delivering ballots. the journalists were in the back of the car. in addition to the german photographer, a.p. writer kathy gannon was also in the car. and while they were waiting in the backseat, this convoy being protected by afghan security forces, an afghan police officer walked up to the vehicle, started shouting, "allah akbar" and opened fire. the german photographer was killed, she was 48 years old. she died instantly. kathie gannon was shot at least twice, and she is in stable condition. she has been transferred to bagram air base outside of kabul. the afghan police officer dropped his weapon and then turned himself in to afghan security forces. so that -- that terrible event today shows just how unstable this country is, but officials say the elections are going to go ahead and polls will open tomorrow morning. >> and, richard, just to emphasize, this was somebody that was assigned to protect