bret: in world headlines, secretary of state hillary clinton in south korea announced the united states will impose new sanctions against communist north korea. she and defense secretary gates met with south korean officials today. the sanctions are designed to rein in kim jong il s nuclear activities by eliminating the illegal measures used to fund them. nato says insurgents beheaded six afghan police officers tuesday after overrunning their check point in the baglam province. the afghanistan defense ministry says tuesday s fatal shooting of the two u.s. civilian trainers at an army base was the result of an argument. afghan soldier opened fire on the americans during a weapons training exercise before being done down himself. a congressional oversight report says the state department is unable to determine if effectiveness of the billion-dollar program in
attacks on the south. clapper added that north korea s military forces are still a threat. and should not be underestimated. thank you. world headlines, two american civilians two afghan soldiers were killed in a shooting at an afghan military base today. it s not clear whether the shooter was targeting someone or if the incident was accidental. the shooter was one of those killed. meantime, afghan president hamid karzai today reaffirmed his government commitment to take charge of security nationwide by 2014. karzai spoke at a one-day conference on his country s future. iran s parliament adopted a bill authorizing retaliation against countries that inspect cargo on iranian ship and aircraft. it s response to fourth united nations security council resolution against the country nuclear program that iran insists is peaceful. defense secretary robert gates says the u.s. and south korea will launch joint military exercises this weekend. gates and his south korean
dangerous new period of attacks on the south. clapper added that north korea s military forces are still a threat. and should not be underestimated. thank you. world headlines, two american civilians two afghan soldiers were killed in a shooting at an afghan military base today. it s not clear whether the shooter was targeting someone or if the incident was accidental. the shooter was one of those killed. meantime, afghan president hamid karzai today reaffirmed his government commitment to take charge of security nationwide by 2014. karzai spoke at a one-day conference on his country s future. iran s parliament adopted a bill authorizing retaliation against countries that inspect cargo on iranian ship and aircraft. it s response to fourth united nations security council resolution against the country nuclear program that iran insists is peaceful. defense secretary robert gates says the u.s. and south korea will launch joint military exercises this weekend. gates and his south kor
oil leak around the well. finally, they brought in a sensitive acoustic ship to listen for the methane bubbles to indicate there might be oil somewhere leaking on the oil floor. bottom line is it s hour-by-hour to determine what is next. we ll head back for breaking news from the briefing later this hour. thank you. checking world headlines now. many vendors at the grand bazaar in tehran are continuing the work stoppage, protesting a planned 16% tax increase. the original tax hike was 17% before the strike. some shops reopened after the government backed down a bit. as you can see, many remain closed. the u.s. is trying to get israel and the palestinians to reengage in direct talks. u.s. special enjoy george mitchell meets with mahmoud abbas saturday. today he talked with benjamin netanyahu. the key disagreement over settlement construction in
innocent men, women and children. reporter: a new report for a think tank takes issue with the administration recent move to drop references to islamic radicalism and the report warns against ignoring role religion can play. lacking is a full recognition to the degree to which ideology fuels violent extremism, especially as the international borders are less relevant due to internet and other technologies. when asked about the phrase radical islam today, spokesman gibbs did not directly answer the question but emphasized that al-qaeda has not hesitated to kill civilians in africa. bret: thank you. in world headlines, eight american troops died over the past day in southern afghanistan. four perished in a roadside bombing. one died from wounds that was suffered in a firefight.