community of special forces in afghanistan and across the largest u.s. military in recent months the military has been saying they ve taken the momentum away from the taliban. today is a deadly reminder of what type of deadly force the taliban can still bring on u.s. and coalition troops here in afghanistan. you are right about that. they are putting their lives on the line everyday. thanks to the men and women serving. our thoughts and prayers to the family members of those lost. thank you, sir. we want to put today s crash in context. give you a sense of the sobering numbers. until yesterday, there had been 1600 military deaths in afghanistan since the war began in october 2001. before today, at least 240 americans have been reported killed in the afghanistan war effort this year. remember the u.s. draw down officially began july 15th. obviously, every death is too many. the army an ing in it is
shortening the length of troop deployments beginning next january . shorten the tour to nine months. this will not affect troops deployed this year or aviation and military police. the move comes as the iraq war begins to wind down and the u.s. begins its withdrawal from afghanistan. kelly: back to our top story. day. the s&p downgrading our credit rating to aa+. the first time ever in our history. s&p citing: difficulties in bridging the gulf between political parties as a major reason. what s the political fall out? here now kirsten powers and rich lowry. thanks for joining us. john chambers the president of s&p talked to our neil cavuto earlier today. we want to show you what he said about this.
this is a fox news alert. recovery operations underway now in afghanistan, after a deadly helicopter crash there. 31 u.s. special operations troops and seven afghan soldiers shot down in what u.s. officials are calling the single deadliest incident of the war in afghanistan. ap reporting most of the troops were members of seal team 6, you remember the elite unite killed bin laden. we are streaming live from kabul, afghanistan. conner this is shocking to so many here in america. reporter: i spoke to one special forces soldier who told me this is a devastating blow to the tight-knit special forces community, something we have never seen before, the largest death total in afghanistan. it is the largest ever on
special offices forces on the overall community in one day. the u.s. military is not officially saying anything other than a helicopter crashed. according to multiple sources, we believe that 31 of the american special forces people who died today, that the majority were from seal team 6, navy seals. the same unit that went into pakistan and got bin laden a few months ago. we are hearing multiple report about what happened. according to the taliban, they say they shot down this chinook helicopter as it was about to launch a raid on a taliban compound. they say they shot it down with a rocket propelled grenade launcher. the military isn t saying how the copter crashed. given the time and location it seems the helicopter was part of one of these night raids launching an attack on a taliban strong whole this is a devastating blow to this small
one that includes revenues or taxes. steve centanni, thanks for that report. americans now considered a riskier investment than canada. more than a dozen countries have the rating including france, germany and great britain. america joins new zealand and belgium just a notch above spain. china and japan at aa-. billionaire warren buffet is speaking out saying the downgrade doesn t make sense. he says he s not worried about the american economy at all. if there were quadruple a rating he would give the u.s. that. buffet s company berkshire hathaway has 40 billion dollars in short treasury bills he has no plans to sell. he doesn t expect the downgrade to have much effect on the markets monday.