killing three soldiers in the country s southern helmand province. cnn s chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to kill them for some time. u.s. military officials are now confirming that part of the detail. but again, it speaks to a larger issue, which is trust in the fact that if this is a so-called green on blue attack, where afghan troops turn on their american allies, it would be the third time just this week. in fact, in the big picture, there have been more attacks already this year of that kind than all of last year, john. all right, chris lawrence at the pentagon. the story developing at this momen
outfront tonight, american loophole. today, we got this e-mail. i printed it out, from the u.s. state department. it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in syria for doing business with iran. now, at first we thought, hey, this is proof of how tough sanctions really are. they re going after everybody. after all, here s the president and the secretary of state talking about how tough american sanctions on iran are. this resolution will put in place the toughest sanctions ever faced by the iranian government. the sanctions will be tough and clearly aimed at the iranian economy. the sanctions have enormous bite and enormous scope. but when we took a second look, buried deep in the state department release, was this quote on page two of my printout. any, my emphasis, business that continues to irresponsibly support iran s energy sector or helps evade u.s. sanctions will face serious consequences. certainly tough talk. but does it add up? no. just this
good morning, everyone. i m in today for carol costello. we begin this morning with disturbing new attacks on american forces in afghanistan and the chilling effect they could have on brings the troops home. the latest ambush just hours ago. a man wearing an afghan military uniform shoots to death three americans in the volatile helmand province. according to reuters, the americans were killed by an afghan police commander and several of his officers. the afghan leader had invited the americans to dinner to discuss security. all three americans were members of special forces. the attack follows wednesday s suicide bombing that killed three u.s. soldiers and an american aid worker. the taliban is claiming reonsibility. chris warrens is at the pentagon. chris, these are troops that are helping in the transition. what are you learning? yeah, deb. our sources are now confirming that these three troops were part of a special forces mission to stabilize that village in helmand ov
rebels in syria pulling back. fierce air and ground attacks by the military in the city of aleppo forcing the anti-government fighters out of the neighborhood stronghold. for now, the rebels say it is a tactical withdrawal, and that reinforcements are already on the way. and meanwhile, the country has a new prime minister and former health minister who has been name named to replace the prime minister who you will remember defected to jordan four ys ago to join the opposition. a rescue team had just minutes of daylight to get a patient out of one of the harshest places on earth. we told you about this coming up yesterday. australian rescuers flying to antarctica today to evacuate a sick expeditioner as they are called, believed to be an american, and it all started when a distress call went out wednesday from the mcmurdo research facility. the recue team was forced to wait it out in new zealand until today for a narrow window of daylight to planned the land the plane, and
we begin this hour with a very important change in the presidential race. according to our brand new cnn/orc poll, a majority of the nation s voters now say they want to re-elect president obama. take a look at this. the president has 52%. he s seven points ahead of mitt romney who s at 45%. just a month ago the president in our poll was ahead 49% to 46%. significantly the president now according to our latest poll is above 50%. our polls also show what voters think of mitt romney s potential vice presidential picks. let s bring in our national political correspondent jim acosta. he s taking a closer look at all of these numbers. that s right. at least on the surface, should bring a smile to the obama campaign. and perhaps a warning to mitt romney and his campaign to go big in the vice presidential search with mitt romney heading out on a potential rollout of his running mate. the results on the veepstakes are even more fascinating. the two men that seem to be the safe