co-ed status in kabul. >> yeah. yeah. no question. you know, it's one of the few private universities anywhere in that region, couple thousand students. actually started in 2006. but andrea, i think the major point is there is no safe place in kabul. not u.s. embassy, not afghan government security officials, they just abducted two of their professors last month out of american university in kabul. so afghanistan's coming apart. it's hard to imagine a good outcome in the longer run to this story of the afghan nation. >> and what are the options now? because the military advice to the president, you know, has varied over these months and years. we know how reluctant he is to add forces, but we recently have added some forces to help the afghan security forces. even as their government is very unstable. >> well, no question. the government is divided. it's not even responding to it's own constitution. who heard of a president and co-ceo from the two principle candidates. look going forward, andrea, in my estimation, w

it's a well guarded place in kabul. really the two places that are the most thoroughly guarded is the u.s. embassy. we heard from the state department there are u.s. troops there on the ground in an advisory role. that gives us an indication of how seriously this attack has been taken. the military is doing everything it can to hand things over to afghan special forces. not just in kabul, but across the kocountry. we have seen an uptick in violence this month. things are getting worse. on august 7th, we had two professors kidnapped. but there's really this void in the afghan government that the taliban is taking advantage of. this is something that the u.s. has long worried about. right now, afghan special forces you see them on the screen are sweeping this campus. unclear if this incident is over. it's ongoing. certainly the casualty numbers probably likely to rise as the hospitals are receiving a number of the wounded. >> just to update folks, the new reports coming from reuters, one student was killed in this attack.

and he says, i'm sitting by the road on the ring road south of kabul. they stole my car. >> the taliban took our car just with gunpoint. >> were you scared? >> absolutely we were scared. yeah. >> he says, i don't care how you get there, hitchhike if you have to, but get to the red cross office in ghazni. so he shoulders his bag and starts hitchhiking and manages to catch a ride heading south. and within a matter of hours, he's in ghazni at the red cross office. >> i remember an afghan man came to the door and said, pretend like you're going to the back of the building. so we headed towards the back. and out of the kitchen came an afghan man dressed in civilian clothes. >> they were very, very happy when they saw me again. they were both like because of so much happiness, they were crying. >> we were shocked to see him. and he wasn't wearing his taliban clothes. he didn't have his turban. he was very clean cut. he'd shaved his beard. and he comes to me and he grabs my hand and then he grabs my wrist with his other hand. and he says, are you okay, my sist

and he says, i'm sitting by the road on the ring road south of kabul. they stole my car. >> the taliban took our car at gunpoint. >> were you scared? >> absolutely was scared. >> i don't care how you get there, hitchhike if you have to, but get to the red cross office in ghazni. so he shoulders his bag and starts hitchhiking and manages to catch a ride heading south. within a matter of hours, he's in ghazni at the red cross office. >> i remember an afghan man came to the door and said, pretend like you're going to the back of the building. so we headed towards the back. and out of the kitchen came an afghan man dressed in civilian clothes. >> they were very, very happy when they saw me again. they were both like, so much happiness, they were crying. >> we were shocked to see him. and he wasn't wearing his taliban clothes. he didn't have his turban. he was very clean cut. he'd shaved his beard. and he comes to me, and he grabs my hand and then he grabs my wrist with his other hand. and he says, are you okay, my sister? we're fine. we're all fine. he gave

outside of kabul. you know, these development workers, diplomats, and now it seems as though that sense of security has been badly frayed. >> given that it's badly frayed, but haven't asked regarding this attack, overall, what do they need? i mean the fact that you mentioned just two weeks ago, those two professors were kidnapped and they haven't been found. what do they need most here? >> well, they need stability. and of course this is the beating heart of the government, the u.s., the u.s. implemented government in afghanistan. without stability there, none of the diplomats, none of the government offices, none of them can do their work and they'll have very little hope of trying to impose order only the rest of the country which is also becoming quickly undone. >> all right, matt baggily, thank you for joining me. i want to the now turn to msnbc news editor, cal perry who joins me, cal, let's talk about this region, specifically central kabul. what is it like there in terms of security? one would m

