getting a lot for our military presence there. if the taliban is going to step up their attacks against u.s. forces in country because that s the deal that president trump cut, well, i m not going to be the person to deploy additional men and women to harm s way that more people, more americans should die if the afghans are themselves not willing to fight for their country and they re not. so i think president biden s decision was absolutely correct. when the president stands on the tarmac at dover air force base and welcomes home our nation s fallen heroes in that dignified transfer ceremony as he did the other day to honor american heroes,, what is weighing on his mind is not just the sacrifice of those young individuals who gave their last measure of devotion for our country but the fact that he as commander in chief has to sign the deployment orders to send people like them into harm s way. he s absolutely determined not to do that if it is not going to protect american interests.
we had, priming the hillsides for potential mudslides, which could come tonight it all depends on how much sustained rain we get, again, over the next few hours, kristen. steve patterson, thank you for that report. the remains of an american soldier killed in combat in afghanistan returned home this morning. top military officials attended the dignified transfer ceremony of 33-year-old sergeant michael j. gobel at the dover air force base in delaware the taliban has taken responsibility for the attack that killed gobel. to the shocking news about the death of a rising star at espn the 34-year-old died on his birthday just weeks after being diagnosed with pneumonia kerry sanders reports tonight. our colleague and friend edward ashoff died yesterday reporter: only 34 years old, edward ashoff was a star in the making coach, tough loss on the record. reporter: in recent years he made the transition from writing for espn s website to on-camera work
certainly pensacola still trying to recover from what happened on friday morning. back to you guys. and after that funeral procession that brynn mentioned, the u.s. military held a solemn transfer ceremony for the three slain sailors, just a few hours ago, their remains were carried out of a military plane and received at dover air force base earlier, analyst mark hertling spoke about the life and work of the fallen servicemen. you are first of all ensign caleb watson. this is a young man who was trying to decide what kind of officer he was going to be. was he going to be a marine or a navy s.e.a.l. or a pilot? he finally determined that he wanted to be a pilot. that s a tough call when you re a senior at the naval academy to determine where you re going to go. from all accounts, this young man was quite the hero and in
inspector general. it will outline whether political bias influenced the fbi s decision to start the russia investigation. the report is expected to be released in the coming hours. another critical impeachment hearing is now just hours away in washington. it will be held by the house judiciary committee, and sources tell cnn it will showcase a pattern of behavior that shows president donald trump s impeachable conduct. the white house says it will not take part in the proceedings. you can stay with us for special coverage of the trump impeachment hearings by the house judiciary committee. that starts at 1:00 p.m. in london, 9:00 p.m. in hong kong right here on cnn. well, the u.s. military has held a solemn transfer ceremony for the three sailors killed friday in the florida naval base shooting. their remains were carried out of a military plane and received at dover air force base in the state of delaware.
works. we do know the president said he called it off because of the attack the taliban carried out last thursday near the u.s. embassy in kabul where one u.s. serviceman was killed. his name is army sergeant first class ortiz. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, went to the dignified transfer ceremony just this morning in neighboring delaware at dover air force base in dover to see the remains of sergeant ortiz come back to the united states, baretta ortiz, i should say. then he appeared on the sunday morning talk shows including on meet the press with our chuck todd. he said, now that these talks are off, the taliban better watch out. they fear the taliban conditions have been worsening and they re about to get worse. okay. you say about to get worse. so, yao you are going to does this mean we are going to increase the military activity against the taliban? we re going to make sure that everyone in the region understands that america will always protect its national