Taliban forces, as the militant group sees a resurgence across the region. Our National Security analyst peter bergen is here and joins us by phone from washington, and in beirut, cnn Nick Paton Walsh who has reported extensively from afghanistan. Welcome to both of you. Good morning. First i want to start with you, Nick Paton Walsh and talk about the resurgence of taliban in afghanistan. The reason this tragic event happened is because Coalition Forces it trying to drive away taliban forces. How strong are they in afghanistan today . Reporter well, certainly if you leave what people call kind of the city of kabul, the walled area where many people used to say the president of afghanistan was only president of that particular area, theyre increasingly strong. They were on their back foot when the u. S. Flooded in troops as part of their surge. Now theyre pulling them out. We just heard barack obama pulling them out extraordinary fast, almost down to zero in 2016. The taliban are gainin
Students. Bill during a visit with troops yesterday president obama said the military had reached quota turning point for the mission reached a turning points for the mission in afghanistan. This month Americas Mission in and already will be over. This month americas war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end. That doesnt mean everything is great in afghanistan. Afghanistan is still a very dangerous place. Martha byron york on the potential political impact. What are we learning about all this now . Reporter we spent a lot of time in peshawar and we have seen a heard about a lot of taliban brutality, but this has got to be the cruellest act these militants have ever committed. The word we are getting is the militants stormed the school and shot away student by student. The school specifically picked because its for the children of the Pakistan Army staff. They have been waging war against the taliban. The death toll we are told is now at 130. Most of them children and young peop
What goes on inside of the notorious prison camps. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. John brennan held an extensive News Conference in response to the report released about the torture at the hands of the cia. Overall, he strongly deefended the agency, putting the white house in an awkward position. Were covering the story with our correspondents and guests and bill harlow, the cia spokesman. But we begin with michelle kosinski. What is going on over there . Reporter the white house refusing to even say whether it agrees with john brennan, that these methods led to good intelligence and saved lives. Well, today, a big change. We hear brennan now publicly agreeing with the white house, saying that it is unknowable whether that intel was knowable or could have been gotten by other means and this has become yet another question, when the techniques were used. The cia direct for today defended his agency in an unprecedented press conference. The detention and Interrogation Prog
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following the breaking news. An unusual joint warning by the fbi and the department of Homeland Security. Theyre telling Law Enforcement agencies nationwide to be on alert right now for a possible terrorist response to the Senate Report on cia interrogation. That report released today. The blistering document five years in the making details interrogation techniques adopted after the 9 11 terror attacks that are described as cruel, inhumane and degrading. Were covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents and our guests, including two members of the Senate Intelligence committee, the democratic chair, Dianne Feinstein and republican senator james risch. Lets begin with Barbara Starr who has more on the disturbing findings. What are you learning . Reporter the cia says today some mistakes were made but that what they did was legal and that it did gain the country valuable intelligence that prevented additional attacks
Could. Youll hear what fox news has learned about that. Lets get to it. First from the fox news desk, the attorney general Jeff Sessions is facing backlash for lawmakers on both sides of the political idea. This after reports that the former Trump Campaign advisor spoke twice the russias ambassador during the election and never disclosed it in his confirmation hearings. Heres what then senator sessions told the Senate Judiciary committee in january. And if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump Campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do . Senator franken, im not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a serrogate a time or two and i did not have communications with the russians. Im unable to comment on it. He was not asked if he had communications. He volunteered that he did not. Now Justice Department officials confirmed to fox news sessions actually did speak with russias ambassador in july and