can be a target, even in kabul. it casts great suspicion on the capability of the afghan government to secure kabul and great -- a great deal of concern about whether or not the united states through mobile training teams, special forces, special operations forces, even with those, can be able to keep taliban n or isis at bay, chris. >> let's go back to the situation as it is. and it is an ongoing situation. a couple of hours ago, the pulitzer prize winning photo jourmist hassani reported he was trap inside a building there. he heard an explosion, he wrote. this may be my last tweet. so, obviously, an incredibly intense situation. and then an interior ministry spokesman said elite afghan forces have responded to the attack. who are they? did we train them? did the u.s. train them? >> yeah, these are special operations forces trained by the united states and continue to be trained by the united states. and it raises a very interesting question about american involvement in what's going on on the battlefield. we don't

this is american university of afghanistan in kabul. we have not independently confirmed these reports. as soon as we get more details, we will bring them to you . jenna: katherine harris has been covering all the email issues that hillary clinton has been confronting, there's a few different storylines well watching catherine and we wanted to provide your expertise to our viewers. >> even my kids are asking about emails, let me tell you . jenna: let me go to one from a viewer that gets to the criminality question. nate was wondering can hillary clinton see charged by congress or perjury from lying under oath from what we've seen so far? >> what congress can do is they can send a referral to the us attorney in washington dc which the house government oversight and judiciary committee have done. that would prompt, get the necessary okay from the justice department and fbi to investigate which will be a comparison of what hillary clinton told congress in 2016 and also what she told the fbi during her july 4 weekend interview and where whe

we are joined on the phone by freelance journalist who is in kabul. what can you tell us thus far about what is happening at the university? >>. [ inaudible ] >> zakaria, can you still hear me? we have lost you. can you repeat what you were saying? i think we may have lost his signal. if we could just reestablish that signal and maybe tap into what zakaria knows about the attack. meantime, former fbi assistant director tom fuentes is with me as well. rick, be it in a city, kabul, elite university, it is still a war zone. still dangerous to move freely around kabul as is evidenced by what happened three weeks ago with the kidnappings. i'm interested to find out they reopened operations there. what would have been different in that this resulted just weeks later? >> yeah. here's the problem. once you have one of these instances, your immediate response is to ramp up security. you can only maintain that for so long and pretty soon it tapers off when nothing else happened you relax that and get back into a normal posture. if you're the taliban and whateve

militants trying to take kabul. how is that balance? seth: the afghan government has secured control of kabul itself. in the outlying areas we see fighting. the concern is really in the helmand province and the rural areas. they have good control of kabul and the urban centers. katty: if they make more gains in the helmand province, is that more attacks on the city? seth: the concern is they will start to spread and it looks more like a taliban and potential victory. the taliban is pretty far from that right now. katty: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, i go one-on-one with the very tall kareem abdul-jabbar. the basketball legend is speaking out on race and religion. the nearest habitable world beyond our solar system might be closer than that. scientists have discovered an earthlike planet. it is called proxima b. it is the right distance from its star for liquid water and possibly life. our science editor has been looking at the research published in the journal "nature

others have just gone into people's homes in west kabul. one of my family members who was there told me that the attackers had maps. they were drinking red bulls, clearly aimed at staying for as long as they could. and that some of them were tossing hand grenades. now it is important to mention that ever since the leader of the pakistan-based militant group has taken over as the number two for the taliban leadership, running the war for the taliban, we have had very lethal and deadly attacks in kabul. whether that's huge truck bombs or an attack like this. but what is very clear, that this is an attack on afghanistan's future. the american university of afghanistan is a symbol of american and afghan friendship. this is also sign of the americans telling the afghans that we are here to help you, we are here to train your future generations. and i can simply tell you actually the top of my head, i know more than 50 government officials who have simply gone and got that quality education and they are running very important and key positions wi

