jon: alex, thank you. for years the u.s. military used burn pits to incinerate all trash, including plastics and medical waste before leaving a particular scene. exposure to the smoke can have lasting effects on those who are exposed. jennifer givein takes a look at that. the first time i saw the burn pits, it was minds boggling. i couldn t understand why we were burning trash. army veteran sedoe was stationed in tikrit, iraq. like many other bases, everything from plastic bottles to medical waste was thrown into
approves it. if the president gets the green light. jennifer givein with the b52 bombers and b1 bombers could all take part as well. coming up a bit later major general bob scales is going to give us a reason why the pentagon has been asked to change the military battle 50 different times over the past several weeks. partly because assad is moving things around. martha: he wrote a scathing editorial. we ll tell you about that as well. a military strike in syria has not proven to be popular. it also does not appear at this point to be very popular among the american voters. at town halls we are hearing them speak out. people around the country. they spoke to senator john mccain who has been one of the most outspoken supporters of a
satellites show trucks and earth moving vehicles. jennifer givein is live at the jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. reporter: with the israeli prime minister in washington this week, iran was feeling pressure and it said it would allow the u.n. watchdogs to come back and visit the site. but today the agency says it has not received a formal invitation from iran. the chief says he believes iran may be trying to remove evidence from the site. they say no weapons deals were cut with the israelis would looks like it to provide them with bunker busting bombs. but weapons were discussed as a matter of course in meeting with the israeli prime minister.
america live. afghan president hamid karzai confirming he s reaching out to the taliban in hopes this government and the militant group can strike an agreement for ending 9 years of war. jennifer givein live in washington on this. how serious are these talks between hamid karzai and the taliban. reporter: president karzai wants to make you think they are serious. he told cnn s larry king, we have been talking to the taliban and countrymen to countrymen. not as an official contact with the taliban. unofficial personal contacts have been going on for quite some time. the question is how senior are the taliban members they are talking to. we are told these are fledgling efforts. megyn: why is it in his interests to reject he s talking