Afghanistan until at least 2017. President obama made the theyre vital to afghanistans future. And necessary to protect our National Security. Edward lawrence has the details. President obama announced more troops are needed to stay longer in afghanistan to keep that country secure , even though the combat mission is over. By stabilizing afghanistan, the president says americans will be safer. Sot president obama 15 23i believe this mission is vital to our National Security interests preventing terrorist attacks against our citizens and our nation. The president reassessed his plan to draw down the number of troops by the end of 2016 because of recent taliban advances. This abrupt turn around keeps our presence at 9800 troops through next year. Then drops to 5500 in 2017. Sot president obama 45 49 this modest but meaningful extension of our presence can make a real difference. Its the right thing to do. He adds the Mission Remains the same. Advise and train with some Counter Terrorism
Reporter reporter now at 8 , pam a mother and her boyfriend are behind bars tonight suspected of killing her 3year old daughter. Pam the 3yearold girl was found dead in a napa apartment over the weekend. Pam tonight, her mother and her mothers boyfriend have been arrested. Pam now we are finding out. About a history of police being called out to the family home. Pam the pair were spotted at a restaurant in el cerrito. Pam then left. Heading for the el cerrito del norte bart station. Bart Police Arrested them there. Kron 4s dan kerman is live at the apartment complex in napa. Where the toddlers body was found. Dan . This just creeps me out just thinking about it. She was trying to back to her life and the little girl was trying to be a good parent and the mother was trying to go college and who once ran moved and then she started changing. Reporter little cayley all but disappeared while people visited the home. The 3 year old would not want to ride her bike outside. Rep police returned
Nearly one month after the roll out the governments new Health Care Website is still crashing. Many people cant sign up for coverage. That has put the president and his administration on defensive for another day. Kathleen sebelius called the website a debacle. The president went on fe defense today comparing it to another launch that had its share of problems. Before obamacare there was romney care. Visiting boston president obama said the come p comparison stil. You had a model that we built the Affordable Care bein care bs temperaturtelltemplate. The president says theyll be happier with a new plan. If you are getting that deal could mean a higher monthly ctv. Zblrntle on dpol hill the republicans attacked the changes. Kathleen sebelius was the second in a number of days to apologize for the healthcare. Com debacle. The applicants Financial Data could be compromised. Would you shutdown the system and give a security test. No sir if you read the memo. I have read it. The weekly testi
I think at that point, pakistan will accept that they have given up the notion that the taliban. Re going to take over i think pakistan now feels that afghanistan threatens pakistan. I will say that pakistan would lower its objective and except some kind about, as long as there is some type of taliban and role. Be toitical thing will have an empowered, fairly elected government supported by the supported Afghan People that can rectify the society. That is critical to discussing the things they talk about. I appreciate hearing the words thank you because that is something president karzai never seems to be able to say. With reference to your own view, what would you want the united to help you achieve the type of elections that the Afghan People will have faith and . I will endorse what he said about the elections, but to add on that, one of the critical things is the type of messages that both the afghan Political Leadership and the public receives starting with raising the bar higher
Bid. You have selected the vendor. We have not agreed upon any pricing, but i can assure you that before we were to sign off on a contract, we are going to make sure that this is the best value for taxpayers. You were asked a couple questions around this. What kind of fight do you expect in congress by not having a competitive bid. There will be some push back, right . This wouldnt be washington if there wasnt pushback. I do not expect any major fights on this. One thing i feel extremely proud about the way congress acted when it comes to veteranses issues is the bipartisan support when its the right thing to do for this countrys veterans. I do expect that to essentially carry through on this. That does not mean that it is not appropriate tpo ask hard questions, to make sure the Due Diligence is there. To make sure, as we said, this is a risky process. Weve considered people who have different options. But in the end, i do believe this is something that we will see strong bipartisan su