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and wants to get rid of it. our question of the morning coming your way. goats on a roof. need i say more? news room begins right now. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. this morning we begin with a question both chilling and deadly serious. is someone putting politics ahead of your safety? the fbi is investigating the leaks of classified information and whether the white house is behind them. even leaders of the president s own party are voicing grave concerns about the amount of secret information now being made public. avalanche och leaks and it is very, very disturbing. it has dismayed our allies. it puts american lives in jeopardy and puts our nation s security in jeopardy. if you look at terrorism intelligence is fundamental to knowing what is going to happen and prevent it from happening in the first place. some of the information is coming from recent articles in the new york times which details the drones and cyber attacks. paper is defending itself th
morning is break nugs. defense secretary leon panetta arrives in afghanistan unannounced. brand new video of the defense secretary s arrival. he stopped in afghanistan for a real-timeup date from nato top commanders on how prepared allied troops and afghan security forces are to confront the taliban as they gear up for the summer fighting season. just yesterday, a twin suicide bombing in a market near kandahar killed 22 people. 50 other people were injured. nato is under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people. that number includes women and children, who were believed to be civilians. the u.s. is also saying that one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire and killed two crew members on board. let s get right to cnn s mohammed jamjoom in kabul for us this morning. reporter: good morning, soledad. surprise visit by secretary of defense leon panetta was his fourth to afghanistan. he met with u.s. troops and u.s. officials. he acknowledged the uptick in vio
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