to clear up any confusion, the american university in kabul is not affiliated with a u here in dc. the wounded were rushed away by ambulance after a militant attack on the american university of afghanistan. witness says they heard a loud explosion and automatic gun fire on the campus. witnesses tell us, some of the students barricaded themselves in a classrooms using chairs and desks to block the door. >> there have been already -- they have been already deployed around the university. we don't know whether the problem is solved or not. >> reporter: the assault happened on the campus in the western outskirts of kabul, 7:30 p.m. local time. from inside, the press pull its surprise winning photographer, tweeted help, we are stuck inside the university of afghanistan. this maybe my last tweet. i'm wounded. girls cry, please help us. the u.s. state department is working to account for all americans in kabul. >> we condemn this attack in the strongest possible term. it's an take on future of afghanistan. >> reporter: two weeks after two university staff members including an american we

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the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from canada, and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an american professor at the university and an australian were kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to have something named american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house today praised the work of afghan security forces. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security forces improve. begin >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled a planned withdrawal of more than 4,000 u.s. troops. over the past several months, the u.s. military has dramatically increased operations. just yesterday the pentagon announced the death o

the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an americro australian were kidn kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to have something named american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house praised the work of afghan security force. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security force improve. >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled a planned withdrawal over the past several months, the u.s. military has dramatically increased operati operations. just yesterday the pentagon announced the death of an american soldier there. >> the war in afghanistan has intensifi

the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago american professor at the university and an australian were kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to have something named american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house praised the work of afghan security force. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security force improve. >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled of more than 4,000 u.s. troops. over the past several months, the u.s. military has dramatically increased operations. just yesterday the pentagon announced the death of an american soldier there. >> the wa

the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks american professor at the university and an australian were kidn kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to have something named american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house praised the work of afghan security force. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security force improve. >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled u.s. troops. over the past several months, the u.s. military has dramatically increased operati operations. just yesterday the pentagon announced the death of an american soldier there. >> the war in afgha

one person is dead after an attack on the american university in kabul. right now authorities are sweeping the complex. what is unclear right now is how many attackers there may be, is it one, is it more, how many may be on the campus. conor powell joins us with more. >> we know there were multiple atta attacks. we don't know if there was a suicide bomber, but we have heard eyewitness accounts of people getting inside the american university of afghanistan with people shootable with rifles and suicide vests. there are members of the nato alliance on the ground there acting as advisers to the afghan security force. they're not taking part in what's a combat role but this is a high-profile facility. there are a lot of americans working there, a lot of european and westerners teaching there. it's a place where there are several hund on the ground. many of them are connected to middle class and upper class afghan families across the country, so this is a spot that if there were attacks like this in the past have always been high profile and this has been a co

the assault started just as monday of students headed to evening classes at the western edge of kabul. >> enamelers emma wright has been covering this all morning live in the studio with full details. >> reporter: according to kabul police 13 people were killed in the attack include of cluing seven students, three policemen and three guards. 750 students were rescued from the american of the in kabul. witnesses say they heard gunshots, then a blast. some say during the blast, the gate to the school was blown open and that let the attackers themselves in classrooms. a cbs news producer was inside one of those classrooms at the u. when the attack happened. >> the gunfire was getting closer i. felt few bullets flying over my head. and there was few seconds i thought that these bullets may hit me or my friends. is over. u.s. government says no one has claimed responsibilities for the attack yet. >>> also breaking overnight, the frantic search for survivors in central italy has entered a second day. >> more than 245 people are dead. many others injured. reporter from the hard hit town of a

the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an american professor at the university and a australian were kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to have something named american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house praised the work of afghan security force. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security force improve. >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled a planned withdrawal months, the u.s. military has dramatically increased operations. just yesterday the pentagon announced the death of an american soldier there. >> the war in afghanistan has intensiied

