Getting more dangerous. More dangerous with time. Were going to see tank failures in the future. This is a wakeup call. Reporter at hanford, all but essential workers have been told not to report for work tonight. Officials say theyre looking for a way to fix the tunnel, scott, without making that hole any bigger. John blackstone for us, thank you. After 16 years and 2,396 american deaths, there is no victory in afghanistan. Now President Trump is considering whether to send more troops. And heres david martin. Reporter facing the stalemate in which the afghan army is suffering what the pentagon calls shockingly high casualties, the Trump Administration is preparing to send some 3,000 troops back to afghanistan. The exact number would depend on how many troops nato allies contribute. The increase was requested by general John Nicholson who says he needs more trainers and advisers for the afghan army. The plan, which has not yet been presented to President Trump for a decision would all
Jeff pegues, thank you very much. Were john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent is with us. John, the Political Climate on all of this, this is quite a surprise. Its quite a surprise, and obviously, there was already a considerable amount of back and forth and political blood in the water on the russia question this week alone, and now you have a situation where, i mean, if you read the letter explaining why comey was let go, its thick with criticism of his handling of Hillary Clintons email situation, that was something obviously deeply political. Now this week hes released, hes in the middle. The fbi is investigating connections between russian meddling in the election and the trump campaign, so the political ramifications here will be will be constant, and whoevers going to handle this election this investigation next will have to handle this super charged atmosphere. John dickerson, thanks very much. Were going to be following the details and the developments on this brea
Perspective to todays Public Affairs issues. President kennedy stumbled across the United States, making 11 stops between pennsylvania and california. He highlighted conservation of Natural Resources for future generations. This half hour interior Department Film was produced by the naval photographic center. Greatness today rests in part on this good piece of geography that is the United States. But what is important is what the people of america do with it. This document, produced prior to the death of president kennedy, spans a continent on the days between september 24 and 28, 1963. Its message is eloquently expressed in the concern of a nations leader for the resources of the earth and water or of the human spirit that are the indestructible fabric of these United States. Pres. Kennedy i have come upon a journey of the United States to talk about the conservation of our resources. I was reminded when i read my itinerary of a poem by Steven Vincent canetti called american names. Sn
Shocked and devastated over what happened. A lot of them were trying to crack a little bit of a smile for that picture but they are very upset this morning. They are making sure the fire does not sparked back up again. Fire will look into what caused the fire. They do not know at this time. The red cross is on scene helping them as well. We willor to get some updates as we go through the morning. Astronomers are all abuzz this morning after three cosmic events in the last 24 hours. The latest one spotted right here in the bay area. Youtube video on the left of your screen shows a blue flash across the sky. It was taken by a driver along interstate 280. On the upper right. An asteroid that was expected 11 last night. The football field sized asteroid passing the earth within 17thousand miles. Thats closer than some satellites. And on the bottom right, a meteorite that exploded friday in russia. It sent a shockwave over the Ural Mountains. 900 miles east of moscow. Windows on some four t