getting more dangerous. more dangerous with time. we re going to see tank failures in the future. this is a wake-up call. reporter: at hanford, all but essential workers have been told not to report for work tonight. officials say they re looking for a way to fix the tunnel, scott, without making that hole any bigger. john blackstone for us, thank you. after 16 years and 2,396 american deaths, there is no victory in afghanistan. now president trump is considering whether to send more troops. and here s david martin. reporter: facing the stalemate in which the afghan army is suffering what the pentagon calls shockingly high casualties, the trump administration is preparing to send some 3,000 troops back to afghanistan. the exact number would depend on how many troops nato allies contribute. the increase was requested by general john nicholson who says he needs more trainers and advisers for the afghan army. the plan, which has not yet been presented to president trum
jeff pegues, thank you very much. we re john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent is with us. john, the political climate on all of this, this is quite a surprise. it s quite a surprise, and obviously, there was already a considerable amount of back and forth and political blood in the water on the russia question this week alone, and now you have a situation where, i mean, if you read the letter explaining why comey was let go, it s thick with criticism of his handling of hillary clinton s e-mail situation, that was something obviously deeply political. now this week he s released, he s in the middle. the fbi is investigating connections between russian meddling in the election and the trump campaign, so the political ramifications here will be will be constant, and whoever s going to handle this election this investigation next will have to handle this super charged atmosphere. john dickerson, thanks very much. we re going to be following the details and t
north korea s latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the u.s. appears to have united the international community against kim jong un s regime. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson still kept the door open for talks but said the north must first end its missile tests. we ve not had an extended period of time where they have not taken some type of provocative action by launching ballistic missiles. reporter: north korea has launched a dozen missiles this year and says it won t give up its nuclear program. but the new u.n. sanctions could make funding it much harder. the sanctions are expected to cost north korea as much as $1 billion, mostly by banning exports of coal, iron, and seafood. enforcing the sanctions will fall largely to china, north korea s main trading partner and economic lifeline. on monday china s foreign minister said it will implement the sanctions 100%. he also said north korea should stop launching missiles and conductin
and the marines plan to bring it to the surface. the osprey can carry more troops farther and faster than any helicopter, but its tilt-rotor technology has been criticized ever since this horrendous crash 17 years ago. crash! crash, crash, crash! reporter: in which 19 marines died. but the father of first lieutenant cross said his son trusted the aircraft. he told me that they had so many redundant safety systems in the plane that if one failed there was always a backup. reporter: marine corps statistics show over the last five years the osprey has the third highest accident rate, after the harrier jump jet, another vertical takeoff and landing plane, and older models of the f-18 jet fighter. the marines are expected to order a safety stand-down for all their aircraft so air crews can take a day off from flying and spend it reviewing their operating procedures. anthony? david martin at the pentagon. thank you, david. federal investigators tell cbs news the explosi
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