president obama outlines his plans for an immediate troop surge. good evening, i m jim vance. the surge will begin almost immediately with a very big price tag. the president says he s not writing a blank check. steve handelsman is at west point at the military academy. reporter: he came to west point to speak to soldiers. before they graduate, the surge will be winding down. i have determined, it s in our vital, national interest to send 30,000 troops to afghanistan. after 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. the fastest possible pace so they can target the insurgency and secure population centers. reporter: the new strategy, focus on the city, train forces. he says we have no choice. our goal remains the same, to disrupt, dismantle and defeat in pakistan and prevent the capacity to hurm america and allies. reporter: on queue. god bless you and god bless america. reporter: there s an issue with the timetable. the start of a pullout in 2011. he s
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jane: good morning, everybody. it was his job to get psychiatric help to soldiers, and now nidal hasan will be getting his own evaluation. is he competent to stand trial? jon: tiger woods telling the world in that his family down and ripped the transgressions with all his heart. now is troubles are out in the open. incriminating most males or all over the internet. jane: e-mails have been released in the story of the couple known as the white house party crashers. did they have an invitation? jon: we start with president obama s new strategy for afghanistan, ordering 30,000 troops to the area, but he also set a deadline to bring them home 18 months after the surge begins. the house is holding a hearing on afghanistan, taking testimony from key members of his cabinet. there you see secretary of state hillary clinton testifying. major garrett is at the white house. some intense questions about the timeline for withdrawn these additional troops. that is right. about one hour a
citizens can be confident that we will not miss a step. m that we will not miss a step. mayor sheila dixon has been convicted and we will have the reaction. 11 news star s right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org good morning. states could join us for 11 news today. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. ray will be moving in. it is chilly right now. cloud cover has moved in. we are shooting for a high near 50. ray is expected after 3:00. we will take a look at the forecast when week rain is expected after 3:00. we will take a look at the forecast when we come back. some good news to report. washington boulevard is clear. we are dealing with water main break closures at charles street and cross street. watch for delays there. bel air road at 65 miles per hour. here is a dead drive times this morning. no problems to report at this portion of the beltway. southbound
making news in america this morning making the case. president obama makes afghanistan his war, outlining a new, u.s. effort. it is from here that we were attacked on 9/11. and it is from here that new attacks are being plotted as i speak. thousands of troops will go, with the plan to bring all of them home. e-mail trail. newly-released messages, from the d.c. area couple, desperate for an invite to the state dinner. and sea monster. 6 ton jellyfish are swarming off the seefs japan. it s wednesday, december 2nd, 2009. good morning. and thanks for being with us. the president addressed a room full of cadets. but the world was listening. the commander in chief made his case for sending 30,000 more troops. saying, he is convinced that our security is at stake. he then explained the new objective will, reversing the taliban s momentum. and strengthening afghanistan s security forces. and he outlined the exit plan. saying, america has no interest in fighting