happening now, tears and anger. president obama cries as he recalls the victims of mass shootings and expresses frustration at the country s failure to curb gun violence. will his new gun control actions make a difference? missing movements. what were the san bernardino terrorists doing after their bloody massacre and before their final shootout with law enforcement? tonight, the fbi is asking the public for help filling in the blanks. firefight, conflicting reports right now about a bloody clash in afghanistan which has left a u.s. service member dead and a helicopter down on the ground. what went wrong? and vicious sid? a former british bounce house salesman whose name came up at a
officials are saying that that operation is imminent. it s a much bigger city, 2 million people. many more isis fighters entrenched there. they expect that to be a very long battle and there s going to be some time before iraqi and kurdish forces are ready to advance. that s going to be not only long but very, very bloody as well. jim sciutto, thank you very much. joining us now republican congressman adam kinsinger of illinois. he served in both iraq and afghanistan. let s talk about afghanistan first. still 10,000 u.s. troops left in afghanistan. this year another 2,000 or 3,000 nato troops as well. these individuals right now, these american women and wommene in great danger. and isis, maybe a thousand fighters already, beginning to move as well. afghanistan is a mess. you see the taliban regaining strength. you see isis having a foot hold there. it s almost becoming the old afghanistan. the problem with this whole
they were radicalized and influenced by radical jihadi influence but they don t believe anyone overseas directed this. evan, thank you very much. breaking news coming in from afghanistan. an official stills cnn a quick reaction force has been deployed to the scene of an ongoing fight in which a u.s. soldier was killed. jim sciutto is working the story for us. what are you learning, jim? that s right. a qrf deployed when u.s. forces are in danger on the ground and we know that they ve been in danger. one u.s. service member killed in action earlier today. two u.s. service members injured and in the rush to evacuate them, one helicopter disabled as well. the initial thought, it might have been hit by mortar fire. the rotor hit a wall and it was too dangerous to land. the fire fight is still under
their side. this is rugged territory. operations are not, as we view standard armies with uniforms fighting each other is very different and the challenge is one in which the taliban know the region and at the end of the day, are willing to fight over the long term and that s part of our great challenge as well as that the afghans, despite all of the resources that we ve poured into them and all of the training and assists that we ve given them are still not fully up to the fight and that s a challenge as we look at the lives and national treasure that we have invested in afghanistan and look at this point and have to decide what does it mean if we don t continue to help the resolve of the afghans beat back the taliban. you want to keep the 10,000 u.s. troops still in afghanistan there on the ground fighting the taliban and now isis moving into afghanistan as well? well, as you know, the president made a decision to extend and delay the forces draw
down there until the end of this new year. and we have to evaluate that as we go along because, at the end of the day, all of the lives and national treasure that we have committed to afghanistan, not only about the taliban coming to power again potentially but also a greater strong hold for the possibility of isis. and as we try to continuously remove territory from isis, we can t allow it to take new ground as it moves forward. and it s getting worse with iran and saudi arabia. they are escalating tensions. senator, stand by for a moment. i want to get to that. a lot more. we ll take a quick break. we ll be right back. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever?