have hit a nato convoy in a truck stop in pakistan and seven people, or four people were killed and seven were injured. they torched 20 trucks according to witnesses. the u.s. military reports that half of all afghanistan war supplies pass through pakistan. this is the fourth time the pakistani militants attacked a nato convoy attacking two separate convoys on friday. and then, another two, today. the chief correspondent from new york, it seems the tankers and supply trucks are easy target. jonathan: they are. when they cross into afghanistan they have a military escort to get where they are going but when they are in pakistan there is little security around them. generally speaking, it is a handful of pakistani security guards who probably are among the dead in this attack. so, it, they are in essence, very soft targets and what the
the border in the kyber pass, leaving 150 nato supply trucks stuck at the border. some pakistani officials are asking whether the u.s. and pakistan are allies are enemies. people ask questions. are you fighting a war or in a war together? reporter: protest broke out in pakistani cities friday, where angry mobs blame the u.s. and nato for pakistan s problem. they played a double game in recent years criticizing u.s. attacks in the tribal areas publicly, while encouraging the drone strikes on the al-qaeda leaders in private. according to the recent bob woodward book obama s war he told then c.i.a. head hayden to step up the drone strikes against al-qaeda in pakistan. collateral damage worries you americans and it does not worry me. u.s. officials downplayed the border closure today. it s inconceivable to me that the closing of the routes, the allege closing, which is not a full closing anyway would continue more than a short period of tile.
the campaign. thanks, mark. nato has just announced three coalition service members have been killed in an explosion. that has raised the number of coalition troops killed in afghanistan today to five. we ll have more on that story. and pakistan is continuing to block nato supply trucks from crossing into afghanistan today. the blockade is apparent retaliation after two nato-led helicopters were involved in a cross border attack that killed pakistani insurgents on saturday. a spokesman for coalition forces confirm the gunmen entered the air space after they attacked a remote security avenue zban outpost. today nato vehicles carrying fuel, water and fuel are backed up waiting to cross from pakistan into afghanistan. that has american commanders on the ground in afghanistan looking for alternative routes for trucks to deliver those supplies. early next week, faisal shahzad
irma is packing an even bigger punch. we re seeing growing lines for fuel. people are rushing to stock up and the fuel is selling out before supply trucks can get here. governor rick scott said some of these supply trucks are being escorted by police of they re really trying to resupply these gas stations. we re seeing a run on food and supplies, body water is flying off the shefs. it is not just florida. up and down the east coast. four states have states of emergency. florida, georgia and the carries. the national guard as far north as north carolina. nearly 700,000 people in florida are rushing to get out. some of the major highways, i-95, i-75, have seen gridlock and shelters are opening up in miami dade county. people are satisfying this very seriously. what makes this very different, this storm unlike andrew, which sliced through east to west,
evacuations. today we will have more than 4,000 national guard members activated to begin a system with ongoing irma preparation. tomorrow every member available, 7,000, will be deployed. 13 helicopters and more than 1,000 temperatuchnical high-wat vehicles ready and being restored. 30,000 troops, 4,000 trucks 100 helicopters in air evacuation crews that are ready to support our state. i spoke with president trump multiple times, and he s assured me florida will get all the help from the federal government we need. they will be our partner providing all federal help we need. so far wee requested a variety of things. disaster tarps, water, baby food supplies, supply trucks, search and rescue personnel and equipment and management teams. military watercraft and aircraft with capability to move fuel from the mainland to keys and