but kabul is not a very big city. and when you talk about an attack on an american institution, the american university in kabul where there are american professors teaching there, then it was clear the american military, which still does maintain a small presence in kabul got involved. they talk about american forces staying on the perimeter, but they don't talk about what american special operations forces may be doing, the kind of secret troops that are involved in missions. the delta force, navy s.e.a.l.s and others. >> it's obvious this would be a western symbol to go after. my question to you is, is this more likely, we know that there is some -- the islamic state has been getting some foothold in afghanistan. is it more likely the taliban, islamic state or something else? >> it's hard to know. there has been no claim of responsibility. and just two weeks ago, an american professor and one of his colleagues at this university were kidnapped after they left the campus. and there was no claim of responsibility for

the coed american university in kabul. hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an american professor at the university and an australian were kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house praised the work of afghan security force. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security force improve. >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled a planned withdrawal of more than 4,000 u.s. troops. over the past several months, the u.s. military has

. >> it's outlandish to american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house praised the work of afghan security force. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security force improve. >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled a planned withdrawal of more than 4,000 u.s. troops. over the past several months, the u.s. military has operations. just yesterday the pentagon announced the death of an american soldier there. >> the war in afghanistan has intensiied in a major way over the last several month. now, it's unclear how much longer american personnel can remain teaching in kabul. >> 15 years in. >> 15 years in. >> thank you. >>> to presidential politics now, nbc news has learned hillary clinton will receive her first classified intelligence briefing as a presidential nominee on saturday at an fbi office near her trump is out on the campaign trail contining his new push to appeal to minority voters, a tough sell as polls show him trai

an american and an australian have been kidnapped in kabul, afghanistan. officials say five gunman wearing military uniforms abducted the two from their vehicle near the american university of afghanistan. the two are believed to be employees of the university. three other foreigners who were

the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an american professor at the university and an australian were kidn kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to have something named american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house praised the work of afghan security force. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security force improve. >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled a planned withdrawal of more than 4,000 u.s. troops. over the past several months, the u.s. military has dramatically increased operati operations. just yesterday the pentagon announced the death of

the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from canada, and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an american professor at the university and an australian were kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to have something named american university with american professors in downtown kabul. >> reporter: the white house today praised the work of afghan security for forces. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security forces improve. begin >> reporter: if things were going canceled a planned withdrawal of more than 4,000 u.s. troops. over the past several months, the u.s. military has dramatically increased operations. just yesterday the pentagon announced the death of an american soldier there. >> the war in

three other foreigners who were kidnapped in kabul in the past year have been released. happening overnight-- police are investigating a fatal shootings in milwaukee. happening in the area of 4th and chambers-- this morning police confirmed they responded to the area for a shooting. medical examiners say they were also called to the scene. no other as they become available. also overnight-- police say a 58-year-old man was shot just after ten last night near 26-th and meinecke. investigators say he was taken to the hospital with a serious injury, but he is now in a stable condition. police have not made any arrests in that case and the investigation is ongoing. tomorrow wisconsin voters will have the chance to vote in three separate partisan primaries across the state. the primaries include races for the u-s senate and r district-- a position paul ryan currently holds. ahead of that vote-- paul ryan will be holding two town hall meetings in south east wisconsin today. he will meet with local businesses to talk with employees. the first meeting will be at 12:45 this after

the coed american university in kabul. today, it was hit hard, first an explosion and then gunmen rushed in. trapped inside, american faculty and mostly afghan students. >> my wife called me from can dan and i just told her probably i may die here. >> reporter: afghan special forces stormed the campus and american troops also deployed to help. just two weeks ago an american professor at the university and an australian were ki kidnapped. >> it's outlandish to have something named american university kabul. >> reporter: the white house praised the work of afghan security force. >> this underscores a significant challenge but we continue to see skill and professionalism of afghan security force improve. >> reporter: if things were going so well the president last month wouldn't have canceled a planned withdrawal of more than 4,000 u.s. troops. over the past several months, the u.s. military has dramatically increased oper just yesterday the pentagon announced the death of an american soldier there. >> the war in afghanistan

. >>> an american university horror, terrorists storm the campus in kabul, an hour-long siege and teachers and students tracked. >>> racist hack attack, star leslie jones, the target of privacy issue. and out pouring of support. >>> and a homeless pouring o support. hope someone would finally believe her. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, it is late at night in central italy where an urgent effort is still under way to free possible survivors in an -- from the rubble of an earthquake that assessing the damage from at least two powerful tornadoes that rolled through late today hitting homes and businesses and cutting off power to thousands. much of the region is under a tornado watch until late evening. let's get details now from nbc's miguel first reported tornado steam rolled through central indiana late today, diners took cover. some had nowhere to go and no time to run. >> oh, my gosh, starbucks just got blown over. there's people in there. >> reporter: witnesses see

so far the taliban has not accepted any move by kabul. the number one goal is to stop the suicide attacks. the taliban seems not to be listening. we don't know exactly what is discussed there. no one really has any hopes for any peace deal or extension. states has been carrying out airstrikes on the islamic state targets in libya. the u.n. backed government asked washington to intervene to help push the militants out of that city. it was the first major territory captured outside of syria and iraq. mary: the stronghold of the islamic state group is one of the main cities they aim to retake from those militants. the forces aligned with the offensive in may to retake the city. progress has been slow. the united states conducted precise airstrikes on the position on monday. >> at the request of libya, the conductedtes precision airstrikes against isil targets within libya. we are supporting the forces that are trying to defeat isil in its primary stronghold. they will continue to target isil and enable the gna to make a decisive strategic ad

. >>> an american university horror, terrorists storm the campus in kabul, an hour-long siege and teachers and students tracked. >>> racist hack attack, star leslie jones, the target of privacy issue. and out pouring of support. >>> and a homeless pouring o support. finally believe her. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, it is late at night in central italy where an urgent effort is still under way to free possible survivors in an -- from the rubble of an earthquake that hall from at least two powerful tornadoes that rolled through late today hitting homes and businesses and cutting off power to thousands. much of the region is under a tornado watch until late evening. let's get details now from nbc's miguel almaguer. first reported tornado steam rolled through central indiana late today, diners took cover. some had nowhere to go and no time to run. >> oh, my gosh, starbucks just got blown over. there's people in there. >> reporter: witnesses see a large menacing twister

security forces are at american university in kabul. they're trying to assess what happened after reports of shots fired. this has been going on more than an hour at this point. reports are growing how many people might be there. just a couple of details. this university estimates that it has at some point 1700 students enrolled there. we don't know how many would be on campus at this point. we can tell you, it was about a deck kay ago they built this school. it was one of the areas where they wanted americans to try to go to establish, if you will, a presence. this would be considered a prime target, if you are a militant. that's what we're being told is happening at the complex right now. potentially militants have hit this american university in afghanistan. we don't have any other eyes on the ground right now. as information comes in on this, we'll bring it to you. want to direct your attention to the right of the screen. this first image we've gotten. you see black billowing smoke coming up from part of the complex there. normally

first of all, an american university in kabul. tommy what that is. >> well, one of america's great contributions in the middle east has been a set of universities. american university beirut, american university of cairo and couple which was chartered in 2004. and this is the hope for the future. these are the places that inculcate western value, tolerance, pluralism. 50% of the entering class of a ua, american university of kabul, 50% in 2012 for women. and that is astonishing for a country that's as educationally backward as afghanistan. >> this was just attacked a couple weeks ago. it was attacked again today. i would imagine this is very much a target. the name alone -- this is definitely an attack on us, not only our presence but what we represent in terms of our values. you know, with the taliban want is not only to get rid of every one of those 10,000 military advisers. they want to uproot and get rid of everything that we represent. education for women. advancement for minorities. it quality of rule under law. and that is

