good evening. brian is off tonight. i m lester holt. it happened again. american troops shot and killed by those they ve been trained to trust. afghan security forces who were supposed to be working alongside the u.s. and nato troops. in fact, there were two so-called insider attacks in afghanistan today, including one that left two u.s. soldiers dead. since last year the number of cases of afghan forces turning their weapons on u.s. and other nato troops has risen steadily and has tonight prompted orders from the pentagon for u.s. service members to keep their guns at the ready even in places they might assume to be safe. we have two reports beginning in kabul with nbc. reporter: good evening lester. today s attack was the latest in a series of attacks that have claimed dozens of american lives. the pentagon also today saying u.s. service members here are required to carry fully loaded magazines in their weapons at all times. today s attack occurred in western afghanistan,
good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a saturday morning. i m lester holt. and i m tamron hall. it s great to be back from london. you look great, by the way. thank you. look very dapper, got the uk flavor going on. i m still waking up at 4:00 in the morning, although it works for me today. oh, right. this wasn t such a shock. how many days have you been back? i got back on monday. how about you? on monday. still got a couple more days, so we re in the game today. we re in the game. nice to be back. i had a great time, but it s great to be home. we ll talk about a big day in the race for the white house. paul ryan is drawing praise as well as fire for his plans to overhaul medicare. he s today going to a florida senior community to face tough questions. how will that he do in that key battleground state? and much more on the massive wildfires burning across the west, stretching firefighters to the limit, and unfortunately, they re getting no he
now. good evening. brian is off tonight. i m lester holt. it happened again. american troops shot and killed by those they ve been trained to trust. afghan security forces who were supposed to be working alongside the u.s. and nato troops. in fact, there were two so-called insider attacks in afghanistan today, including one that left two u.s. soldiers dead. since last year the number of cases of afghan forces turning their weapons on u.s. and other nato troops has risen steadily and has tonight prompted orders from the pentagon for u.s. service members to keep their guns at the ready even in places they might assume to be safe. we have two reports beginning in kabul with nbc. reporter: good evening lester. today s attack was the latest in a series of attacks that have claimed dozens of american lives. the pentagon also today saying u.s. service members here are required to carry fully loaded magazines in their weapons at all times. today s attack occurred in western afgha
good evening. brian is off tonight. i m lester holt. it happened again. american troops shot and killed by those they ve been trained to trust. afghan security forces who were supposed to be working alongside the u.s. and nato troops. in fact, there were two so-called insider attacks in afghanistan today, including one that left two u.s. soldiers dead. since last year the number of cases of afghan forces turning their weapons on u.s. and other nato troops has risen steadily and has tonight prompted orders from the pentagon for u.s. service members to keep their guns at the ready even in places they might assume to be safe. we have two reports beginning in kabul with nbc. reporter: good evening lester. today s attack was the latest in a series of attacks that have claimed dozens of american lives. the pentagon also today saying u.s. service members here are required to carry fully loaded magazines in their weapons at all times. today s attack occurred in western afghanistan,
hour forecast. we are clear and dry with that temperature coming in right around 71 degrees by 8:00, 9:00. midday forecast, mostly sunny. temperature at 85 degrees. great day for that lunchtime outdoors and afternoon coming in at 8 # degrees. plenty of sunshine. it will be nice and comfortable. take advantage of today. let s get a check of the cbs 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. afternoon coming in at 83 degrees. my fab friend tom blair is celebrating his 50 aight birthday. happy birthday, tom. the jfk is nice and clear. no delays from towson down to east fayette street. 95 also going to be in the same condition. celebrating his 50th birthday. traffic is just starting to pick out beltway but no delays from parkville up towards towson. that west side is where it will start could to congest a little bit. that is a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. we ve been getting new details this morning about a shooting that happened at the family research council head