High noon here in the east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. New today, president obama is considering changes to the planned troop drawdown in afghanistan. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter made the comments today in that country, his first trip there since being sworn in. Heres what he said. Our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president ghanis security strategy. Nbcs Kristen Welker is live at the white house for us. With a good day to you although certainly the weather isnt that great for you, but why is the president considering this drawdown right now . Reporter i think a couple of reasons. The United States has a much closer partnership with the new Afghan Government than it did with the former government of President Hamid karzai. Secretary carter said the hopeful outlook of the relationship with afghanistan is one of the reasons the president is
Harrisperry. First this morning we want to bring you on update on the shootings yesterday in copenhagen copenhagen. The first featured a cartoonist who has mocked the prophet mohammed. One atekdtending the event was killed and three injured. The second was at a jewish synagogue. The Prime Minister of denmark spoke earlier today outside the synagogue. Our thoughts goes to his family. We are with them today. But our thoughts goes to the whole of the Jewish Community today. They belong in denmark. They are a strong part of our community and we will do everything we can to protect the Jewish Community in our country. Danish police say the person suspected of carrying out these attacks was killed after exchanging fire with authorities. Joining me now on the phone from copenhagen denmark, is peter keldorf. Peter, what do we know about the identity of the suspect . Reporter the police have told us this afternoon that they know the name of the man that they killed this morning and, as you said
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