the sprawling american university in central kabul. first a car bomb then two men with grenades and guns safe, so, therefore we jumped from the second floor. >> reporter: afghan forces responded with u.s. force there is to advise. >> the security situation inside of afghanistan is one that is concerting. >> reporter: this morning in kabul more than 100 students trapped inside were finally freed. police say the two gunmen were killed. no group claimed responsibility for the attack. three people are still in serious condition in the hospitals and the university remains closed. authorities in delaware investigating the death of a line. the 59-year-old fell 40 feet from the zip line. the safety procedures are thorough but it's important to pay attention during the training session. >> the staff basically takes you through how to hook up to the wires and everything as you are going across all the obstacles and stunt after you get up there it's up to you to make sure that you are hooked up safe. >> ryan: the park remains continue to investig

happened on a main road near kabul and the american university. officials believe the two men are employees of the school. no group has claimed responsibility. in the past year, kidnappers took three other foreigners in kabul and released them. but in april someone abducted an australian woman and she is still missing. >>> greg palkot is live in london with more now. >> reporter: we have been going to kabul, afghanistan, for the last 15 years by definition it's a dangerous place and looks like it's not getting any better. these two were nabbed in the area of southeastern kabul, near the american university of afghanistan. pretty certain that the american and the australian were professors. the gunmen were dressed as soldiers or police people. they were shattering the side window of the suv to get to the two. they nabbed the two. they left a body guard and a driver behind. as you say, there's no claim of responsibility. there's not even a demand of ransom yet. but, yes, kidnapping is becoming more and more common, both inside kabul and across afgha

the taliban says it is behind the bomb attack on a hotel in kabul mostly used by foreigners. that explosion was heard across the city, but casualties seem to be limited. the feud between donald trump and the family of a fallen u.s. muslim soldier continues. theldier's father calls presidential nominee a black soul. .ime for our business news let's start with uber getting out of china. >> they are selling the chinese business to its biggest rival in the country. the newly combined company is reported to be worth $35 billion. this is a move that sees uber throw in the towel on its costly battle to conquer the chinese market. chinese investors will get a 20% stake when the swap is completed. the deal comes after china officially recognized legally ride sharing services last week by issuing nationwide guidelines for the industry. anchor: in britain, new figures are shown the first effects brexit has had on industry. >> a survey of british manufacturers showed a sharp slowdown in activity in july. 48.2 lastfell to month. anything b below 50 showows the sector in contraction. outpu

reports of attack on american university in kabul. exercise caution. avoid unnecessary movement in the area and monitor news for updates. this is not the first time american university has had to deal with terrorists. two of its professors were kidnapped earlier this month. men in military uniforms reportedly abducted them as they traveled between the campus and their homes in been found. the u.s. military did assist the afghan forces who responded to that attack. those advisors we are told did not take a combat role. from the terrorism alert desk, i'm scott thuman. >> marie: a controversial chemical being sprayed throughout southwest florida as a way to fight the spread of zika. it has been banned in europe and puerto rico but it is being used here in the united states. kill mosquitos on contact. health officials say if used properly the chemical poses no risk to humans but some people living in south florida say they are concerned about getting exposure whether they want to or not. and that it could have a bad impact anyway. >> they're spraying while

we're following breaking news out of kabul, ganls. that's where officials say militants attacked the americans in afghanistan killing one person and injuring dozens more. one student said two grenades were thrown into his classroom. security forces are combing through campus in search of the attackers. what do we know about who did this and why? >> well, frankly, we don't know very much about who did it. we have one main suspect, the taliban. the why is it is the american university in kabul. it has long been a target. two professors including one american professor were kidnapped when they left the campus about, two weeks ago. this is the first major attack, however, on the facility. but if you are the taliban, this facility represents everything that you oppose. it is co-ed, it brings american professors teaching afghan boys and girls about civil society. teaching them in a western education. it is one of the most positive legacies that the americans have left in the city and it is something that the taliban has been determined to o

