when we talk about the american captive, we have a picture of the doctor whose live was saved. he is dylan joseph, a native colorado. he was in afghanistan for humanitarian work when i was kidnapped by the taliban in a province east of kabul. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at pentagon with more. jen, do we have any details on the american who gave his life to save this doctor? reporter: they re waiting to contact the family so the military does not release the identity of the seal killed in that rescue attempt. we know he was a member of seal team 6 . not necessarily a member of the same group that carried out the usama bin laden raid. there are about 200 members of seal team 6 . this man, as you said, gave his life for his fellow american. here is a statement that was read by the spokesman for isaf today. it has been decided to start the operations since the assessment there was
open, end quote. this meeting comes as the white house and congress appear to be at at impasse, you know by now is crippling spending and tax hikes and could cost us jobs and send us back into recession and to solve the problem, republicans say we must prevent our ballooning national debt from crushing generations. and chief white house correspondent now ed henry joins us by phone with the latest on this breaking story, ed, they kept this under wraps. how big after deal is this? good evening, harris, there s not a deal yesterdt. but it s significant it s almost a month since speaker boehner and the president sat down at the white house. that s ever significance, there s been scattered phone calls and one plan the president put on the table, quickly rejected by the republicans and speaker boehner put a counter offer on the table and the white house dismissed that one so much so it s not really a real plan and that they would not offer a second counter. so the bottom line, th
what that could mean for an already unstable region. parts of the nation dealing with blizzard-like conditions. heavy snow and plummeting temperatures. meteorologist maria molina will bring you the forecast. a little girl once on the verge of losing her battle with lukemia is now in full remission. we ll tell you what doctors did that the could change the disease forever. it is all happening now. jon: we begin with some sad news today. a u.s. navy seal killed during the daring rescue of an american held captive in the heart of afghanistan. good morning i m jon scott. jenna: i m jenna lee. when we talk about the american captive, we have a picture of the doctor whose live was saved. he is dylan joseph, a native colorado. he was in afghanistan for humanitarian work when i was kidnapped by the taliban in a province east of kabul. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at pentagon with more. jen, do we have any details on the american who gave his life to
0 when we talk about the american captive, we have a picture of the doctor whose live was saved. he is dylan joseph, a native colorado. he was in afghanistan for humanitarian work when i was kidnapped by the taliban in a province east of kabul. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at pentagon with more. jen, do we have any details on the american who gave his life to save this doctor? reporter: they re waiting to contact the family so the military does not release the identity of the seal killed in that rescue attempt. we know he was a member of seal team 6 . not necessarily a member of the same group that carried out the usama bin laden raid. there are about 200 members of seal team 6 . this man, as you said, gave his life for his fellow american. here is a statement that was read by the spokesman for isaf today. it has been decided to start the operations since the assessment there was from the white house and pentagon as you expect is very somber because th