responsible for their security and their prosperity. we received some tragic news today that president rabbani, who had been heading up the reconciliation process, was killed in a suicide attack. he was a man who cared deeply about afghanistan and had been a valued adviser to president karzai and made enormous contributions to rebuilding the country, so it is a tragic loss. we wanted to extend our heartfelt condolences to you, his family and the people of afghanistan. mr. president, i think we both believe that, despite this incident, we will not be deterred from creating a path whereby afghans can live in freedom and safety and security and prosperity, and that it is going to be important to continue the efforts to bring all elements of that society together to end what has been a
senseless cycle of violence. so we very much appreciate your presence today. i know you have to leave after our meeting, but we wanted to give you an opportunity to speak to as well. thank you very much, mr. president, for your message of condolences to myself and to the afghan people of the very tragic loss and martyrdom of president barhanuddin rabbani. the chairman of the afghan peace council, former afghan president, and afghan patriot who, as we see, has sacrificed his life for the sake of afghanistan and for the peace of our country. the mission that he had undertaken was vital for the afghan people and for the security of our country and for peace in our country. we will miss him very, very much. i don t think, mr. president,
said that no prisoner would be executed in georgia, that with where there remained any doubt and clearly there is not just a shadow of a doubt with troy s case, there is mountains of doubt, in my opinion, this is a political decision. diane, thank you. decision not based on law. we have to leave it there. thank you. michele thank you as well. appreciate your time, ladies. we have some breaking news that we are following in afghanistan this afternoon. u.s. military officials confirm that former president rabbani has been killed by a suicide bomber. it happened in kabul today. the bomber apparently concealed an explosives in a turban. four of rabbani s bodyguards died in that blast. a presidential adviser was injured. we should be hearing some remarks about this from afghan president hamid karzai and president obama from their meeting at the united nations shortly. again, former president of afghanistan there killed. s&p 500 s&p downgraded
president obama talking about former afghan president rabbani who was killed earlier today at the hands of a suicide bomber there in afghanistan. welcome back to msnbc. here s a look at some of the other top stories making news today. another delay in the release of two american hikers in iran. josh fattal and shane bauer s attorney went to court again today to get a second judge s snur on a bail deal. the lawyer was told that judge was still on vacation. the widow of legendary comedian bob hope has died. dolores hope was 102 years old. it could cost you more than $400 to check a bag if you re flying internationally. continental, american and united are all charging high bag fee for bags that weigh more than 70 pounds. fees for a first checked domestic bag now as high as $43. and new york yankees relief pitcher mariano rivera set a major league record yesterday. it was his 602nd save of his career.
that we can fully replace easily. he was among the few people in afghanistan with the distinction that we cannot easily find in societies. a terrible loss. but as you rightly say, this would not deter us from continuing the fact that we have and will succeed. thank you, mr. president, for condemning this act of brutality a of president rabbani. i will take your message to the afghan people. it s a sad day for us in afghanistan, but a day of unity and a day of continuing our efforts. thank you very much. thank you. president obama and afghan president hamid karzai there speaking before a meeting in new york today. the afghan president and