President obama made a big announcement today on the future of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. He laid out just how many service men and women will remain there at the end of this year. At the beginning of 2015 we will have approximately 9800 98009,800 u. S. Service members together with n. A. T. O. Allies and other partners. Reporter Mike Viqueira live at the white house. Take us through the specifics of the troop withdraw. Reporter you know, its been a long time coming. This is a promise that he had made on the campaign trail. And he has been saying all along that the u. S. U. S. Combat role s going to end. However, the agreements he hoped to reach with the afghanistan government, how many troops will be left there, and exactly what their mission will be. At the height of mr. Obamas afghan surge, the sift had 100,000 troops on the ground. By the time of sundays surprise visit in afghanistan that number was 32,000. You heard the president say that there would be 9800 troops with that num
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80s and inland lower 90s on top. Slight cooling for memorial day. We will talk about that in a few minutes. Carolyn. Thank you. This morning we are learning more about friday nights mass murders near the Uc Santa Barbara campus. There were ten incidents that left six victims dead, at least 13 injured b the rampage the killer posted videos on youtube. Tomorrow is the day of retribution. The day in which i will have my revenge. Authorities believe Elliot Rodger took his own life after stabbing and shooting his victims. Abc7 News Reporter sergio has the latest from ala vista. At sunset on the campus of Uc Santa Barbara, hundreds of students hold candles in silence nevertheless columnly paying respects to the victims of a mass shooting. I was shocked about this. I dont know what to say. It is so surreal. We hear about it happening to other schools and i never would have thought it would happen to our school. It definitely is very hurting. This crowd includes students from Uc Santa Barbara
Victims dead, at least 13 injured, and before the rampage the killer posted videos on youtube. Tomorrow is the day of retribution. The day in which i will have my revenge. Authorities believe Elliot Rodger took his own life after stabbing and shooting his victims. Abc7 News Reporter sergio has the latest from isla vista. At sunset on the campus of u. C. Santa barbara, hundreds of students hold candles in silence. At a time when they should be enjoying the end of their spring studies, instead they solumnly are paying respects to the victims of a mass shooting. I was shocked about this. I dont know what to say. It is so surreal. We hear about it happening to other schools and i never would have thought it would happen to our school. It definitely is very hurting. This crowd includes students from u. C. Santa barbara where many of the victims went to school and Santa Barbara city college where the accused shooter was enrolled. Investigators reveal new details about 22yearold Elliot Rogers
We begin our Live Team Coverage from isla vista tonight. Reporter there was a very emotional evening tonight as students turned out for a vigil honoring those victims of this crime. Coming here this evening what is surprising is the size of the area of where these crimes unfolded. This is one of ten crime scenes marking with victim Chris Martinez was killed. At sunset on the campus of Uc Santa Barbara hundreds of students hold candles in silence. They are solemnly paying respects to the victims of a mass shooting. Im shocked about this. I dont know what to say. Its so surreal. We hear about it happening to other schools and i would never thought it would happen to our school like this. Reporter this crowd includes students from Uc Santa Barbara where where many of the victims went to school and Santa Barbara city college where the shooter was enrolled. Investigators reveal details about the rampage, it spread across ten crime scenes starting at his own apartment. It appears as though s