Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Peter bowes is our north america correspondent. Peter, what is behind this, would you say . This appears to be a sign that President Trump is becoming increasingly impatient over a lack of progress in afghanistan over the last couple of years, and he has a lwa ys last couple of years, and he has always made it well known that he prefers to, as he puts it, to end these endless wars, and of course, this is currently americas longest war. He would rather be taking troops out and putting troops in all living
Abc 7 News Reporter kris reyes is here with me at the Gilroy Police department with the very latest, kris . Reporter good evening, dan. Police and the fbi have secured a perimeter around the festival site that spans acres. There will not be any Public Access for days. Thats what we were told at news conferences held today. Officials wanting to remind those who are looking for answers that this say huge crime scene, that its a complex investigation that they are only beginning to piece together now. It was used to drive near the festival. We have obtained a search warrant for that vehicle. They are not process of serving that warrant now. We also obtained a serge warrant f search warrant for a residence in gilroy associated to that suspect and that search warrant was served today. Reporter we also know that a twitter post circulating of a man claiming to have shot up the garlic festival is a hoax. Police tracked down the owner of the account and taken him into custody and concluded he w
Now. We are learning more about the victims and the 19yearold shooter. Families were enjoying the final day of the gilroy garlic festival when a sudden eruption of gunfire sent them running for their lives. I am in the area and it sounds like gunfire. People are running. It looks like the subject might be wearing a camouflage hat. He has a long rifle. Three people did not make it out alive. A sixyearold stephen romero. Any 13yearold girl both from santa fe, and a 25yearold s parish inilroy, where vigiis just getting underway. And another vigil underway about and hour ago at police headquarters, this is where kpix 5 begins our team coverage. Reporter we are here at the visual gathering at city hall, a very large crowd. I cannot even begin to tell you what the garlic festival means to the people of gilroy. Whats your, they open up the town, everybody comes out to volunteer, to raise money for needy programs and nonprofits. The hundreds, possibly thousands of people i here today, this is
Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Here is our north america correspondent peter bowes. This appears to be a sign that President Trump is increasingly impatient over a lack of progress over the last two years. He has a lwa ys over the last two years. He has always made it well known, as he puts it, that he prefers to end these endless wars. And this is currently americas longest war. He would rather be taking troops out than putting troops in or living with the status quo. I think the key is in terms of this phrase, he would like forces to
Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. This appears to be a sign that President Trump is becoming increasingly impatient over a lack of progress in afghanistan over the last couple of years. And he has always made it well known that he prefers to, as he puts it, to end these endless wars, and of course, this is currently americas longest war. He would rather be taking troops out than putting troops in, or living with the status quo. And i think the key, in terms of the phrase of what mike pom