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lives of nine american service members, making 2010 the deadliest year of the war so far. the taliban has claimed responsibility, but u.s. officials say there was no sign of hostile fire in the zabul province crash. and lindsay lohan may be facing more jail time. a superior court judge issued an arrest warrant for her after she allegedly failed a drug test. that test was less than a month after lohan was released from inpatient rehab. well, washington turns its attention today to one of the greatest hazards on the road you and your cell phone. the obama administration is proposing new rules on texting and driving, part of the second annual distracted driving summit. nbc s tom costello is in rockville, maryland, this morning with a preview. and tom, ray lahood, the transportation secretary, is calling this an epidemic. reporter: yeah. and i think that really he s probably accurate on that, in terms of the pure numbers. you know, a few weeks ago we got information that the total nu
now, frankly, an epidemic of distracted driving. it s september 21st, 2010. i m chuck todd. good morning. i m savannah guthrie. let s get right to the rundown. we re going to start with that breaking news out of afghanistan. nine americans were killed in a helicopter crash overnight, making this the deadliest year for western force so far as. nbc s john yang is live in kabul with the latest. john, good morning. what happened here? reporter: good morning, savannah. this was the worst helicopter crash in about four years for u.s. troops. nine troops dead. this happened in zabul province, which is in the south-southeastern section of afghanistan. an area where the taliban controls much of the territory and where coalition forces have been stepping up their attempts to push the taliban out. we are told this crash happened about 4:00 this morning, local time. the military says that there were no reports of enemy fire. that the crash is still under investigation. now, despite the fact th
the taliban has called news organizations, including a call here at nbc news in kabul, to claim responsibility for the attack. they say they shot the helicopter down. the taliban often does that, claims responsibility for things that turn out to be accidents. and indeed, most of the helicopter crashes here have turned out to be accidents. maintenance problems, the incredible amount of dust in the air. this is the deadliest year for coalition forces. after today s crash, 525 coalition forces have died this year. 351 of them, u.s. forces. savannah, chuck? all right, john yang for us in kabul with that distressing news. i m sure we ll hear more about what may have happened in the run up to the crash. thanks very much. well, on to the economy. a key meeting in washington today. the federal reserve wrestling with what, if there s anything that can be done to try to get this recovery going. john harwood joins us now.