s we begin this morning with exit strategy. president obama is meeting for a second day with nato leaders and afghanistan s president karzai in chicago as they develop a road map to wind down the war by 2014. meantime, thousands of activists marched resulting in dozens of arrests. nick bogart reports from chicago. reporter: blocks from the nato summit, police and protesters clash. police using batons and pepper spray. some anti-nato demonstrators throwing paint and other objects at officers. some grabbing the batons and turning them back on the police. at least two dozen were led away. some bloodied. the clash did not disturb the summit itself, members proving so-called smart defense plans trying to lower nato s costs in tough economic times & uniting behind a plan for afghanistan to pull nato troops off the front lines next year and substantially out the country by 2014. there would be no rush for the exits. we would stay committed and see it three. we re confident we
police using batons and pepper spray, some anti-nato demonstrators throwing paint and other objects at officers. someone even grabbing batons and turning them back on police. at least two dozen protesters were led away. the clash did not disturb the summit itself. members aproving so-called smart defense plans trying to lowernato s costs in tough economic times. and uniting behind a plan for afghanistan to pull nato troops off the front lines next year and substantially out of the country by 2019. there will be no rush for the exit. we will stay committed to our operation in afghanistan and see it through. we re confident that we are on the right track. reporter: protesters who thronged chicago s streets for much of the day, not impressed. we believe nato should be dissolved. it s being used for an illegitimate purpose right now. reporter: nato leaders argue the anins is strong and necessary. they dined together at the soldier field football stadium with michelle ob
turning them back on the police. at least two dozen were led away. some bloodied. the clash did not disturb the summit itself, members proving so-called smart defense plans trying to lower nato s costs in tough economic times & uniting behind a plan for afghanistan to pull nato troops off the front lines next year and substantially out the country by 2014. there would be no rush for the exits. we would stay committed and see it three. we re confident we re on the right track. reporter: protesters who thronged chicago s streets for much of the day, not impressed. reporter: nato leaders argue the alliance is strong and necessary. they dined together in chicago s soldier field football stadium with michelle obama hosting leader spouses at the city s main art museum. the summit the nato has held outside of washington wraps up monday. in chicago nick bogert for nbc news. what could be the worst clashes in beirut since 2008 are fueling fears the deadly conflict in neighbo
afghanistan s president hamid karzai in chicago as they develop a roadmap to wind down the war in afghanistan by 2014. meanwhile thousands of anti-nato activists marched in protest, resulting in dozens of arrests. nbc s nick bogart reports from chicago. reporter: blocks from the nato summit, police and protesters clash. police using batons and pepper spray, some anti-nato demonstrators throwing paint and other objects at officers. some even grabbing batons and turning them back on police. at least two dozen protestors were led away and presumably arrested, some bloodied. the clash did not disturb the summit itself, members approving so-called smart defense plans, trying to lower nato s costs in tough economic times and united behind a plan for afghanistan to pull nato troops off the front lines next year and substantially out of the country by 2014. there would be no rush for the exits. we will stay committed to our operations in afghanistan and see it through. we re co
donations. sources say the candidate who got the fake donations was suleman brown. more seriously u.s. attorney ronald machen is charging gore with destruction of evidence including a spiral notebook. thomas gore, who has indicated he plans to plead guilty to the criminal information papers, faces up to 20 years on the destruction of evidence felony. attorneys say that could give him an incentive to disclose other campaign information for leniency. neither gray who is traveling on city business in las vegas nor his attorney robert bennett commented monday on the federal charges. thomas gore is 56, a veteran of city campaigns and community service work in southeast washington. neither he nor his attorney fred cook could be reached for comment. thomas gore is due in federal court tomorrow. he is said to be cooperating with authorities and this is not some person on the side. this is at the center of vince gray s political life dating back to the council. i guess cooperating w