fox news. shannon: with stunning sophistication. north korea quickly built a brand new nuclear facility and that is causing high tensions in the region. i m shannon bream. hour number two starts right now. much more on north korea in a moment. first this fox news alert from afghanistan where the taliban is publicly reacting to the nato agreement about handing over security operations. conor powell is live in kabul with the latest. conor? reporter: well, shannon, the taliban are openly mocking this strategy of handing over security responsibility from u.s. and national forces to afghan security forces by the end of 2014. today taliban spokesmen described it as irrational and a sign of failure and also said that he wants all international troops out of afghanistan immediately and if u.s. and international troops did not leave immediately there would be further bloodshed.
end of 2014. a taliban spokesman said nato will not establish a stable government in afghanistan by that time. the search is on for the suspect who allegedly shot and critically wounded a utah park ranger. investigators say the suspect is likely armed, wounded, and traveling on foot. park ranger brody junk wa youngt three times while patrolling a hiking ground. he s in critical but stable condition. a boy coul boycott is planne of the busiest travel days of the year. it s asking passengers to request a pat down. the goal is to protest a new tsa scanning procedure by slowing down security lines. those are your top stories right now. well, they are the best of the best and this morning the rhodrhodes scholars were announ. winners are selected on the basis of high academic achievement and leadership among other things. therthere are 837 applicants
endanger our relationship with russia. russia helps us supply our troops in afghanistan. russia has been helping us impose sanctions and not sell arms to iran. there is a lot of, you know, sort of three dimensional chess being played here on the international stage and there are concerns about what happens if you disappoint the russians and don t pass this treaty. on the other hand, you know, kyl would say we are not in the business of disappointing or pleasing the russians, we are involved with international security. shannon: we will watch that. and a great interview with governor rick perry out of texas and a spirited panel as always. chris, thank you. thank you. shannon: and you can catch chris wallace s full interview with secretary clinton right after this show. plus, chris sat down with governor rick perry, it all starts today at 2:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox,. the votes have all been counted but the election results for the alaska race are not official yet.
european union, central banks and international monitoring tare arery fund will relieve pressure on other nations facing mounting debts and deficits. nato forces will hand over security operations in afghanistan by the end of 2014. president obama commented on the deadline during a press conference yesterday but what does secretary of state hillary clinton think? chris wallace interviewed clinton for fox news sunday and sat down with us for a sneak preview. you covered a lot of ground including an interview with secretary of state hillary clinton and spoke to her from portable. port portugal. what is the latest on plans for afghanistan? seems everyone has agreed and it is a goaled a not a deadline that combat will end in 2014 and we will turn security over to the afghans that the point. everybody agrees that we will keep some presence there, the nato secretary general says that he doesn t believe that any combat. u.s. officials and i asked
putting on events overseas and stateside. taking entertainers to afghanistan, japan or germany. whereever the troops go, the uso is there. from musicians to nfl superstars and even cartoonists the usa teams up with celebrities with one mission in mind. lift the sternites o spirits o. there is nothing better than taking them overseas and. the latest stars say thank you. country music singer trace adkins who recently returned from his third uso tour in the middle east. hitting locations lacking those five star akomatikses. thaccommodations. the uso takes care of us over there. they put in 18-20 hours days and get up and do it again for another three or four days straight. reporter: tonight trace is hosting a free concert for