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Scuffles erupted between pro russian protesters and those seeking closer ties with the west. our frederik pleitgen says those clashes have since died down and the protests appear peaceful begin for the first time, the united states is making plans to bring home every u.s. troop from afghanistan by the end of the year. the latest sign of the obama s impatience with the afghan president, hamid ckarzai, who hs refused to sign a security deal. that would keep some troops in afghanistan until 2014. this morning, a senior pakistani official warns of a holocaust if that happens. barbara starr at the pentagon with more. good morning. that agreement that karzai won t sign is vital, essential. it has to get signed for u.s. troops to be able to legally stay in afghanistan. ....
Editing manager, leigh gallagher and captain wes moore. good to see you. developing news coming into msnbc. secretary of state john kerry has landed in kabul, afghanistan, on an unannounced trip and set to hold talks with hamid ckarzai with whom relationships have been strained. over the weekend, secretary kerry made an unannounced visit to iraq visiting with maliki to stop fighters. we had a very spirited discussion on the subject of the over flights. anything that supports president assad is problematic and i made it very clear to the prime ....
our political ticker at the bottom of the hour about the retirement of barney frank. they had a revolution. they ve ousted a ruler and now they are about to do something that is probably the most important thing that they have done and that is get out and vote. egyptians are hitting the polls today. they are out voting. it is the first in a series of elections for parliament and president. they are all under way. even in the midst of egypt s second major uprising of the year. the goal of both is the same an end to military rule which replaced the regime of long-time president hosni mubarak in february. turnout is surprisingly strong. voting for parliament will take stages. the presidential elections are set for june. pakistan says no more business as usual with the u.s. after a weekend air strike that nato calls tragic and unintended. nato helicopters from afghanistan opened fire on pakistani forces at the border killing 24 and wounding several others. afghan offi ....
cain for leaking the story is speaking out. plus, lawmakers documents of the bankrupt solar energy company that got a half a billion dollar loan from the obama administration. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com while herman cain scrambles to try to get in front of the growing controversy, he s raking in lots of campaign contributions. cain s campaign now tells cnn they ve raised an astonishing $1.2 million since sunday evening when news of the accusations first broke. meantime, cain may face new embarrassment and more pressure if one of his accusers is allowed to come forward with a statement. brian todd has been reporting. what are you learning today? going to get to that in a moment, but what we may hear, there are indications that cain s alleged behavior may have cost the national restaurant association up to $80,000. politico reports one of the woman received a payout of about $45,000 as part of her settlement. earlier this w ....
Tankers and a bomb blast killed an n.a.t.o. service member and two civilians this as hamid ckarzai said that the u.s. should end raids on insurgency. a package of security incentives from the u.s. designed to encourage the country to limit construction of the controversial settlements. the latest offering comes as the obama administration tries to revive peace talks with the palestinians and 90 day moratorium on the new construction would apply only to the west bank, not eastern jerusalem. palestinian leaders say that east jerusalem needs to be included to help talks move forward. it looks like the d.c. opportunity fellowship program could get a second chance at life and g.o.p. lawmakers say they d like to reauthorize the program when they assume control of the house in january. the program pays low income children, was eliminated last year. emotional homecoming for troops reunited with their ....