university.australia's department of foreign affairs and trade said in a statement that its embassy in kabul was seeking to "verify reports of the kidnapping." at this hour, we still don't know much about who the american is -- like where's he's from or in fact he was working for the university. susan? university of missouri researchers say fidgeting can actually be good for our health.researchers studie before and after three hours of sitting. they found fidgeting increased blood flow enough to prevent a decline in arterial function. "what we found on an average, people performed 250 taps per minutes that resulted in an increase in blood flow during the actual fidgeting." the study was recently published in the american journal of physiology heart and circulatory physiology. ichiro suzuki is the newest member of major league club.the 42 year old miami marlins outfielder, reached the milestone against the colorado rockies.before coming to the united states... ichiro collected more than 12-hundred hits in japan.ichiro is the 30th player in major league history to have three-thousand hits. bas

we have an american university in kabul. that's why it would be a target. why it's being attacked now is because they can. because the taliban have been on the offensive. the war in afghanistan has intensified over the last several months. about six months ago the u.s. relaxed the rules of engagement. . making troops more chovled. they were involved in operations and advising the government. they were only involved in military operations. if they were in danger. the rules of engagement were changed so that american troops could launch combat missions even if afghan troops were at risk. so the numb of american bombardments, airstrikes by drones and aircraft in the north and east and south has dramatically increased. this attack possibly by the taliban, most likely by the taliban although no claim of responsibility has been made could be a response to that escalating war. they are trying to help with the response here. >> officially, no. but they don't talk about what special operations forces are doing. this is a compound with american faculty, mostly afghan

. >> more breaking news this morning, an american has been kidnapped in kabul, afghanistan. an an anmecaaustralian were wh five gunmen wearing night military uniforms stopped their vehicle and kidnapped them. for an american university in afghanistan. ben, over to you. >> thank you, tim. >> a lot of disappointed football fans in ohio last night when the hall of fame game was canceled. the culprit, crews used the wrong kind of paint on the artificial turf which led to a lot of problems and some safety issues. wisn 12 news' joyce garbaciak needles are in canton, ohio with more. ohio, the site of t preseason ga >> here i tught we could be talking about the debut of the starting quarterback. th game was cancelled and not ingo be made up and disappointing however the packernd the colts feeling it is the right decision. >> i give everyone involved a lot of it for making the right decision, so it justn't where the feed needed to be. >> played on worst. >> most of the fields, lambeau i unders, it is apreseason ga and you have a chae before to make, who knows maybe nobody gets hurt a

another750 students were rescued from the american university in kabul. witnesses say they heard gunshots, then a blast. some say curing that blast the survivors say they barricaded themselves in classrooms. one man says he and several classmates were on the second floor of bailing when they heard the gunshots down stairs and ended up jumping out of a window to save their lives. >> second floor that suddenly we hear very harsh sound. feel good and safe so therefore, we jumped from the second floor and escaped. >> reporter: the attack lasted several hours but afghan police say it understands no u over. >> . u.s. government says no one claimed responsibility for the attack yet. >>> fayetteville police are searching for any leads that will help them lock up the suspects in a horrifying rape investigation. >> cbs north carolina's lauren haviland is live at the police learned about the attack. >> reporter: fayetteville police tell us that the victim was walking in the bonnie doone subdivision when a car pulled up. they tell us that a man and woman got out of t

an attack on american university in kabul, afghanistan. multiple injuries have been reported with at least one explosion and gunfire heard on campus. i want to bring in freelance journalist balal sarwari. sir, i want to let you and our viewers know we have about a four-second delay with you. we are up here against the ends of our show. this is such an important story and i want to get your update. but if i cut you off or it sounds like that, that is why. i'm not trying to be rude. we certainly want to get this information in. what have you been learning about what's happening in afghanistan? >> well, i've been able to speak to very close relative and many of my friends who are there and heard a very huge explosion when they were inside their classrooms followed by gunfire. in the last 20 minutes or so one of my relatives confirmed the attackers were tossing hand grenades. they had red balls. had he are definitely trying to carry this attack for the long haul. one of the attacker had maps of the university campus. in the last hour or so, at

rescue mission to find so many buied alive. >>> a university horror, ter rirss storm the campus in kabul, an hour-long siege and teachers and students tracked. >>> superstar leslie jones the target of

