soldiers. the biggest combat loss of president trump s term. a soldier who was among the first on the scene describing a vicious fire fight. standing back-to-back with nigerians holding off an attack from all sides. the troops were not ready for combat. arwa damon reporting they were not wearing jackets or helmets. they were wearing t-shirts and baseball caps. as for heavy weapons, just one machine gun and one defense official tells cnn the isis figers were heavily armed. we re also learning tonight that the u.s. unit became separated on the ground. arwa damon s source says he saw two of american soldiers dead by gun shot wounds in the backseat of their vehicle. another american soldier lying dead under a nearby brush. this is a very disturbing picture of american troops sent into harm s way with no warning from intelligence on the ground. as for the pentagon in a press briefing late today, it offered
question clearly was this claim that they shot it down related to the report that it came under a mortar attack? and this comes at a backdrop of afghan president hamid karzai refusing to sign an agreement with the white house over long-term troops in afghanistan. reporter: that s right. there are now 42,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. they want to get this agreement for a number of troops, probably about 10,000,to remain after the end of 2014. the job of the u.s. troops will be to help train and assist afghan forces and do the very dangerous work of continuing to go after terrorist targets in afghanistan. he hasn t signed the agreement, and the u.s. is getting increasingly frustrated with him given especially the price that u.s. troops are paying. all right, barbara, appreciate the update. thank you. more than 12 years long this of course is america s longest war. now another searing chapter. the story began when a four-man navy s.e.a.l. team found themselves badly outnumbered
there are now 42,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. they want to get this agreement for a number of troops, probably about 10,000,to remain after the end of 2014. the job of the u.s. troops will be to help train and assist afghan forces and do the very dangerous work of continuing to go after terrorist targets in afghanistan. he hasn t signed the agreement, and the u.s. is getting increasingly frustrated with him given especially the price that u.s. troops are paying. all right, barbara, appreciate the update. thank you. more than 12 years long this of course is america s longest war. now another searing chapter. the story began when a four-man navy s.e.a.l. team found themselves badly outnumbered in a long and vicious fire fight. only one s.e.a.l. survived. his name is marcus latrell. he told me the story that first aired on 60 minutes. what happened after he says they were surprised by goat herders and their goats.
refusing to sign an agreement with the white house over long-term troops in afghanistan. that s right there are now 42,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. they want to get this agreement for a number of troops, probably about 10 thousa,000 to remain a 2014. the job of the u.s. troops will be to train and assist afghan forces and do the very dangerous work of continuing to go after terrorist targets in afghanistan. he hasn t signed the agreement and the u.s. is getting increasingly frustrated with him, given especially the price that u.s. troops are paying. yeah, all right. barbara appreciate the update. thank you. more than 12 years long, this is america s longest war. another siring chapter. the story began when a four-man navy seal team found themselves badly out numbers in a long and vicious fire fight. one sale sueal survived. his name is marcus. this is his account of a mission that went wrong after he says his unit was surprised by of all
war. now another searing chapter. the story began when a four-man navy s.e.a.l. team found themselves badly outnumbered in a long and vicious fire fight. only one s.e.a.l. survived. his name is marcus latrell. he told me the story that first aired on 60 minutes. what happened after he says they were surprised by goat herders and their goats. he and his teammates weren t the only casualties in the battle. a chopper that had rushed to help latrell and his team was shot out of the sky killing everybody onboard in june 2005 this was the largest loss of war in naval warfare since 2002. admiral mark mcgwire told us no s.e.a.l. will ever forget that terrible day. was that the toughest day for you as a special force commander? yes. most people of my generation, they ask the question do you remember when kennedy was shot?