Manchester united crash out of europe, plus the Golden State Warriors cant stop winning. Another record falling to the n. B. A. Champion a Taliban Attack is one of the most heavy by fortified compound has been repelled after 24 hours of fighting. 22 people were killed in the assault on kandahars airport, including an n. A. T. O. Base and a residential compound. Now, the Kandahar Air Base has three sections for civilians, the afghan military, u. S. And ifa forces. Theres more than 10 taliban fighters with military uniforms entering a school near the bases with no resistance, despite multiple checkpoints. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up, nine fighters killed. The others moved to a residential area, where they took hostages. Now we go live to kabul. How did the military operation end . Anarmy commander confirmed the operation is over now. He is telling us that a number of hostages that were taken by the taliban early this morning were killed during this operation. The afghan a
Strengthen the vaticans ties with islam. Pope francis makes a key visit to istanbul. [ music ] and using ballet to honour venezuela elcomondante we begin in egypt where former president Hosni Mubarak has been cleared of all charges after his latest retrial. Hed been accused of conspiring to kill protesters during the 2011 resolution and was facing charges of corruption. This was the reaction inside the court, after the verdicts were handed down. Hosni mubarak and his sons, former interior minister and six aides were cleared of charges. Before delivering his ruling the judge warned anyone making trouble in the court would face a year in prison. Lets take a look at the charges ruled on today. The court threw out charges for killing protesters, and cleared six of his aides on charges. Corruption charges of Hosni Mubarak and his son were thrown out on a technicality. Hosni mubarak was cleared of corruption charges over sending gas to israel with a coused, an aide, to Hosni Mubarak. Here is
Also coming up this hour in business, we will see how russian can tumors are dealing with a plunging value of their current as retailers raise prices, or in the case of apple iphones and ipads, pull their products. And in the runup to round two of the president ial vote in tunisia, one is mining in the election for comedic polls. Img got gillette in paris. First, in pakistan, the funerals of many of the victims of the attack on the school have already taken place. At least 141 were killed when taliban gunmen stormed the school in cash or in peshawar. Most of the victims were children. By nightfall on tuesday dozens of grief stricken mourners buried their relatives. At least 140 schoolchildren and teachers killed in a Brazen Taliban ambush on a school in peshawar in northern pakistan. This father buried his 16yearold son. The last time he sign was the night before. The family use the usually talked to them about what time he would come home. He got a bullet writing is just and another b
i think she s stuck with the network because of the attacks. we ll is more in the next hour. live from studio 7, i m drew griffin in for suzanne, who s on assignment in dangerous conditions in afghanistan. let s get you up to data on this tuesday, september 13. taliban fighters attacking the u.s. embassy with rocket-propelled grenades and guns. u.s. troops trying to flush these guys out. they re in an abandoned building where the attack was launched. fewer than ten taliban are believed to be involved. republic saying two americans could be released in days. that is if the men s families pay bail of $1 billion. josh fattal and shane bauer have been in custody since they went on that hike in 2009. iran sentenced them to eight years for spying and illegal entry. the americans say they were just hiking in iraq, accidently straying into iran. texas governor rick perry may feel like he is a punching bag this morning. seven republicans who trailed perry in the polls, they roug
many are looking at the gop presidential candidates with a fresh eye. did rick perry do anything to damage his status as the frons runner? i ll ask newt gingrich about his performance as well. stand by. he s joining us live. plus, a brazen taliban attack on the united states embassy in afghanistan. some insurgents may still be on the loose now. we have new pictures and information coming from kabul and some top california politicians are trying to figure out what, if anything, is left of their stolen campaign war chest. a well-known democratic campaign treasurer stands accused of swindling more than a million dollars in campaign donations. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. rick perry may have walked away from his second presidential debate feeling battered and bruised. the tea party face off proved to be a very tough test for the texas governor. less than 24 hours after the republican candidate stood on stage with me in tampa, reviews still are coming in about