And good wednesday morning to you. Great to have you with us. Well, there is shock and grief across the country this morning at the loss of a high learning more about general greene and his mission. He had just been sent to afghanistan after being promoted to Deputy Commander of training. It was supposed to be a routine visit to an Afghan Military academy tuesday, the general there to check on the progress of afghan troops in training. From an elevated position, the shooter, a member of the Afghan Security forces, strikes using an automatic weapon. General greene is hit, and more than a dozen others wounded. Within seconds, american soldiers, socalled guardian angels, fire back killing the gunman. Any form of trust between the afghans and the u. S. Trainers has now been fully broken. Probably an inside job set up by the taliban. Reporter greene is the first u. S. General to die in a war zone from hostile fire since vietnam. The loss of any life is tragic. No life is worth any more than
You. We begin with the breaking news. The u. S. Military is ready to use force in iraq if necessary. President obama has now authorized air strikes against sunni militants known as isis, thats the same group thats cornered thousands of refugees on a remote mountain in the northern part of the country. The president announcing just hours ago that the u. S. Has come to their aid. This morning the u. S. Military is back in action in iraq. Today america is coming to help. Reporter president obama authorizing a military airdrop to help thousands of iraqi civilians stranded on this mountaintop surrounded by islamic militants. At least 10,000 people, all religious minorities, trapped in blistering heat without food or water. Nearly 20 children have already died. The United States of america cannot turn a blind eye. We can act carefully and responsibly to prevent a potential act of genocide. Reporter under cover of darkness, three air force cargo jets escorted by f18s dropped pallets like thes
And good wednesday morning to you. Great to have you with us. Well, there is shock and grief across the country at the loss of a High Ranking Army official in afghanistan. Major general Harold Greene gunned down by u. S. Trained Afghan Security forces. Hes now the most senior u. S. Officer killed in action since the pentagon attack on 9 11. Heres abcs tahman bradley. Reporter a twostar american general, Harold Greene, gunned down by an afghan soldier. His Northern Virginia neighborhood is stunned. Its a shock and its awful, the way that happened. Somebody pulled a gun that was supposed to be on his side. Just terrible. Reporter this morning, were learning more about general greene and his mission, he had just been sent to afghanistan after being promoted to Deputy Commander of training. It was supposed to be a routine visit to an Afghan Military academy tuesday, the general there to check on the progress of afghan troops in training. From an elevated position, the shooter, a member of
Verdict. Theres no time limit on what it will take her to reach that judgment. The suburban detroit man on trial for killing an unarmed woman on his porch has been found guilty of seconddegree murder. Abcs ryan smith has the details. Count one, murder in the second degree, guilty of murder in the second degree. Reporter after eight hours of deliberations, jurors in detroit finding theodore wafer of killing mcbride. Afterwards, wafer, stoic. While the victims mother, brimming with emotion. Hugging prosecutors. We have what we need to move on with our lives. Reporter drew comparisons to the George Zimmermans case, a white shooter killing a black teen. Prosecutors argued mcbride was lost and injured from a nearby car accident. And wafer was looking for trouble. The defendant picked up this shotgun. Pulled the trigger and blew her face off. I just shot somebody on my front porch with a shotgun, banging on my door. Reporter the defense claimed wafer, frightened by mcbride banging violently
Good friday morning to you. The breaking news, the u. S. Military is ready to use force in iraq if necessary. President obama authorized air strikes against sunni militants known at isis, the same group thats cornered thousands of refugees on a remote mountain in the northern part of the country. The president announcing hours ago that the u. S. Has come to their aid. This morning, the u. S. Military is back in action in iraq. Today america is coming to help. Reporter president obama authorizing a military air drop to help thousands of iraqi civilians stranded on this mountaintop surrounded by islamic militants. At least 10,000 people all religious minorities trapped in blistering heat without food or water. Nearly 20 children have already died. The United States of america cannot turn a blind eye. We can act carefully and responsibly to provent a potential act of genocide. Reporter under cover of darkness three cargo jets dropped palettes like these loaded with thousands of gallons of