the jiri and other countries organized in the same part inspired by the same thinking this figure from the ministry of foreign affairs has also condemned the dividing terrorists into the wrong kind and the right kind depending on their geopolitical goals that the person or the entities who are making their judgment are trying to reach a sensually and that is according to their minister of foreign affairs any sort of terrorism is a crime and middle east experts. believe while terror groups don't necessarily have direct links to al qaeda they're certainly inspired by. the problem is that we have what i call franchise terrorism you have al qaeda which created this image their leader has been eliminated many of the his lieutenants haven't eliminated what is happening to the internet your friend just bringing up the words groups which share the same message can receive instructions if necessary and how to make bombs how to. do this and that acts of terrorism are sabotage but not part of the it's a zero report strong international organization so that if yo

the department of health and human services. in the meantime, afghanistan could be on a slippery slope. what a new u.s. intelligence report is warning about the future of that country after so many sacrifices made by our brave troops there. plus growing outrage over a "new york times" report claiming al qaeda was not involved in the deadly terror attack in benghazi. is it really all the news that is fit to print or is the paper playing politics? our media panel debates. so, this board gives me rates for progressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but you're progressive, and they're them. yes. but they're here. yes. are you...? there? yes. no. are you them? i'm me. but those rates are for... them. so them are here. yes! you want to run through it again? no, i'm good. you got it? yes. rates for us and them -- now that's progressive. call or click today. arthel: new u.s. intelligence report painting a grim picture on the future of afghanistan. it warns that the games made to our brave troops will be mostly gone by 2017 predicting this will happen even if some u.s. tro

the the taliban could become a threat in afghanistan if troops withdraw. the afghan government could face major attacks within months of the american pull out. >>> the wall street journal says the housing economy reached a milestone. in oklahoma city prices are 13% above 2007 peak. in denver homes more than 6% higher. pittsburgh, dallas san jose california have come back. the recovery is uneven in other cities that are still struggling. >>> new york times says democrats will make the minimum wage a national campaign issue in 2014. party leaders think they can tap into poplarism. the current wage will go up as they focus on current laws. >>> receipts left behind by the terror group show a detail accounting for groceries. al qaeda kept a record of cake eaten by one of the members that cost 60 cents. >>> billionaire harold simmons died saturday at 82. >>> evacuations are underway near a volcano this morning. it spewed spoke into the air sunday. heavy ash fell. there's no lava so far. 5,000 live around the volcano. two people had breathing problems. the last major eruption was some 37 ye

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in pakistan are blocking truck drivers to afghanistan. seven in ten youth in one stay in myanmar are hooked on drugs. and we'll have all the details in sport. >> an egyptian court has sentenced supporters of mohamed morsi to prince for two years. they were convicted on charges of rioting to sabotage. it is one of scores of cases o. >> experiencedss journalist who is have worked over the past two decades, and they are demanding that staff be released immediately. >>> the people of aja were trapped by rebels. the town lies on an important road leading to the capitol. >> following intense fighting for more than two weeks the syrian government says its army managed to evacuate 5,000 residents which were under attack by the rebels. the government news agency posted this video of families in desperate need of help. >> it's been very hard for us. no food, no water or electrici electricity. the children were cold and starving. >> an industrial town, most of its residents are jews who mostly support president assad, who is a an alouite himself. hundreds have been killed supportedly for th

execution if you will of some of bin laden and the killing of many of his lieutenants in afghanistan. little less groups can they spring up which share the ideology which operate on the internet but are not in any direct organizational link and that reaction to the tragic events involved the ground has been coming in from across the globe international leaders have been offering their sympathies their german chancellor angela merkel said acts of terror cause a feeling of indignation and disgust meanwhile the u.s. state department stress it's on a darity with the russian people against terrorism any kind the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon expressed his deepest sympathies to the families of the victims while the president of israel shimon paris said his heart is with the victims of the latest acts and james corbet i just told the independent news websites to call this report says there's a certain irony about this being expressed. the current secretary general of nato anders fogh rasmussen has just taken to twitter to give his condolences to the people of russia on this tragedy. be

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many of his lieutenants in afghanistan there are less groups can a spring up which share the idiology which are operated on the internet but are not in any direct organizational link if there is it's very slight other words there they are not affected if the central headquarters is badly damaged you are so this makes it a much more grave problem because what we're talking about is a global idiology. what we call salafist jockeys and these are extreme islamists and i think tim's and by the way we tend only to hear about their activities as it affects europe or america but indeed they have actually killed more muslims and they've killed non muslims. in iraq for instance they have killed thousands of iraqi shia muslims a bombing them a prayer a bombing a funeral pause who were gathering for. the burial of the dead cemetery and so it's a global phenomena and. and therefore it poses a question which is. it's not it is a security problem but at the same time i think that. the establishment of islam who have been attacked i mean even in russia you had in zentral asia with russia the