or islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children. reporter: a new report for a think tank takes issue with the administration recent move to drop references to islamic radicalism and the report warns against ignoring role religion can play. lacking is a full recognition to the degree to which ideology fuels violent extremism, especially as the international borders are less relevant due to internet and other technologies. when asked about the phrase radical islam today, spokesman gibbs did not directly answer the question but emphasized that al-qaeda has not hesitated to kill civilians in africa. bret: thank you. in world headlines, eight american troops died over the past day in southern afghanistan. four perished in a roadside bombing. one died from wounds that was suffered in a firefight.
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pilot made an emergency landing. all 405 passengers and crew members were safely removed from the plane. gregg: typically calm part of northern afghanistan turning into a scene of deadly violence. militants killing at least 6 security police in an attack at a checkpoint in north region and also in the kunduz, they set off a car bomb. five other officers also killed in another roadside bombing in northeastern afghanistan. well, police say a two-year rein of barefoot mayhem has come to an end. we are now getting a first look at 19-year-old police called barefoot bandit. he is now trading in a fast lifestyle of stolen planes and
brian: we have just learned that the underwater robots started to work to remove the cap from the gushing oil well, which could contain if everything goes well with a new cap the well by monday. malini wilkes is standing by with more on that. and your other top stories. hello. reporter: hi, brian. the robots are replacing the well head with a tighter fitting cap to allow more ships to hook up and siphon off the oil. while it s installed, up to 5 million additional gallons of oil could flow in the gulf. six troops died in afghanistan. one died from gunfire and another from roadside bombing and third killed in insurgent attack and fourth died in an accidental explosion. two other americans died in roadside bombings in the south. the national weather service says the rio grande river is expected to rise two more feet at rio grande, texas. it s already three feet above flood stage there.
go from one shade spot to the next shade spot and kind of make our way that way. drank a lot of water. you re going to need that water. the heat is expected to linger through the rest of this week. it was a deadly day for coalition troops in afghanistan. five u.s. soldiers were killed in three separate incidents. a british soldier was also killed in a roadside bombing. the news comes as senators john mccain, joe lieberman and lindsay graham continue their tour of the battlefield. mccain told troops he believes securing kandahar is the key to winning the war. a nationwide amber alert has been issued for a missouri girl. 4-year-old alyssa maier disappeared from louisiana, missouri around 8:00 last night. police say a young white man driving a black four door car snatched her from her front yard. she has brown eyes and brown hair. anyone with any information is urged to call police. the cash strapped postal service is announcing plans for rate increases today. the post office usua