embassy compound near kabul. all of these small indicators that the security situation continues to worsen in afghanistan. that continues to fuel along with the syrian conflict the refugee crisis that is unfolding in europe. >> talk about the symbolism here, this attack on american universities since it really representing the future americans were hoping for afghans, particularly more of a hit. >> this attack is a symbolic attack. it's one that's targeting western values, western education. the american university in afghanistan is the only co-ed university in that country. it is a country -- it is a university that has been established obviously with american values and the american education system. it bares the name american university, it is highly symbolic for the taliban or isis to go after it, not just because of the fact that it has western interests or western values attached it to, but also the fact that it is in contra vengs to some of the values that taliban holds dear. no co-ed education and no educ

> at least one person dead, 20 others hurt after an attack on american university in afghanistan in kabul. gunmen attacked the university with explosives and gunfire. it started around 6:30 p.m. local time. officials say security forces are still combing the area searching for attackers. no one has claim the responsibility. islamic militant groups have recently claimed a string of attacks aimed at destabilizing the country and toppling the western backed government. >>> dozens of people are living in shelters after the denver international youth hostel was shut down tuesday in violation those violations are. 9news reporter nick mcgill spoke to a hand them of those who have been displaced. they say they have no place to go. >> nobody explained anything. they said get your belongings and get on the bus. you got 15 minutes to grab your belongings and get on the bus. railroad murphy and dozen -- >> reporter: pressure if i and dozens of others were -- murphy and dozens of others evacuated from the hostel. >> it kind of blew me away. >> reporter: the task force made up of different agencies inc

>> i have not gotten any briefing like that on the attack in kabul. i will be asking for a briefing soon. we'll all be troubled by this and our thoughts and prayers go out to those involved in is a reminder of the challenges we face around the world as we try to fight groups around the world that support terrorism. >> now i want to ask you act hillary clinton, the clinton foundation, and the issue they have fighting back attacks from trump. bill clinton said he would step off of the board. you will see corporate and foreign donors not be able to take part. why not sooner. you look at some of the work that the clinton foundation does, no doubt it is good when it comes to hiv, aids, many people suffering around the country and they have a responsibility to the programs they're doing and to the american people while she was in a position of the u.s. government, and possiblyly will be dwen. why do this at this point and why not do more if she becomes president. >> what is going on here is that donald trump is slumping in the polls. something that the clin

stormed theave american university in kabul. telling "france 24", around 100 students were present time. the head in the afghan capital at least one has been killed and 40 students wounded assault. right now it's time for us to withnother business update kate. you've got the case for us, top documents being leaked and they all link to details submarines. kate: the australian newspaper pagestten hold of 22,000 from the french naval contractor, detailing the combat capabilities of vessels being navy.ed to the indian india's french minister says the security breach is the result of but the leak is causing controversy in australia because earlier this year the company contract to build 12 submarines for the australian navy. a different model but the incident is raising security concerns. as the deal ofd the century. dcns won a 30ctor apriln euro contract in to build australia's next generation of submarines but the agreement could be compromised sensitive documents on the submarine were leaked to .he public on wednesday the submarin

jon: and american and australian of ducted at gunpoint in kabul afghanistan. a security official says five men wearing military uniforms kidnapped the pair from their suv sunday night. senior foreign correspondent greg powell,with the latest from london, what happened ? reporter: kabul by any definition a dangerous place, the latest news underscoring that. the two were taken in southeastern kabul near the american university of afghanistan. that is where they were professors. they were traveling from the school back to their home residence.the dressed in security uniform shattered the side window and sees the american and his australian colleague area they let the bodyguard and a driver behind. no id for either of the kidnapped targets, no claim of responsibility or demand for ransom. kidnapping has become more common across afghanistan but even especially in kabul, an indian woman was taken in june and released, there was a reported attempt on an american earlier this year. crime adding to the insecurity . the taliban remains strong as well as isis which brin